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Walmart Ramps Up Curbside Pickup in California

PYMNTS

It’s safe to say that online shopping has changed the way in which consumers shop and altered expectations when it comes to service. This free service allows consumers to shop for their grocery items online and make a two-minute pickup at a standalone kiosk outside the store.

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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Just ask Carvana, the leading online automotive seller and a major force in changing the way people buy cars. This year we expect another year of market-leading growth. Our cohort growth was broad based with many markets crossing key milestones.”. New Markets. Oklahoma City, and Memphis. Ontario (L.A.),

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Fresh Food Retail Could Get Boost Via Tech And New Laws

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The latest demonstration of that comes from Oklahoma City. 15), “the City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing on a plan requiring new retailers in the area to designate at least 500 square feet of space to fresh food. Chowbotics has brought Sally the salad robot to markets that include convenience stores and hotels.

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Shoe Wars: Kevin Durant Shoppers More Loyal Than Steph Curry Buyers

PYMNTS

Durant’s decision to abandon the Oklahoma City Thunder also set up the odd dynamic of establishing two of the NBA’s most popular and marketable players — Durant and two-time reigning NBA MVP Steph Curry — on the same team in the same market at roughly the pinnacle of their respective NBA careers.

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Majority Of Consumers Want Digital Coupons, Rewards From Grocers

PYMNTS

Walmart, for example, has been testing a 24/7 pickup service at a supercenter in Oklahoma City. Like AmazonFresh customers, Walmart grocery shoppers can order online or by app and can opt to pick up their orders from a kiosk when it’s convenient — even in the middle of the night. Costco stores, Reuters reported.

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Weird Commerce: Skulls Unlimited, A Living Company From Animal Remains

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Supplying the world with both animal and human skulls and skeletons, the Oklahoma City-based company focuses on providing skulls of a variety of animals — from fish, to humans, to domestic animals, to birds. So, it’s been very difficult to find that balance to educate the market.”.

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Wearable Wonder

Independent Banker

Any Quail Creek Bank customer who does online banking can use his or her username and password for the Apple Watch app as well, which is free. When vendors told him there wasn’t enough of a market for such an app on his new watch, he decided to create one himself. Duggan Roberts, Quail Creek Bank.