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The Race For Online Grocery Shopping Heats Up

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The companies are testing the service in four California and Oklahoma markets, with an eye toward a national launch in 2021. The first big move was the introduction this month of an online marketplace to enhance the popular Kroger Ship service and widely expand the digital assortment of private-label products that Kroger has on offer.

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Amazon Launches Pop-Up Stores In UK

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Amazon , the Seattle, Washington eCommerce giant, is expanding in the U.K., In a press release, Amazon said it teamed up with Enterprise Nation , which supports more than 90,000 U.K. small businesses, to launch Clicks and Mortar, a new program that helps small businesses grow in-store and online.

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Indonesia Levies 10 Pct Tax On Sales From Tech Firms

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The Southeast Asian country’s national tax office announced it will impose a 10 percent value-added tax (VAT) on foreign global technology companies as the nation looks for ways to defray the costs of battling the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reported.

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Deep Dive: How Offering Greater Digital Payment Choice Can Help QSRs Meet Consumers In Any Channel

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Research confirms that QSR patrons are seeking multiple online and offline ordering methods. Restaurants need multiple strategies to meet customers’ demands for speed and convenience, regardless of whether they are ordering in person, by phone, online, via app or at kiosks in brick-and-mortar locations. The Evolution Of Ordering.

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QSRs Battle For US Sales With Online Delivery And Payments

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Already, a cashless store concept is already up and running in a Seattle pilot. billion in domestic sales — To expand its delivery reach, Taco Bell — along with KFC — has recently tapped Grubhub to provide delivery and online ordering. But there are no official reports on its next planned expansion. Subway’s $10.8 Taco Bell’s $9.8

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eScooter Startup Lime Exits 12 Markets, Fires 14 Pct. Of Staff

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Lime CEO Brad Bao said in an online statement that the company “made a difficult decision” to leave locations where “micromobility has evolved more slowly.” The Silicon Valley transportation startup was founded in 2017 as LimeBike, rolling out with 500 bicycles in Seattle. A $335 million funding round in 2018 resulted in a $1.1

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Ex-Nordstrom Exec Says Department Stores Must Step Up To Survive

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In a Q&A with the National Retail Federation (NRF), Kathy Gersch , founder and executive vice president at Kotter, a retail consulting firm in Seattle, said that the explosion of eCommerce, expansion of brick-and-mortar stores, financing through debt and arrival of COVID-19 have brought stores to the brink.

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