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Retail Pulse: Mattress Firm Mulls Bankruptcy; Walmart Plans Robotic Grocery Pickup

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Brick-and-mortar retailers have sought to reduce their retail footprint in hard times, and Mattress Firm, Inc. Now, Mattress Firm is reportedly pondering bankruptcy, and analysts say that might be a good strategy for the retailer: Peter Keith of Piper Jaffray & Co. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News…. is no exception.

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Marketplace Lending And Curbside Delivery Sizzle, Ridesharing Fizzles

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The biggest story this week in grocery came, as it often does, care of the new Whole Foods Market as operated by Amazon. Curbside delivery is coming to the grocery chain, starting with two test runs — one in Virginia Beach one in Sacramento. Walmart wasn’t the only retailer trumpeting its efficacy in its last earnings report.

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