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Ahold Delhaize Bolsters Investment In eCommerce

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As COVID-19 leads more customers to purchase groceries through the web, Stop & Shop owner Ahold Delhaize NV is putting more resources toward online shopping operations. The company owns the Peapod eCommerce grocery offering in the United States in addition to click-and collect offerings, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Yandex, The Russian Google, Has 15-Minute Grocery Delivery 

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Russia’s biggest technology firm, Yandex NV, launched an online service that uses bike couriers to bring groceries to Moscow residents in 15 minutes, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Jan. The free service, called Lavka, stocks roughly 2,000 items and plans to operate as a digital convenience market for items like toothpaste and condoms.

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Grocers Bolster Delivery Efforts With Small Warehouses

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As grocers test out different approaches to get products to shoppers in a more efficient manner, food retailers are betting big on small warehouses to shore up their growing delivery operations. with the help of Takeoff Technologies Inc. Walmart, Albertsons Cos. are building to make deliveries over broader areas.

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5 Things a financial professional can’t miss at IBM Think 2018

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Now, more than ever, the marriage between technology and finance is apparent. Enter, IBM Think 2018 , the premier business and technology event of the year that underscores and emphasizes the bond between business and technology. Looking forward, the line between the two will continue to intertwine. Somewhere in between?

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The Race For Online Grocery Shopping Heats Up

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Stop & Shop owner Ahold Delhaize NV announced plans earlier this week for putting more resources toward online shopping operations. It’s also investing in hand-held shopping technology, in addition to programs to make it easier for customers to pay from the store floor without having to see a cashier. percent of its $27.5

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Reimagine your business in the era of AI at Think 2018

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New methodologies and technologies such as artificial intelligence are empowering firms to finally gain control of their risk and compliance efforts. The event brings business and technology together and will give you access to industry leaders who know more about the newest, future-leaning, world-changing technologies than anyone else.

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Retail Pulse: H-E-B Rolls Out New App; Jimmy John’s Launches Loyalty Program

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Texas-based grocery chain H-E-B , in one case, is rolling out a new app that the company says is one of many technologies that it will use “to enhance its digital services to better meet the evolving needs and expectations” of online and in-store customers. Tom Ward, senior vice president of digital operations for Walmart U.S.,

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