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Visa-Western Union Deal And Alexa’s Roommate Potential Top The Week’s News

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Review our coverage, including stories about Stripe’s chargeback protection plan, the latest on open banking progress, a big investigation into crypto and the latest on the emerging ecosystem of predictive retail. Why Search and Logistics Will Shape the Future of Retail Payments. Can Predictive Retail Really Take Off?

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The Year Of The Self-Driving Delivery Pilot

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Autonomous vehicles hit the road this year in the name of retail, with pilots of delivery services for groceries and takeout coming to U.S. To bring these innovations to fruition, technology companies and retailers decided to join forces. Autonomous Driving Startups.

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Verizon 5G Network Launch Foreshadows Mobile Commerce Changes

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The announcement from the mobile network provider serves as the latest demonstration that 5G is coming, and that retailers and payment services providers should get ready to operate in the 5G world.

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Are Postmates Sidewalk Robots Just The Tip Of The Self-Delivery Frontier?

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The need for food delivery keeps pushing the edge of retail innovation – and could even lead to crowding on sidewalks and competing for room with pedestrians and rented scooters – as Postmates plans to test delivery robots in San Francisco. The grocer, along with Nuro, had been using a fleet of Prius cars with operators.

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. That is the most organic growth of any automotive retailer ever in the U.S. Orlando, Tempe, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Kansas City, Greensboro, Westminster (L.A.), Oklahoma City, and Memphis. In 2019, we increased GPU by $750.

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Majority Of Consumers Want Digital Coupons, Rewards From Grocers

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H-E-B is not only the neighborhood grocery store for many communities in Texas: It’s also an eCommerce retailer with digital features to better reach its customers. The grocer has brought curbside pickup to cities such as San Antonio, Waco and Houston, while rolling out delivery from Shipt and Instacart.

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Ollie And Fresh Food Delivery For – Yes – Dogs

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Because Ollie’s food is packaged fresh and doesn’t use preservatives, the firm doesn’t just specialize in making dog foods, it also specializes in running cold-chain, or temperature-controlled operations out of its three distribution centers in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Reno, Oklahoma; and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

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