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Smart Retailers Inspire Confidence Via Cleanliness

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The list of positive retail brand attributes goes on and on, but one new post-pandemic value has become more important than all the others: cleanliness. Example: Ted Gallagher is vice president and partner at Environmental Hazards Control , a Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based company that disinfects retail locations and other business facilities.

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Making The Case For Cash In Unattended Retail

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households, retailers that enable digital payments while dropping cash are less than convenient. Unattended retail operators are taking a fresh look at keeping cash acceptance on the menu to appease lawmakers who recently issued legislation intended to ensure the inclusion of unbanked residents. A round the Unattended Retail World.

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Retailers Look To Digital Technologies After Beating The Street

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Retailers and retail landlords are reporting strong first-quarter earnings results, beating analysts’ expectations in many cases. billion, according to news from Retail Dive. In some cases, the retailer is demolishing existing stores to create new uses of the land. billion on Friday (April 27).

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Proxy War Prompts Exit Of CEO From USA Technologies

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USA Technologies CEO Stephen Herbert has stepped down against the backdrop of a proxy war ignited by the company’s biggest investor, New York-based hedge fund Hudson Executive Capital, Biz Journals reported on Friday (Oct. will step in as interim CEO for the Pennsylvania-based company. Board member Donald W.

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Dick’s Sporting Goods Partners With Instacart For Same-Day Holiday Delivery 

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The program is available in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C. . Instacart has partnered with more than 500 national and local retailers in several sectors, including grocery items, beauty products, wellness merchandise and electronics.

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Taking Stock Of What’s In Stock With Retail Robots

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Here’s a rule of thumb in brick and mortar retail: Out of stock, out of a sale. In retail, robots are making inroads bit by bit. It was retail that percolated to the top,” he said. If the inventory that customers want isn’t there, or cannot be found, well, they’ll go on to the next store, or click their way through Amazon.

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Walmart announces tech updates in new store

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American retail corporation Walmart has announced the opening of a new store in Pennsylvania, with interactive technology to improve customer experience.