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Today, HP announced HP Engage Edge – the world’s first retail product powered by the EdgeX Foundry from LF Edge, hosted by the Linux® Foundation. The product is designed to help ISVs accelerate the deployment of their on-premise, sensor-based solutions developed to improve the business metrics of their Retail and Hospitality customers.

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Aptos today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Revionics, the leading provider of science-based pricing, promotion and competitive insight for innovative global retailers. The acquisition is expected to close in September 2020.

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A consumer electronics giant will leverage Google Cloud infrastructure and analytics services to support more personalized shopping experiences.

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Walmart Media Group, the media network division of the big-box retailer, announced the launch of its first omnichannel reporting solution that is available at scale.

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eBay is partnering with a technology provider founded by an NFL legend to ensure the authenticity of sports memorabilia sold on its site.

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Touch-free payments are coming to CVS stores across the U.S. thanks to a new partnership between PayPal and payments technology company InComm.

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Apple Inc. has acquired Mobeewave Inc., a startup with technology that could transform iPhones into mobile payment terminals, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Button's Reach technology and Rakuten Advertising have made affiliate marketing a major engine that fuels Sam’s Club’s key mobile initiatives.

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Costco Wholesale has gone live with Instacart same-day online grocery delivery at most of its 100 warehouse clubs in Canada.

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Research from IHL Group forecasts enormous pent-up demand for returns. “We estimated between $150 billion to $250 billion worldwide sitting there waiting to come back,” says IHL President Greg Buzek says.

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Square earnings for the June quarter blew past analyst estimates as the Cash App business generated a Bitcoin-driven revenue beat amid the coronavirus lockdown. Square stock jumped in morning action Wednesday although gross payment volume from merchant customers fell.

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DashMart debuted Wednesday on DoorDash’s platform for customers in eight U.S. cities.

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A restaurant called Funky Pizza in the Mediterranean coastal city of Palafrugell is letting customers use an app for every aspect of their visit except having pizza delivered to their tables.

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Slater will be onboarding its supply chain and merchandising management solution, Merret Pro, whilst also tapping into optimised store inventory management via the Merret Tablet Inventory application.

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New Generation Computing, Inc. today announced that Weissman, a premier designer of dancewear and costumes, is implementing NGC’s supply chain management (SCM), PLM, vendor compliance and quality control solutions.

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Bridgeline Digital, Inc. announced today a top pharmacy chain in Ireland has selected Celebros Search by Bridgeline as their site search solution for their online store.

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Duke’s Seafood locations are now equipped with a new filtration system proven to effectively reduce airborne particles.

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The Israeli startup Trigo is set to compete directly with Amazon when it opens its first checkout-free grocery store in a European country later this year.

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Wakefern Food is growing its partnership with Inmar Intelligence, expanding its use of the Inmar Retail Cloud to offer targetable and attributable offsite media at scale for its brands.

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Prestigious Italian fashion and luxury goods brand Salvatore Ferragamo has gone live with Centric Software Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).

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Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) will leverage a fully-integrated commerce-marketplace-OMS solution from VTEX to help power its global marketplace and point-of-sale (POS) functionality, facilitating contactless ordering and delivery in multiple markets across the globe via the global enterprise agreement.

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Crate & Barrel is leveraging the new Experience Alerts feature of the Quantum Metric SaaS platform.

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Virgin Experience Days, a UK-based specialist in gift experiences, has deployed Dynamic Yield’s A/B testing and personalisation technology.

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Greeting card retailer Lovepop has deployed Brightpearl’s omnichannel retail platform.

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Quadient’s automated packaging system, CVP Everest, has been selected by The White Company, and will be installed in August at its fulfilment centre in Northampton, UK.

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Online electrical retailer AO has announced an artificial intelligence partnership with Peak.

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Auchan Retail Portugal is to deploy Trax’s autonomous shelf monitoring solutions, including robots, across its network of 34 supermarkets and hypermarkets.

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Burton launched a digital transformation to swap out its legacy systems, advance customer knowledge through data and provide a truly omnichannel customer experience.

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NewStore today announced Marine Layer will run its retail stores on the NewStore Omnichannel Platform. With Omnichannel-as-a-Service, the lifestyle brand will be able to provide a consistent experience across physical and digital touchpoints and maximize enterprise-wide inventory with modern store fulfillment options.

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With morning routines and habits in disarray, COVID-19’s impact on Starbucks has been towering.

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Over about eight years, the American drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp quietly added facial recognition systems to 200 stores across the United States, in one of the largest rollouts of such technology among retailers in the country, a Reuters investigation found.

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The Kroger Co. is working with Meredith Corp., a multi-platform media company focused on women, to create more precision advertising focused on shoppers and consumer packaged goods brands.

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Affirm, a more flexible and transparent alternative to credit cards, today announced a partnership with Herman Miller Retail, Herman Miller’s global retail business whose portfolio of brands includes Herman Miller, Design Within Reach (DWR) and HAY. The partnership extends across each brand and allows people to transform their home into the space they need now with the ability to pay-over-time.

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The CEO of Plano, Texas-based At Home told CNBC’s Kelly Evans Friday afternoon that the company could grow from the 219 locations it has today to more than 600 shops nationwide.

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Burberry is hoping its first “social retail store” in China’s tech capital Shenzhen will help build stronger ties with some of its most important Asian customers: young tech-savvy Chinese customers.

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Some of retail’s smartest brains believe profitable home delivery, especially in grocery, can’t be done. Kroger proves them wrong. Here’s how.

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Marine Layer will run its retail store activities, including POS and inventory, on iPhone apps.

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Starbucks is leaning hard on its tech investments as it adapts to shifting consumer behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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United Dairy Farmers Inc. (UDF) is teaming up with Service Management Group (SMG) to launch a new customer experience management program.

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Marks & Spencer is more than tripling the number of stores offering its Mobile Pay Go technology, allowing users to pay for goods with their smartphone without visiting the till.

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The Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain, which operates more than 630 stores, announced plans to build a 1,850-sq.-ft. freestanding drive-thru location in Falls Township, Pa.

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These days, retail is about the experience, and that’s why Siduri, a California producer of Pinot Noir, is using web-based augmented reality to better connect with consumers.

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The retailer has now partnered with on-demand logistics provider Pickup to begin same-day delivery of its entire retail assortment.

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