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The on-demand delivery platform says it is providing one of the most requested offerings by drivers – integration of the iOS driver app with Apple CarPlay, which enables a user to control their app via their car radio.

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Footwear and lifestyle brand TOMS has selected Cart.com as its US fulfilment partner.

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Walmart is now pushing even further into in-store retail media. The US retail giant is looking to expand its number of in-store advertising activations, which already include TV walls and self-checkout ads with its Walmart Connect services.

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Today, Amazon celebrated the official opening of its new, state-of-the-art robotics fulfillment center with Detroit. Inside of the Detroit fulfillment center, more than 1,200 employees will operate and work with innovative technology to assist in fulfilling customer orders.

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Software company Ditto has partnered with Chick-fil-A, Inc. to modernize the Point-of-Sale (POS) system in Chick-fil-A restaurants across the U.S.

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Although Fazoli's has always operated with drive-thrus, the chain began relying on them more heavily during COVID-19 and is still assessing how to improve the customer experience.

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Walmart and Rubi Laboratories have launched a pilot to test whether usable textiles can be developed from captured carbon emissions generated by manufacturers and facilities in the Walmart supply chain.

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Co-op and Uber Eats’ online grocery partnership is set to give rewards to the convenience retailer’s customers.

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Walgreens, Staples, and Aldi are among the retailers stocking the new DoorDash digital back-to-school storefront. On Wednesday, July 26, DoorDash is launching its first-ever back-to-school hub.

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The retail media network will combine Foodland’s privacy-protected first-party data and retail media tech provider CitrusAd’s relevancy algorithm to match brand compatibility and shopper history with the most suitable audiences.

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Anthropics Technology, makers of the AI powered Zyler solution, has announced a partnership with John Lewis and rental specialist HURR, to introduce virtual try-on technology to the UK retailer’s fashion rental website.

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The Infinite Kitchen is a robotic system that dispenses ingredients into a bowl along a conveyor belt. It can produce between 400-500 bowls, plates, and sides per hour.

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To help increase efficiency and enable employees to focus on delivering quality food and service, Wendy's transitioned these mission-critical processes to Oracle’s cloud-based Fusion Applications Suite. Wendy’s leveraged the platform’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to consolidate 11 different financial applications.

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Joann is expanding its deployment of Flybuy's location technology platform to power a buy online, pickup in store option for customers nationwide. The retailer has been using Flybuy for its curbside pickup.

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UK brand The Whisky Stock has partnered with Brightpearl by Sage as it looks to strengthen its multi-channel operations.

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"This renowned retail location represents our dedication to delivering an exceptional retail experience to our valued customers, and we are thrilled to join the esteemed brands already on Oxford Street.

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Named after Walmart’s eighth store, in Morrilton, Ark., Store No. 8 is Walmart’s incubation arm and a key part of the retailer’s broader innovation strategy.

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Chick-fil-A prepares to launch two fresh restaurant concepts in 2024. The first is an elevated drive-thru set for the brand’s homebase of Atlanta. The unit will provide multiple options: order ahead in the Chick-fil-A app and pickup using those dedicated Mobile Thru lanes; and the ability for customers to place orders with employees in traditional drive-thru lanes.

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Downtown Spirits is gearing up to open the doors to its new location featuring a fully checkout-free shopping experience powered by Amazon Just Walk Out technology.

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Like global landfills, the fashion industry waste problem is growing by the second. Retailers are struggling to address an enormous (and pressing) concern: what happens to their products after point-of-sale and what are the environmental implications?

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Inventory distortion, whether it’s out-of-stocks or overstocks, are a huge and costly challenge for retailers and suppliers, and too often a source of great inconvenience to consumers. A recent study by IHL Group projects that the global cost of inventory distortion in 2023 will be $1.77 trillion — bigger than the combined retail GDP of all of Latin America. But as ghastly as this figure is, it is down by $172 billion from 2022.

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The global retail industry has suffered a projected $1.77 trillion in losses, even despite billions in improvements, according to a new study, which also found that the rapid growth of theft and organized retail crime has overshadowed systems and process gains in the U.S. and Canada.

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UK-based retailer Vape Superstore has announced the expansion of its delivery services to include same day delivery to Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds.

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Continuing its investment in imaging technology, Wayfair has launched Decorify, a product visualization tool that uses artificial intelligence to redesign customers’ spaces.

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Jet’s Pizza has fulfilled 5 million orders via HungerRush’s OrderAI Text and Talk. Jet’s started with OrderAI Text in 2019 and has since fulfilled 4 million orders with the text-to-order feature.

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NCR Corporation was selected by Firebirds Wood Fired Grill to transform its technology platform with NCR Aloha.

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Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has shared the first results of its implementation of the Goodays customer experience management platform across 50 shopping centres in 11 different countries.

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The agreement to use Bambuser’s shoppable, two way video calling solution, One-to-One, will enable Shiseido Japan to provide a private and personalised online consultation service in addition to creating conversion opportunities.

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GXO’s Clicklink service has been selected by fashion retailer New Look to manage its Click & Collect network serving all mainland UK stores.

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Tulip is pleased to announce the renewal of its successful partnership with Indigo, Canada's leading book and lifestyle retailer. The collaboration has proven to be instrumental in enhancing Indigo's line busting capabilities, resulting in improved customer experience and smoother store operations.

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Lavazza has launched a new store on the BigCommerce platform to support sales in the Netherlands and Belgium.

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Lowe's is expanding its same-day delivery service nationwide for orders placed online and via its app. The delivery expansion is being deployed in partnership with OneRail, an omnichannel fulfillment solution, according to a press release.

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United Natural Foods Inc. has introduced UNFI Insights, an exclusive product developed with Crisp, an open-data platform for the consumer goods industry.

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Amazon has selected CLARA Analytics as its technology partner for a new programme aimed at improving health and claim outcomes for its corporate workers’ compensation claims.

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Costco shoppers started reporting that the warehouse superstore has been phasing in self-serve kiosks in place of human sample reps to distribute the fan-favorite freebies.

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Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Walgreens are among the major retailers that have complained about the rise of organized retail theft, cases in which “shoplifting” is being committed at the level of criminal gangs.

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Klarna has partnered Liberty to add its flexible and interest-free payment options to the online store by using the Swedish FinTech company’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) option.

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Microsoft is expanding the ways customers can shop the online Microsoft Store using PayPal payment technology.

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Shashi Hotel is situated just moments away from top tech innovators such as Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and LinkedIn. For this reason, it uses tech to push the boundaries of hospitality.

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Much of Chipotle’s growth and buzz through the pandemic took place outside its restaurants. Digital expansion, rewards (up to 35 million members today), delivery, and the continued leverage of order-ahead pickup “Chipotlanes,” of which there are now more than 600 across North America.

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WiggleCRC is deploying a retail analytics solution from Logic to drive insight-driven marketing, e-commerce, supply chain management and marketing.

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DoorDash Inc. is looking to speed up ordering and help customers find food options with an artificial intelligence-based chatbot. The company is working on a system called DashAI that it’s testing in a limited capacity in some markets.

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Inside a sprawling Walmart warehouse in Brooksville, FL, hundreds of jobs slinging boxes are changing into roles managing robotic arms, conveyor belts and screens. The shift means Walmart can use fewer people to process more goods and make stocking shelves at stores more efficient.

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Two Safeway supermarkets in San Francisco have installed automated slide-out security gates at the self-checkout kiosk section to prevent theft, according to shoppers interviewed by abc7news.com.

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The Tims Credit Card is a Mastercard, powered by Neo Financial, and Canadians can apply for the card now through the Tim Hortons app.

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Walmart Canada customers will soon be able to access digital coupons from a variety of consumer packaged goods brands through a new program with Inmar Intelligence, a leading technology and data company.

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Rubi, the company creating a new way of manufacturing that exists in harmony with the planet, today announced a series of pilot projects in collaboration with Walmart designed to explore the integration of innovative carbon capture technology.

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