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Workforce payment platform Branch has partnered with Jimmy John’s to help provide faster payments.

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An extension of a pilot deployed at the beginning of the pandemic, the Boston-headquartered company will integrate o9 Solutions’ technology across its North Americas operations by midyear, followed by deployments in Europe, China, Japan, and elsewhere in phases over the next three to four years.

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Associated Wholesale Grocers has partnered with CPG market researcher IRI to launch the AWG Partner Gateway, a data and analytics portal for AWG retail members and their vendors.

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Five Guys has renewed its agreement with ComplianceMate food safety software through 2025. Five Guys does not use frozen meat in its burgers. All food is cooked fresh, and the storage of ingredients within Five Guys' refrigerators is very closely monitored for quality and food safety.

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Flying Tiger Copenhagen is rolling out MishiPay’s mobile self-checkout solution to its UK stores.

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Rapid grocery delivery start-up Zapp has raised $200 million in a funding round led by Lightspeed, 468 Capital and BroadLight Capital.

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Lucardi Jeweler is bringing a new customer experience to its online store. The Dutch jewelry leader is implementing a markerless, web-based augmented reality feature, Virtual Try-On, with the help of e-Commerce technology partner, Tangiblee.

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The discount giant is expanding a partnership with clinical laboratory Quest Diagnostics to enable consumers to purchase from an assortment of more than 50 different tests, including general health, digestive health, allergy, heart health, women's health, and infectious disease.

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“Guess how old I am” is one of the most infuriating icebreakers and often concludes with no winners—but might artificial intelligence beat humans at that game? German-owned grocery chain Aldi is betting its money on the machine at its first contactless concept store in Greenwich, southeast London, where age-estimation technology is being trialed.

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Concessions International, a provider of food and beverage solutions at some of the busiest airports in the U.S., said it has teamed up with commerce technology integrator Shift4 Payments to install pay solutions at 40 of its locations.

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Fuku makes its Lexington, Ky., debut. It is the first of more than 50 host kitchen locations that Fuku and Franklin Junction will open in 2022.

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Giant Eagle Inc. has signed a multi-year agreement to use the Eagle Eye AIR intelligent digital marketing platform. Giant Eagle seeks to facilitate a personalized loyalty platform, at scale.

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Schnuck Markets has expanded its Deli Order Ahead program with the addition of touchscreen kiosks at another 30 stores.

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Fridays explored new streams by creating and launching several virtual restaurants, most recently partnering C3 (Creating Culinary Communities), the fastest-growing food-tech platform with a portfolio of more than 40 culinary brands.

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AEP, a German pharmaceutical wholesaler, will partner with RELEX Solutions, provider of unified retail planning solutions, to improve core supply chain processes including demand forecasting, replenishment, forecast sharing, and promotion forecasting.

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Pinterest has launched AR try-on for home décor products, enabling “Pinners” to virtually place items in their home and try before they buy from a retailers including Crate & Barrel, CB2, Walmart, West Elm and Wayfair.

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Snowbird launched the Dog Chat system in February 2020 in partnership with Satisfi Labs. Dog Chat is an AI-powered virtual assistant that has become an extension of the Snowbird brand on its website and most recently on its mobile app.

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Part of what makes Jimmy John’s so special is its fast-paced, high energy, no B.S., get-it-done now, big city attitude right in your own hometown. To preserve all those things that make it unique, while also meeting the latest customer needs, the fast-growing restaurant chain looked to refresh its identity and develop a new restaurant format.

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Saks has unveiled Saks Stylist, a redesigned personal stylist and shopping service on saks.com and its mobile app. The new service is complimentary to all Saks Fifth Avenue customers and was created in partnership with Wishi, an innovative software company that combines proprietary technology and real-life styling expertise.

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7-Eleven Japan will take contactless shopping one step further with self-checkout registers that feature holographic touch screens.

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CEC Entertainment, LLC., the parent company of Chuck E. Cheese, has selected Brandgenuity to serve as its exclusive brand-licensing agency of record for food categories.

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In a different decade, celebrity chef, talk show host and Glens Falls native Rachael Ray might have appeared on a home-shopping TV channel to promote her various product lines. Last month, she was cooking and philosophizing online while hawking a new cookbook/memoir from her Warren County home in the latest iteration of the phenomenon, livestream shopping.

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Panera is launching Contactless Dine-In nationwide. It's a new feature in the Panera Mobile App that allows guests to order their favorite Panera meals on their own devices for plated dine-in service.

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Between 2022 and 2025, Parkland plans to invest $1.5 billion across the three core components of its diversification strategy.

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Premium outdoor brand Roots Corp. is leveraging mobile solutions to enhance employee performance in stores.

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Geek+, a specialist in AI robotics technology, and sporting goods retailer Decathlon have announced the deployment of hundreds of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in three of the latter’s European distribution centres.

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Inventory scan functionality is being added the fleet of autonomous floor scrubbers that Sam’s Club operates in its stores nationwide in partnership with Brain Corp. and Tennant Company.

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Ulta Beauty is focused on creating highly personalized customer experiences to motivate and inspire beauty enthusiasts while earning their loyalty. To achieve this, the company continues to imagine – and reimagine – beauty and retail expectations throughout the customer journey and has recently enlisted SAS Customer Intelligence 360 to support its MarTech needs.

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Smart & Final on Tuesday kicked off its new partnership with Uber Technologies to expand the retailer’s on-demand and scheduled grocery delivery to customers through Uber and Uber Eats.

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Startup Nourish + Bloom Market and systems integrator UST have formed a partnership that they said has the potential to open more than 500 autonomous grocery stores.

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In a bid to boost customer service and satisfaction, Walmart and home maintenance platform Angi announced a new partnership that will see Angi offering its in-home project services through the retailer’s website, app and nearly 4,000 Walmart stores in all 50 states.

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Tulip, a global leader in cloud-based retail mobile solutions, announces its partnership with AKIRA, a retail brand known for its statement-making pieces and expert fashion advice.

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Tecsys Inc. is delighted to announce that American Woodmark Corporation has begun a national supply chain transformation initiative to drive operational efficiency across its major warehousing and distribution facilities by leveraging Tecsys' warehouse management software, Elite WMS.

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Asda is trialling an automated age verification solution at self-checkouts.

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Grocery group Coop Denmark is among the first major retail organisations in Europe to seamlessly link automated replenishment and shelf planning in one IT system. The medium-term goals are store-specific assortments and product placings. 

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Leading German Drugstore chain dm will partner with RELEX Solutions, provider of unified retail planning solutions, to optimize its retail space planning.

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Bally is replacing its current POS systems with the Oracle Retail Xstore platform across 18 countries.

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OneView Commerce today announced that Molton Brown Ltd has completed its upgrade of OneView solutions across their U.K. and U.S. stores.

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Food retail, wholesale and foodservice company, Musgrave, has rolled out an ESL (electronic shelf label) solution from Pricer, across its SuperValu and Centra stores in Northern Ireland.

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The department store chain has already started offering Afterpay, which allows consumers to pay over time, online and in physical stores.

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The beauty giant is deploying SAP’s SuccessFactors as its global Human Resources Information System (HRIS) for all countries and employees. In addition, Sephora is deploying mobile-accessible solutions from Qlik to help corporate HR staff manage local employee needs, jobs, and recruitment requirements.

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A2Z Smart Technologies Corp. has introduced its Cust2Mate smart cart platform in the US and Israel.

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The online specialty eyewear retailer is introducing Luna Solutions, a separate business held under common ownership with 1-800 Contacts that is formed through the combination of Premium Vision, Ditto, 6over6, and ExpressExam.

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Albertsons Companies is set to deploy an AI powered platform from Afresh Technologies across its more than 2,200 supermarkets in 34 US states.

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An Asia-based fashion retailer, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd, known as ABFRL, is deploying Algonomy's hyper-personalization technology to provide a seamless shopping experience across all consumer channels.

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Brooks Brothers and Citi Retail Services are extending their consumer credit card alliance in a collaborative drive to revolutionize omnichannel payment options.

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Fresh Thyme Market has seen a sizable sales lift since deploying enhanced QR code technology on shelves for some products over a year ago.

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The fashion giant has entered into a limited partnership with asset manager Franklin Templeton to invest in innovative consumer technology companies, with a focus on women-led firms.

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Today, Relay has announced that it will provide its highly wearable and highly adaptable associate alert devices to 80 Atrium Hospitality-managed properties across the United States.

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Tangiblee today announced its selection in La Maison des Startups LVMH (Season 7). This program was developed with the mission to start conversations between LVMH’s Maisons and entrepreneurs to generate collaborations.

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UK-based omnichannel tool and building supply retailer, Toolstation, has appointed Percona to manage its MySQL databases and strengthen the core of its business critical applications.

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Premier league football club Tottenham Hotspur has selected BigCommerce’s platform to improve its online store and drive its expansion into international markets.

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