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With a rising number of Americans now grocery shopping online, United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) has enlisted a pair of digital commerce platforms to ready its thousands of private-label products for the virtual shelf.

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Amid projected holiday sales increases, CBRE and Optoro predict in a new report that consumers could return as much as $66.7 billion in holiday purchases, a 45.6% increase over the previous five-year average.

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As Campbell Soup Company plots its tech investment roadmap, the company is seeing success in marrying its AI-infused insights engine with its internal incubator to bring products to market much more quickly.

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Restaurant Brands International, parent company to Tim Hortons, Burger King and Popeyes, has announced a regional partnership with the Ant Group to leverage the company's digital solutions across RBI's restaurants in the Asia Pacific market.

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Amazon and UPS-backed Beta Technologies could change the future of package deliveries with Alia, an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft built for cargo, according to several reports.

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The talking prescription labels are free to patients at Hy-Vee’s more than 275 pharmacy locations.

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Newegg Commerce Inc. is making some purchases on its e-commerce site eligible for buy now, pay later (BNPL) installment payments.

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The home improvement retailer plans to convert its entire U.S. chain to a new market delivery model over the next 18-plus months, Marvin R. Ellison, Lowe's chairman, president, and CEO, said this week.

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Online food delivery provider DoorDash on Tuesday launched on-demand grocery delivery from more than 400 Southeastern Grocers stores, including the retailer’s Fresco y Más, Harveys and Winn-Dixie banners.

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Chipotle Mexican Grill on Thursday unveiled plans for its first digital prototype restaurant with a drive-thru and walk-up pickup window.

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Pacsun is leveraging the SoundCommerce Customer360 cloud platform to align marketing, merchandising and operations data.

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Mexico's Grupo Elektra will accept bitcoin as payment for purchases, the latest retailer in Latin America to embrace the cryptocurrency as it grows in popularity.

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Nespresso has worked with LIGANOVA on the launch of an augmented reality and sound technology powered Gifts of the Forest festive campaign.

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Popular Russian clothing company Finn Flare recently went live with Centric PLM and have enjoyed significant gains in both time savings during product development, and reduced sourcing costs.

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The Toronto-based department store conglomerate is partnering with retail technology services and solution provider Direct Source, workspace furnishings manufacturer Safco, and technology company Synq to deploy the companies’ jointly developed, multi-use smart locker system.

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Albertsons Cos. is piloting a digitally managed, store-in-store salad bar concept at a half-dozen supermarkets on the East Coast.

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McDonald's of Greater Atlanta is partnering with business networking platform provider Linq to modernize its hiring efforts. Leveraging Linq technology, McDonald’s is directing interested job applicants into a custom-curated platform that promotes hiring information, helpful resources, and how to apply for employment.

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Discount grocery retailer, Netto, part of the Edeka Group, has opened its first ever Trigo powered frictionless checkout store in Munich, Germany.

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Bloom & Wild says that, since implementing referral engineering platform Mention Me in 2014, it has turned customer advocacy into a primary growth driver for its business, delivering more than a quarter of a million referrals.

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Matalan has announced completion of phase one of its digital transformation programme.

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Sheetz Inc. tapped DoorDash to offer on-demand delivery of food and convenience essentials from more than 560 convenience stores across six states, including Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia.

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Santo Domingo, the capital city of the Dominican Republic, is the site of the first Princess Medallion/xIoT manufacturing and fulfillment facility outside of Asia.

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The Thoughtworks and John Deere engineering teams will work side-by-side to build a scalable and flexible technology architecture. New digital experiences and microservices intend to deliver a seamless and enriched digital experience for John Deere customers, dealers and other stakeholders across traditional and digital channels.

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Majid Al Futtaim has inaugurated a 17 megawatt solar park which will provide power to 35 Carrefour stores across Jordan, allowing each to operate entirely on clean energy.

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As experts predict a rise in holiday sales, retailers' seasonal jobs have declined by 7.5%, and transportation and seasonal warehouse jobs dipped by 8.4% compared to last year.

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Freshworks Inc. has helped leading global convenience store 7-Eleven create a more delightful digital experience for its customers and franchise partners in the Philippines.

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In hopes of staying ahead of evolving consumer preferences as well as to combat widespread labor shortages, Florida-based BurgerFi is testing a hybrid food hall model as well as in-car ordering, Patty the Robot, QR codes and kiosks.

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Retail Business Services (RBS), the services company of Ahold Delhaize USA, has introduced in a new location its frictionless store technology that enables people to shop a small-format store in seconds.

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GridPoint rolls out its technology enterprise-wide to 345 Wendy’s locations to reduce energy use and support sustainability goals.

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Schnuck Markets natural food banner EatWell now features smart CBD sales kiosks from NatuEra, a vertically integrated cannabinoid producer and brand of hemp-derived CBD products.

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The use of AI has helped the apparel company make better decisions in areas such as pricing and shipping, says Katia Walsh, Chief Strategy and AI Officer

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Chain Store Age recently spoke with Jih-Hao Cheng, director of loss prevention, Dick’s Sporting Goods, about benefits the country’s largest sporting goods retailer has received since installing the Liveview Technologies surveillance camera platform.

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Customers are prompted at the store’s entry gates to scan the QR code in their Amazon app, use the Amazon One proprietary palm payment solution, or insert a credit or debit card linked to their Amazon account to open the Just Walk Out gates.

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Walmart’s white label Go Local delivery service is adding its first apparel retail client.

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