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July 18, 2020
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Bowflex, an in home fitness equipment, is now offering PayBright's buy now, pay later option for its online customers.
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Vibenomics today announces a multi-year relationship with Kroger. Through this relationship, Vibenomics will expand its Audio OOH Advertising Marketplace to enrich the customer experience in more than 2,300 Kroger locations and automate the audio ad buying process to current programmatic standards.
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As restaurant dining is going contactless, Coca-Cola says it will rollout a contactless way to operate its Freestyle Coca-Cola soda dispensers in the coming months.
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Tim Hortons U.S. is partnering with Grubhub to offer delivery in select YU.S. regional markets.
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Recently, some social media users have been sharing images online of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags on Victoria’s Secret clothing items and claiming they are being used to track users. This claim is untrue.
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Bankrupt Chuck E. Cheese beefs up its Pasqually's Pizza concept
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CEC Entertainment, the Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza parent company that declared bankruptcy late last month, is adding new menu items and a new delivery platform to its virtual pizza concept, Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings.
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Easy Deli leverages UHF RFID tags on products and readers at the point of sale and exit to enable shoppers to buy goods by placing them on the sales counter and approving the purchase without human assistance.
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When dining rooms closed due to COVID-19, California-based Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria quickly shifted its 10 locations to takeout and delivery-only using its existing Your Fare online ordering system.
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Naranga, a provider of franchise management software, and the Pizza Factory have recently announced an expanded partnership in which The Pizza Factory will use Naranga’s ncompass software solution to manage franchise operations, sales,and standards throughout its entire franchise network.
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The first Nike Rise store has opened today, in Guangzhou, China, bringing a variety of new retail technology to its customers.
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Clothing rental company Armoire on Thursday launched "Looks," a digital dressing room for members.
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A specialty hardwood floor retailer is laying the foundation for an omnichannel experience that merges in-store and online shopping.
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Curbside grocery pickup will be available in nearly 600 ALDI stores across the country by the end of July.
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During the difficult second quarter of 2020, pizza powerhouse Domino's turned in an outstanding performance in the U.S. particularly, despite a downturn in actual foot traffic at the brand's locations.
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Eagle Eye Solutions and Ecrebo Inc are partnering with Southeastern Grocers, Inc. (SEG), to support its business transformation strategy and goal of becoming a digitally-enabled, omnichannel retailer.
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Reflexis Successfully Expands into Baltic Region by Signing Maxima Latvia, Region's Leading Retail Chain
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Reflexis Systems today announced that Maxima, one of the largest Latvian retail chains, has selected Reflexis ONE to improve store productivity and efficiency.
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Thorntons LLC is keeping its customers safe and making enrollment in its Refreshing Rewards loyalty program quick and easy by releasing a streamlined text-to-enroll registration solution.
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IBM and SAP join Anta Group digital transformation journey
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Chinese sporting goods company Anta Group has launched a group wide digital platform based on SAP S/4HANA.
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Imports at major U.S. retail container ports are expected to remain significantly below last year’s levels into this fall as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.
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The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) has selected data analytics and AI technology from Google Cloud, to enable more personalized experiences for consumers.
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Hong Kong Hotel Establishes New Benchmark in Hotel TV Experience
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Exterity announced that the Alva Hotel by Royal, a resort in the riverside area of Shatin in Hong Kong, has deployed Exterity’s ArtioGuest software to provide its international clientele with an intuitive, high-tech in-room experience.
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Aldi is expanding it its rapid home delivery partnership with Deliveroo that began in May.
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Hotel On Phillips Offers Guests High-Tech, Contactless Solutions
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From stunning architecture and design, to local food and drink, to world-class technology from SONIFI Solutions, Hotel On Phillips feels it has delivered on everything as hoped.
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Rutter’s is working with PDI Hosting Services to increase its infrastructure and strengthen its data security measures.
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Sally is a salad-slinging robot that serves up preset options like Caesar and Cobb along with custom mixes, all with just a few touches on the machine’s digital screen.
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Amazon Dash Cart enables users to bypass the checkout line. It employs a combination of computer vision algorithms and sensor fusion to identify items a shopper puts in the cart. When the shopper exits through the Dash Cart lane in the store, sensors automatically identify the cart, and the shopper’s payment is processed using the shopper’s credit card on the shopper’s Amazon account.
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The chain’s newly remodeled Florida unit opened this week, featuring solar panels and covers all of its energy needs.
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Trig's, a multi-specialty retailer in northern and central Wisconsin, has completed its multi-banner implementation of Logile’s forecasting, staffing, scheduling, time and attendance, and reporting software.
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It’s a new smart shopping cart that makes a quick grocery trip even quicker by allowing you to skip the checkout line.
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Fuel, a provider of guest-facing software for the global hospitality industry, has been selected by Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) to manage its online inventory for the club’s 22 lodging locations with the Fuel Booking Engine.
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Domino's has implemented its new "Intelligent Call Manager" with Vonage's Voice API integrated with Vonage's unified communications solution.
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eBags has had its finger on the pulse of technology for the last 22 years, a trait that has proven especially helpful during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Focus Brands has selected Givex as its first united gift card processing platform for its U.S. locations.
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Kent Brushes, the world’s oldest hairbrush manufacturer, has launched a new website and migrated from Magento to Shopify in the process.
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IDeaS announced Pillows Hotels selected IDeaS Revenue Management System (RMS) to enhance the hotel chain’s strategy and competitive position in the face of the current industry downturn.
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When dining rooms closed due to COVID-19, California-based Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria quickly shifted its 10 locations to takeout and delivery-only using its existing Your Fare online ordering system.
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Eyeing more revenue from its online grocery storefront, Weis Markets is implementing Mercatus Digital Advertising, a solution the regional grocer expects to help level the playing field for national CPG digital ad dollars and funnel more relevant brand offers to customers.
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Wendy’s and Five Guys first to adopt Coca-Cola Freestyle contactless pouring
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Foodservice is turning to QR codes during the coronavirus pandemic for digital menus and contactless payment; Coke and iPourIt provide new solutions for self-pouring soda and beer systems
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Miso Robotics' Flippy nabs first gig with a national restaurant chain; the autonomous kitchen assistant, now on rails, will be frying everything from french fries to onion rings at a test location in the Midwest
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