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Are U.S. restaurant chains dying a slow, painful death? Hundreds of restaurants are closing, in a trend that seems to mirror the way thousands upon thousands of stores are going out of business.

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Mercatus today announced that it has partnered with Giant Tiger Stores Limited (“Giant Tiger”), a Canadian discount retailer, to power the retailer’s new mobile app.

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Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Alliance Data’s card services business to launch a new private label credit card program for both Sally Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group.

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Yogurtland has partnered with DoorDash to offer delivery nationwide.

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The robot-operated facility designed by Kroger's U.K. partner Ocado will be able to fill an average grocery order of 50 items in 6 to 7 minutes.

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Ahold Delhaize today announced a strategic partnership with Hanshow Technology to introduce digital in-store applications for its European brands.

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Northgate Gonzàlez Markets has selected NCR Emerald to improve its customer experience.

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Gyroville has selected ParTech Inc’s. cloud-based Brink POS software and EverServ 600 terminals for its 10 locations.

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Missguided partnered with Poq, which provides a native Software-as-Service (SaaS) app platform specifically for retail, to launch a fully transactional and fully branded iOS shopping app.

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Convey, Inc., today announced that Indigo Books & Music, Inc. has selected Convey’s delivery experience management (DEM) software to increase visibility and proactive communication on the real-time status of customer orders and shipments.

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Kinaxis Inc. today announced that Honda has selected Kinaxis to streamline its supply chain planning and response processes for its Automobile business in Japan .

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With big box stores like Payless Shoe Source, Sears, Gymboree, Charming Charlie and more declaring bankruptcy and closing nearly all of their stores, it’s easy to think the end of retail as we know it is near, and places like malls will soon become relics of yesterday.

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This is a story about Walmart and its competition--and how trying one new thing resulted in a giant difference for Walmart customers.

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Advance Auto Parts will provide several enhancements to its in store pick up option for its Customers at more than 4,500 Advance and company-owned Carquest stores in the U.S.

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Amazon on Wednesday said that for the first time, U.S. customers can pay with cash through 15,000 Western Union locations nationwide. Dubbed Amazon PayCode, the service has been available in 19 other countries.

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Chinese coffee lovers can now order Starbucks drinks using Alibaba’s smart speaker, Tmall Genie. The coffee giant announced that the ordering capabilities will provide customers with drinks and food within 30 minutes, by leveraging Alibaba’s on-demand food delivery platform, Ele.me.

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SilverStar Mountain Resort has all the amenities of a luxurious alpine village. Four hotel style properties, more than 10 food and beverage outlets, a variety of retail and grocery stores, fitness center, bike rental and repair store, ski shops, plus multiple residential ownership units. The entire operation is supported by the Maestro Multi-Property hotel software system.

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Imports at the nation’s major retail container ports reached unusually high numbers just before new tariffs on goods from China took effect September 1 and are expected to surge again before another round of tariffs takes effect in December, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

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Meijer has completed a transformative 15-month initiative to streamline the checkout process at all of its stores.

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In news that came via Cointelegraph on Tuesday, in Germany, Burger King, has this month begun accepting bitcoin online through its website and mobile app.

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Albertsons, Safeway, Southeastern Grocers and Weis Markets supermarkets are slated to pilot an in-store digital media network from News Corp. subsidiary News America Marketing (NAM).

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National furniture retailer supports seamless retailing with augmented reality.

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No one can accuse 7-Eleven Inc. of standing still.

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Electricals retailer AO.com has announced a logistics partnership with supermarket chain Aldi, helping expand the grocer’s online offering.

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Stein Mart announced Tuesday it will offer buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) to customers at all of its 283 locations.

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Retail giant Sainsbury’s is using data science to help it anticipate and then meet the fast-changing demands of its customers.

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Target, the retailer, is using media insight and strategy as a means of achieving brand differentiation among consumers, an effort driven in large part by Roundel, the company’s in-house media unit.

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AWG is helping retailers identify opportunities to improve sales, pricing, and profitability. The company is partnering with Retail Software Solutions Group (RSSG) to make the RSSG DealW!se and PriceW!se solutions available to its members.

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Jack Rogers’ goal was to have the platform analyze its Google Analytics and Facebook Ads data on an automatic, ongoing basis, with the intent of leading managers to new insights that might help them with marketing.

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UK grocer Morrisons and online titan Amazon have strengthened their delivery and distribution partnership.

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The Badcock Home Furniture &more brand has fully launched its website e-commerce functionality, offering all product lines that are currently available through its brick and mortar stores.

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Walmart Inc., looking to generate more profit from its online unit, wants to start storing and shipping products for third-party vendors for the first time, just as rival Amazon.com Inc. has done for years.

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Tulalip Resort Casino in Washington launches its ONE CLUB GO app.

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Barnes & Noble has mountains of data on the student population’s they serve thanks to POS data, an engaging mobile app, as well as an annual customer survey that provides unprecedented information on major student shopping trends.

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The Foschini Group (TFG) has launched a UHFRFID solution across 500 stores throughout a four-month period for its Markham brands, with plans to apply RFID to its products company-wide.

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Casey's completed the implementation of PriceAdvantage at all its convenience stores to assist in fuel price optimization earlier this calendar year.

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Noodles & Company is taking the instant pay movement one step further with the introduction of budgeting tools for workers.

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Nomadix, Inc. has announced the successful implementation of its Wi-Fi solution at the Sofitel Saigon Plaza (SSP).

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