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COVID-19 pandemic drives e-commerce upward big time
April 21, 2020
The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, which has shuttered businesses and forced most to self-isolate, is having a huge impact on e-commerce activity.
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Study: Treatment of essential workers impacting consumer shopping decisions
April 21, 2020
A First Insight study reveals 59% of consumers will shop less at an essential retail brand if that brand allows sick employees to work.
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Austria lets hardware, home improvement stores open in easing COVID-19 restructions
April 21, 2020
Hardware and home improvement retailers in Austria got the green light this week to reopen for business, about a month after the country ordered all…
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Uber rolls out on-demand delivery of packages, medicine in reponse to COVID-19
April 20, 2020
Uber, after weeks of transporting healthcare workers, PPE and meals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has launched Uber Direct and Uber Connect, two…
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U-Haul launches mobile self-checkout amid COVID-19
April 20, 2020
U-Haul has launched self-checkout technology, called U-Haul Scan & Go, at all of its U.S. and Canadian locations.
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Walmart, Sam's Club workers donning face masks in light of COVID-19
April 20, 2020
In an effort to keep employees and customers safe in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, mega retailer Walmart, and its subsidiary wholesale business…
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Experts: It's time to go dark at big supermarket chains given COVID-19 spread
April 20, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sicken and kill thousands across the U.S., one union group believes it's time to crack down on behavior in…
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Michael's deploys contactless same-day delivery in wake of COVID-19
April 20, 2020
Arts and crafts retailer Michael's is offering contactless same-day delivery options at select store locations and the strategy goes way behind just expanding…
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Italy's fashion retailers recovering from COVID-19 impact
April 17, 2020
Italian fashion retailers may be over the worst in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic that essentially shut down pretty much all retail business in the country…
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Nebraska mall getting ready to reopen in wake of COVID-19
April 16, 2020
As government officials begin considering reopening parts of the U.S. as the coronavirus pandemic begins to recede in some states, one outlet mall isn't…
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Walmart sets special pickup hours for COVID-19 high-risk consumers
April 16, 2020
In an effort to better support customers more vulnerable to COVID-19, the coronavirus, Walmart is setting specific pickup hours.
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Apparel companies get sewing machine donation for COVID-19 mask manufacturing
April 16, 2020
Brother International Corp. is donating up to 100 industrial sewing machines to a coalition of apparel companies that are producing needed COVID-19 masks.
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Best Buy furloughing over 50,000 workers
April 15, 2020
Best Buy, one of the few remaining retailers that hasn't had a workforce reduction since the advent of COVID-19, plans to furlough 51,000 hourly associates…
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Colorado expands vehicle license renewal kiosks
April 15, 2020
Residents in El Paso County, Colorado are now able to renew their license plates at a self-service kiosk inside five King Soopers stores, according to a press…
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COVID-19 fosters self-service innovation in China
April 15, 2020
While the coronavirus pandemic has hammered business activity worldwide, it has also fostered a wealth of self-service innovation. Nowhere is this more evident…
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Wegmans starts limiting customer activity in stores
April 14, 2020
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic Wegmans has begun reducing consumer occupancy and limiting how many customers can be in a store at a given time.
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Amazon hiring on once again to handle pandemic's online shopping surge
April 14, 2020
The online shopping surge due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is driving Amazon to hire on another 75,000 employees less than a month after it announced it…
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Amazon sellers get green light to send any kind of item to Amazon warehouses
April 14, 2020
One month after banning what its sellers could send to its warehouses Amazon has reversed course.
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Family fun center closes permanently due to coronavirus pandemic
April 13, 2020
Shakers Fun Centre in Calgary, Canada, has closed permanently due to coronavirus risks, according to a CTV News report.
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American Express assists retailers amid COVID-19
April 13, 2020
American Express is undertaking a series of measures to help employees, cardholders and merchants get through the COVID-19 pandemic both from a financial and…
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