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Target ups pay for peak days during holiday season
October 13, 2021
Target aims to pay an extra $2 an hour to retail associates and service center workers who work what the retailer calls peak days during the holiday season.
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Consumers more mindful, view gifting as therapy this holiday season
October 12, 2021
The 2021 holiday season will be one of mindfulness, reflection, recuperation and a time to focus on mental health and self-care, according to a Sitecore report.
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Shoppers love online buying but also in-store tech
October 12, 2021
While a survey of 1,600 U.S. consumers reveals that more than half, 60%, prefer to do more than half their shopping online, there is also big interest by…
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Most consumers haven’t tapped try-on, AR features
October 12, 2021
Nearly three-quarters, 71%, of U.S. consumers that shopped online in the past 12 months have never used any virtual try-on features or any other AR online tech…
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Swyft iStores to offer sanitizing wristbands
October 11, 2021
Swyft Inc., a provider robotic and software-powered marketplaces that facilitate unattended retail, has teamed with Olo Band to distribute sanitizing…
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Home Depot taps Walmart service for home delivery option
October 11, 2021
Home Depot is using Walmart delivery service, GoLocal, to deliver customer products.
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Supply chain woes aren’t changing consumer behavior
October 11, 2021
Delivery delays and supply chain issues might be a worry for shoppers, but the issue aren't going to change consumer behavior this holiday season.
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NCR provides e-commerce solution to supermarket chain Northgate
October 8, 2021
NCR Corp. has rolled out its e-commerce solution Freshop to Northgate Gonzalez Market, a supermarket chain with 42 stores in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside and…
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Initiative aims to shape the future of retail
October 8, 2021
Standard AI is partnering with retail tech leaders to launch the Autonomous Retail Initiative focused on investing in convenience store operators to help shape…
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Stor.ai launches app to boost efficiency, profitability in grocery fulfillment
October 8, 2021
Stor.ai is launching a picking app that will allow retailers to combine multiple picking strategies in fulfilling orders which will prove more time efficient…
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Giant Eagle boosts data uptime, data security
October 8, 2021
Giant Eagle Inc., a food and pharmacy retailer with more than 470 locations across five states, is tapping StorMagic technology to ensure uptime and safeguard…
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'Smart store' AI platform strives to revolutionize customer experience
October 7, 2021
Veea Inc., providers of integrated smart edge connectivity, computing and security technologies, and iFree Group, a conglomerate providing global connectivity…
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Amazon delivery station boasts unique mural
October 7, 2021
Amazon's latest delivery station in Las Vegas, its third in the valley, boasts a 5,000-square-foot mural created on an exterior wall by local artist Jerry…
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Family amusement center deploys cashless technology following COVID-19 closure
October 6, 2021
Pleasureland Amusement in Whitby, U.K., with arcade games, indoor golf, bowling and an ice-cream bar, has completed one year of implementation of the Semnox…
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More consumers plan to enjoy trick-treat this year
October 6, 2021
While the COVID-19 pandemic remains a concern, with 71% of consumers expecting it to affect Halloween plans, more will be trick or treating this year…
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JCPenney teams up with tech partner for beauty experience
October 6, 2021
JCPenney is working with B2B technology platform provider Landing International to develop a beauty experience the retailer is calling JCPenney Beauty.
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Walmart aims to hire 150K in second hiring push
October 6, 2021
In late summer Walmart announced it was hiring on 20,000 to help meet supply chain demands. Now it's planning to hire nearly 150,000 staff for the pre- and…
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Loyalty programs boosting visits, customer spend
October 5, 2021
Loyalty programs can consistently boost site visits and spend by 18% to 30% per member, according to the Paytronix Loyalty Report released from Paytronix…
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UK supermarket chain dials up phone recycling kiosks
October 5, 2021
Asda, a U.K. supermarket chain, will introduce kiosks to about 300 stores that will allow shoppers to recycle phones for cash, according to a report in…
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Pandemic drives contactless devices in resort segment
October 5, 2021
The resort industry's adoption of technology that reduces the customer's need to touch things and interact with people has expanded and is here to stay, thanks…
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