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Walmart Turns 4 Stores Into Experimental Shopping/Fulfillment Center Hybrids

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Walmart will test combining store/fulfillment center locations at four existing stores, using them as test beds for new technology, digital tools and physical enhancements. The stores will focus on implementing new tools that can help speed up both customer service and order fulfillment. in a statement. in a statement.

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Save Mart, Hibbett Enable Same-Day Delivery via Target, Walmart’s White-Label Services

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Hibbett to Use Stores to Fulfill Same-Day Orders Image courtesy Hibbett Fashion retailer Hibbett is now offering same- and next-day delivery via its new partnerships with Walmart GoLocal and Salesforce Commerce Cloud.

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Walmart Canada Will Invest $3.5 Billion To Modernize Stores, DCs And Supply Chain

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At the store level, the funds will go toward: Renovations to nearly one-third of its locations; Expansion of curbside pickup ; Piloting “micro fulfillment centers” within supercenters to speed up fulfillment of pickup and delivery orders ; and Deploying digitization, robotics and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to make stores smarter.

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From Supply Chains to Fitting Rooms, RFID Demonstrates its Retail Versatility

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Pain Point #1: Selling Apparel Items in a Cashierless Store Amazon has deployed its Just Walk Out (JWO) cashierless technology in a range of sports venues, providing friction-free checkout for customers and faster transactions for retailers.

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5 Things to Know About Amazon’s New ‘Style’ Clothing Stores

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Amazon has announced plans for its first-ever physical fashion store — dubbed Amazon Style — which will feature women’s and men’s apparel, shoes and accessories. Amazon’s done this before… just not for apparel. The goal is an Everything Apparel Store IRL. The King of Ecommerce is no stranger to brick-and-mortar — far from it.

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How Victoria’s Secret Chile Leveraged Click-and-Collect to Boost Incremental Sales 20%

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Retailers save on shipping costs while leveraging their in-store inventories to fulfill customer orders, while shoppers get the products they want without having to wait for a delivery. Prior to this, online orders had been fulfilled from a central distribution center. Click-and-collect, a.k.a. That’s massive for the Christmas season.

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Back-To-School Spending Poised To Top $100 Billion Even Amid Disruption

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The most notable shift between the 2019 back-to-school season and today is the strong consumer preference for technology over traditional items like apparel and even school supplies. The move from school supplies and apparel to hardware and computers wasn’t at all surprising to us,” Sides explained.