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Amazon’s Just Walk Out has Left the Building

Retail TouchPoints

The retailer will instead rely more heavily on its smart Amazon Dash Carts , which have been deployed at Fresh stores since 2020 as well as at Amazon subsidiary Whole Foods. The retailing giant will continue to use the JWO technology in its Amazon Go stores and license the solution to other retailers.

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Sustainable shopping: what options are available to retailers?

Retail Focus

If you walk up and down the aisles of supermarkets, clothes shops or even furniture stores, you will notice that more brands are shouting about their commitment to protecting the environment, be it via packaging or marketing messages. To put it simply, there is no escaping the subject of sustainability in retail.

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How Retail Tech Solutions Address Stadium Concessions Gripes

Retail TouchPoints

Through AI and other technologies, customers in grocery stores, clothing outlets and other convenience-style shops no longer need to wait in line to check out. As for concertgoers at these same venues, over half of U.S. In some sections at SoFi, you can even order online and have food and drinks delivered right to your seat.

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What the metaverse means for retail and consumer goods

Inside Retail

At Microsoft, we break down the metaverse i nto three strategies: consumer, enterprise, and industrial. Centred around online gaming and Xbox, providing a platform for users to collaborate, engage with immersive experiences to explore, play games with their friends, and shop. Use cases include: Virtual Stores. Industrial.

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Dollar General Hit with $1M More in OSHA Fines, Bringing Total Since 2017 to $15M

Retail TouchPoints

Dollar General is facing more than $1 million in potential penalties for workspace safety violations at four stores in Florida and Georgia that were uncovered by investigators from the U.S. federal workplace inspectors opened inspections at stores on 58th Avenue and Marion Oaks Manor in late August and September 2022.

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Early holiday shopping boosts October retail sales

Mass Relators

WASHINGTON – Early holiday shopping helped boost retail sales in October, the National Retail Federation said on Tuesday. The robust balance sheets of American households are being met by retailer preparation and hard work to provide products that consumers want at competitive prices. “The seasonally adjusted from September and up 16.3%

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NRF: July retail sales show consumers still shopping

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WASHINGTON – Core retail sales as calculated by the National Retail Federation rose in July even as overall sales reported by the Census Bureau remained flat on a monthly basis, and both calculations showed strong year-over-year gains as consumers kept shopping despite high inflation, NRF said Wednesday. percent unadjusted year over year.