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These Were the Top Retail Stories of 2022

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But backrooms filled up, investment money dried up, inflation cut into consumable income, workers sought to organize and loss prevention became a top-of-mind concern. Starbucks workers organized at many locations in 2022. location voted in favor of starting a union. It was the third company-owned location to so vote.

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Perspectives on the Future of Service Provider Networking: Distributed Data Centers and Edge Services

Cisco Retail

Another is the new and emerging types of digital experiences such as cloud gaming, augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR), telesurgery using robotic assistance, autonomous vehicles, intelligent kiosks, and Internet of Things (IoT)-based smart cities/communities/homes. New and emerging digital experiences depend on proximity.