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Waymo Trials Rides For Shoppers In Arizona

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To offer shoppers rides in self-driving vehicles, Alphabet ’s Waymo is starting a trial run for Walmart customers in Arizona. Beyond Walmart, Waymo is working with DDR Corp to provide diners and shoppers with rides to a shopping center in Chandler, Arizona. The technology has undergone five billion hours of simulations, he said.

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Arizona Autonomous Vehicle Tests Build On World’s Fair Legacy

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And not everyone in Arizona can hitch a ride with the vehicle: Waymo said in a Medium post that it was opening up to “early riders from our research program” before it slowly rolls it out to other riders, with safety as a factor in the speed of the launch. For starters, the state’s rules for driverless cars aren’t as strict as California’s.

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Grocery Retail Ups Its Autonomous Delivery Game

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The pilot will provide service to customers in Olmos Park, just outside of downtown San Antonio where the grocery retailer is based,” according to TechCrunch. the grocery retailer, and Nuro, the SoftBank -backed robotics company, announced in March the launch of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston.

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JD Sports Purchases California-Based Shoe Palace

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Also, the Mersho Brothers, who operate Shoe Palace, have been issued equity in Genesis so that they will have 20 percent ownership of the enlarged group in the U.S. The chain currently has 167 retail locations, most of them operating under the Shoe Palace flag. 31, 2019, according to the announcement.

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US Treasury Tells Banks To Treat Hemp Businesses Like Any Other

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The reminder is intended for banks with clients that include marijuana retailers or individuals that grow, process, or manufacture pot. a Nevada-based, publicly-traded company that owns processing centers and a 5,000-square-foot retail store in Arizona, praised FinCEN’s update. Hemp Inc.,

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Amazon, Whole Foods, ALDI Open Grocery Stores Despite Pandemic

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Amazon Fresh, a new physical retail concept from Amazon, is setting up shop in four locations in the Chicago market, the Chicago Tribune reported. In Arizona, low-cost supermarket chain ALDI will bring two new stores to the Phoenix area.

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ALDI Plans 70 New Store Openings In Expansion Push

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As it begins a new period of growth, ALDI intends to open over 70 new retail locations by the conclusion of 2020. ALDI said it keeps planning “aggressive growth” and will come into Arizona later in 2020 with four new locations in the greater vicinity of Phoenix.

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