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OCTOBER 20, 2020

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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OCTOBER 23, 2020

In the longer run, the service will grow over the next several months to the grocer’s 570 retail locations throughout California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida. Amazon Fresh, a new physical retail concept from Amazon, is setting up shop in four locations in the Chicago market, the Chicago Tribune reported.

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MAY 9, 2018

As restaurant operators seek to bolster sales in the face of weak traffic growth, Yum! Brands’ Pizza Hut is bringing beer delivery to approximately 100 of its restaurants in California and Arizona. The restaurant chain had begun testing the service in Phoenix back in December, Reuters reported. have liquor licenses.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The service is starting in Arizona, where users can call 1-833-USE-UBER to speak with a live representative. The telephone operator service has previously been tested in India , Egypt, Ukraine and Mexico. Uber is launching a new telephone booking service aimed at older consumers in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

As instances of the coronavirus increase in Texas, Apple will shutter seven of its Houston-vicinity retail locations once again. Apple closed shops again in North Carolina, Florida, Arizona and South Carolina last week for like rationale, and has reportedly re-shuttered a total of 18 retail locations across the U.S. “We

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

The 560-store chain, located mainly in the southeast, showed a drop in total retail sales for the 13-week period ended Aug. Total retail sales decreased approximately 35 percent for its second quarter. Operating expenses for the 13 weeks ended Aug. 1, 2020 of $893.2 million compared to $1,378.2 million in 2019. 1 decreased $141.8

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

The tech company, which has 271 retail shops in the United States, has recently closed 47 stores again, CNBC reported. Their reclosures reportedly are a negative barometer of the ease with which retail operations are able to resume throughout the country.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

American businesses had more tax minimizing options prior to the ruling, as retailers selling all across the country were taxed on their physical presences. Arizona, for example, is phasing down its SMB exemption threshold to only affect those selling less than $100,000 in 2021.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2019

the grocery retailer, and Nuro, the SoftBank -backed robotics company, announced on Thursday (March 14) the launch of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston. We operate 102 stores in Houston , an energetic market that embraces digital and technology advancement.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

In other Nuro news, the SoftBank-backed robotics company and grocery retailer Kroger Co. Kroger and Nuro have operated a self-driving grocery delivery service in Scottsdale, Arizona, servicing a single ZIP code with an autonomous vehicle fleet since August.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Digital delivery service goPuff will acquire BevMo , a specialty beverage retailer based on the U.S. BevMo boasts an operation in 161 neighborhood stores in California, Arizona and Washington, which goPuff plans to use to integrate its micro-fulfillment centers. West Coast, according to a blog post from goPuff.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2018

The Verge reported that Best Buy Mobile stores were only contributing around 1 percent of overall revenue, while gobbling up more in operational costs than their full-sized counterparts. Outside of grocery, crafts retailer A.C. That’s according to Business Insider ; the retailer hasn’t been vocal about its upcoming closures.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

As they are busy managing jobs, soccer practice, dance lessons and social schedules we are on a mission to do more than keep a little extra money in their pockets,” Tom Ward, senior vice president of Digital Operations, Walmart U.S., said in a press release.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

The interest among established buyers in growing food delivery operations is far more than a U.S. regulators recently approved Amazon’s $575 million purchase of a 16 percent stake in Deliveroo, a London-based food delivery business that operates in both England and Australia. phenomenon.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

We’ve been looking at our structure for some time as we explore ways to operate more effectively,” the company said in an emailed statement. Earlier this month, it suddenly closed 63 Sam’s Club warehouses in several states, including in Arizona, Alaska, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana and New York. Those efforts continue.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2020

Well, except for the good people of Arizona, Hawaii, American Samoa, the U.S. Their clocks will stay exactly the same – and Arizona will go from being in the Mountain Time Zone to being in the Pacific Time Zone. Thus far, only Arizona and Hawaii have bowed out. local time.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2018

But the membership-only retailer said it had closed the stores following a “review,” according to news from Reuters. After a thorough review of our existing portfolio, we’ve decided to close a series of clubs and better align our locations with our strategy,” the retailer wrote in a tweet. Walmart’s shares rose 0.5

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

What eventually becomes cutting-edge in retail and payments often originates in places that are dedicated to security, not commerce. Those efforts come as voice-assistant and voice-activated technologies — different, of course, from voice-print biometrics — are having a moment in the retail spotlight. Voice-Print Efforts.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The states leading the probe include Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Utah. It works with all platforms and operating systems and gives developers the flexibility to build software that is adaptable to the circumstances needed. Amazon Prime Day Sees Small Business Sellers Rake In $3.5B.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2017

operates a nationwide chain of casual dining restaurants offering a diverse range of menu items. We are excited to be expanding our delivery options and combining BJ’s extensive menu with the convenience of Grubhub,” said Lon Ledwith, executive vice president of operations at BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.,

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JANUARY 8, 2019

The pilot program with Walmart will happen at stores in Surprise, Arizona. Level 4 is known as high automation, where the car can operate without human input but only under select conditions, defined by factors like road type or location. The Newton, which can fit up to 32 customers’ orders at a time, is a level 4 autonomous vehicle.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The retailer said that around 23,500 of the seasonal positions will be based in facilities that support online sales, an increase of 5,500 positions compared to 2017. In addition, around 1,500 workers will be hired for customer service via telephone, email and online chat at centers in Mason, Ohio; Clearwater, Florida; and Tempe, Arizona.

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MARCH 26, 2018

The idea is not wholly unprecedented — Carvana operates similar car vending machines across the U.S. It may sound like a silly feature, but it’s one customers actually like — as it apparently makes working with the Arizona-based startup a bit more memorable.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

In an effort to tackle grocery delivery, Kroger announced that it has begun to use autonomous vehicles in Arizona. The grocer along with Nuro had been using a fleet of Prius cars with operators. Kroger President of Pharmacy Colleen Lindholz said, “Kroger operates nearly 2,200 pharmacies, serving millions of customers across America.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2016

“Improving engagement” has become just another platitude in retailers’ back pockets as they figure out which channel of the increasingly fragmented online world they should focus on, but Nordstrom may have struck gold with a new Snapchat-centered production.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Analysts at Jefferies have also identified additional licenses for operations in Washington, New Mexico and Indiana, which could signal bigger plans for Amazon as well.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Autonomous vehicles hit the road this year in the name of retail, with pilots of delivery services for groceries and takeout coming to U.S. To bring these innovations to fruition, technology companies and retailers decided to join forces. Autonomous Driving Startups.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Colorado’s Attorney General has indicated that at least half of all retail lenders closed their doors following the enactment of legislation in 2010 that restricted payday loan fees to an average APR of about 120%. The other states to have done so are South Dakota, Ohio, Arizona, and Montana.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 23, 2023

The operative question is when commercial PODs will show a spike. As can be seen, Arizona and Texas have the largest increases in credit risk, while Minnesota and Maine are the most stable. In terms of absolute probabilities of default, Arizona, Texas, and Georgia are the three riskiest states in terms of likelihood of default.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2020

As it works to address the pandemic with testing, CVS Health plans to open over 50 COVID-19 testing sites at designated CVS Pharmacy drive-thru locations throughout Connecticut, Florida, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. CVS Health President and CEO Larry J.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

Also, Waymo will begin offering self-driving rides to Walmart customers in Arizona and Grubhub is acquiring LevelUp. Consumers will be able to get hours of operation, location, contact information and other data, just using voice commands. to offer diners and shoppers rides to a shopping center in Chandler, Arizona.

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AUGUST 21, 2018

Companies like American Tile & Stone and Premier Packaging have already begun using Uber Freight to improve their shipping operations, and we’re excited to now roll out the platform widely to our freight community,” the company wrote in the blog post.

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MAY 2, 2019

Convenience store operator 7-Eleven is launching beer and cider delivery in select U.S. Customers can place their beer orders via the 7Now app. A company statement revealed that a section of the app called “The Beer Necessities” will offer “everything from traditional beers to craft beers and ciders.”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2018

Arizona-based DriveTime, the country’s second-largest used car retailer focused solely on used vehicles, operates over 140 dealerships nationwide and sells more than 150,000 used vehicles each year. We’re just beginning to scratch the surface of the quality, efficiency and cost-reduction opportunities.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2016

The upshot for the wholesale manufacturers behind those brands is, of course, that they are able to set their suggested retail prices a little bit (or, sometimes, a lot) higher than items bearing lesser-known labels. And that has become something of a problem for brick-and-mortar retailers. To private label.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Nuro, the robotics company operating in the commerce market, announced on Monday (Feb. It also licensed its self-driving technology to Ike, an autonomous trucking company, and rolled out the first unmanned delivery service in Arizona. 11) that it has raised $940 million in financing from the SoftBank Vision Fund.

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