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Target, Walmart Adjust Holiday Delivery Processes As Shipping Crisis Peaks

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The issues with getting the digital-first economy to become the deliver-first economy have led big retail names like Target, Walmart and eBay to make last-minute adjustments to their delivery processes, and will most likely lead to frustration with consumers who expected their gifts to arrive on time. What’s a retailer to do?

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Nordstrom Launches Same-Day Gift Delivery Service

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Customers in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. All stores will be open on Christmas Eve for online order pickup, the company said. will have a wider merchandise selection for same-day and next-day pickup. .

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Tencent Says Big Tech Needs Greater Oversight; Group Seeks To Block Maryland Online Ad Tax

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Group Seeks to Block Maryland Online Advertising Tax. Marylanders for Tax Fairness is preparing for a battle in January over the state’s attempt to make a digital advertising tax, the Baltimore Sun reported. Maryland legislators ratified the tax earlier in 2020, but Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed the levy.

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One Food-Ordering App To Rule Them All

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At the same time, former retail rivals and now-partners Grubhub and Yelp are agreeing to a five-year alliance that includes the integration of Grubhub ordering into Yelp’s listings. Both Groupon and Grubhub are Chicago-based, although OrderUp calls Baltimore home. Grubhub pays a “partnership fee” for orders placed through Yelp.

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DoorDash Unveils Latest Growth Strategy: Digital Convenience Stores

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5) unveiled DashMart , an array of online convenience stores that offer C-store items like ice cream and chips, along with other products from local grocery stores and restaurants. DoorDash said it plans to add more cities in the coming months, including Baltimore, Denver, Sacramento and Concord, California.

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A Bundle Of Contradictions: The Online Privacy Landscape

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At first glance, 2018 is shaping up to be a year that has brought meaningful consumer, regulatory and legislative backlash against lax online privacy. social media users are “very confident” that those platforms would protect users’ data, according to Pew — with 64 percent calling for more regulation of online advertisers.

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goPuff: Making Convenience More Convenient With Delivery

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Rather, it warehouses its wares and delivers them on demand to customers’ doors within 30 minutes of an online or mobile app order. Our idea is to really create a totally new kind of retail space – one that is really convenient.”. And they do offer a little bit of everything, just like a standard C-store might.