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Kroger, Walgreens Pool Resources In Retail Procurement Alliance

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Kroger and Walgreens are expanding their partnership to create a new group purchasing organization (GPO) called the Retail Procurement Alliance, which will pool resources to cut costs and advance innovation, the companies said in a press release on Wednesday (Dec.

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Walgreens And Kroger Widen Retail Partnership

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With an expansion of a retail partnership between The Kroger Co. and Walgreens Boots Alliance, a Kroger Express grocery assortment and the Kroger Pickup service will come to 35 Walgreens locations in the Knoxville, Tennessee market. They are also said to include Walgreens Boots Alliance brands Soap & Glory and No7.

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Securing The New Commerce Normal

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The same fraudsters are also still out there, with the same bag of bad tricks, and they’re now operating in an environment full of new areas to attempt to exploit. All that commerce is now digital, which introduces both new opportunities and challenges. Today, [fraud] becomes a much bigger challenge than before,” Sevounts said.

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Georgia’s Push To Reopen Falls Flat As Consumers Stay Home

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began to get its early actual data (as opposed to theoretical predictions) as Alaska, Georgia, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas and all began lifting some of the stricter parts of the social distancing regulations to allow slightly more social mobility, according to CNN. Retail President Leo Wiener told Bisnow. “I’ve

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Retailers Look To Digital Technologies After Beating The Street

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Retailers and retail landlords are reporting strong first-quarter earnings results, beating analysts’ expectations in many cases. But mall owners and operators are occupied with a different focus: what to do with closing anchor tenants that once filled valuable space in their malls. billion, according to news from Retail Dive.

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FedEx Joins UPS In Adding Delivery Fees Due To Volume Hike

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The Tennessee-based shipping giant will add a 30-cent surcharge to packages delivered to homes via Express and Ground, according to a post on its website. The fee applies to large retailers and manufacturers who ship 40,000 or more packages per week. It will cost more to send a FedEx package starting Monday (June 8).

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Ruby Tuesday Files For Bankruptcy, Will Close 185 Locations

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Under the reorganization, the company said it plans to close 185 locations, which leaves the franchise with 236 operating restaurants. Founded in 1972 and headquartered in Maryville, Tennessee, Ruby Tuesday has furloughed about 7,000 of its roughly 7,300 employees.

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