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Uber Connect Expands For Holiday Package Delivery

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Paul, Nashville, New Jersey, the New York City suburbs, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, Portland, Salt Lake City, Seattle, St. To help keep up, UPS started imposing shipping restrictions on some large retailers. Louis, Tucson and Upstate New York. Rides declined 73 percent during the second quarter, while delivery surged 113 percent.

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ALDI Expands Online Grocery Delivery To All US Stores

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According to Chain Store Age , the German supermarket company will use its partnership with Instacart to roll out the service to 75 major markets, including San Diego, New York City, Miami, Raleigh and Minneapolis. We’re growing at a time when other retailers are struggling.

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Retail Pulse: Rent The Runway Opens San Francisco Store; Crate & Barrel Plans Restaurant

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To break into the brick-and-mortar world, some digitally native retailers have opened shops inside department stores. However, as in a traditional retail store, staff called “in-store stylists” are on hand to give recommendations tailored to each customer. Staffing has also become a challenge for retail companies.

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Dollar General Moves Toward Convenience

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If all goes well, the company hopes to build another location in Raleigh, N.C. Dollar General has also experimented with more upscale retail offerings, called DG Markets. Since then, the retailer has reported some disappointing quarterly sales — they had forecasted sales growth of 2.6 percent.

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At credit unions, focus on customer experience reigns

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The Raleigh, North Carolina-based CU serves nearly two million members including state employees, public school employees and county employees, as well as their immediate families.

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Verizon 5G Network Launch Foreshadows Mobile Commerce Changes

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The announcement from the mobile network provider serves as the latest demonstration that 5G is coming, and that retailers and payment services providers should get ready to operate in the 5G world.

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Lowe’s And Microsoft Partner To Expand In-Store AR

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Augmented reality went from being a sort of fringe part of retail to a very important new way for retailers to try to net up conversion, particularly those in the business of selling home goods or home improvement products. Lowe’s stores in Seattle and Raleigh, NC, were the first two testing zones for the HoloLens.

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