Target strives for better inventory management, unloading processes
Target is pushing to solve two of its top supply chain challenges — inventory management and trailer unloading — via technology improvements, according to Chief Supply Chain and Logistics Officer Gretchen McCarthy.
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World’s Largest AI Data Center Planned for South Korea
LG Electronics founding family member Brian Koo has teamed with the South Korean government to build what is being billed as the world’s largest AI data center.
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East of England Co-op taps RELEX Space for Category Management
RELEX Solutions is laying claim to a new approach to category reviews with RELEX Space for Category Management. Built within a cloud native interface, this enables retailers to optimise merchandising plans to deliver the right products at the right time and place.
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Three more US universities get frictionless shopping as they go live with Amazon Just Walk Out technology
Amazon has announced the three newest schools to join the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Just Walk Out technology family: State University of New York Maritime College (with a Market NXT store); Lehigh University (Clutch & Go store); University of Memphis (Ron Hart Foundation Market Nxt store).
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Ikea Fortifies Partnership with Taskrabbit for Furniture Assembly
Ikea has expanded its partnership with online home services marketplace Taskrabbit, enabling customers to easily book and pay for Taskrabbit furniture assembly at the time of their Ikea purchase.
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CVS Unveils AI-Powered App in New Digital-First Strategy
Digital personalization in the healthcare industry is critical to elevate the customer experience.
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GoodwillFinds develops generative AI chatbot
GoodwillFinds, a growing consortium of 18 individual non-profit Goodwill organizations, is streamlining online customer service with artificial intelligence.
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Chipotle’s two controversial changes underway
CHIPOTLE has ushered in several major changes to its operation - including robot helpers and increased portion sizes. The popular US chain is actively testing out robot sidekicks in the kitchen, as well as retraining staff to deliver proper meal sizes following controversy.
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Ascent Hospitality Partners with Toast
Toast has signed an agreement with Ascent Hospitality Management to implement Toast Enterprise Solutions at Perkins American Food Co. and Huddle House initially across 500 restaurant locations.
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Starbucks NZ Transforms Drive-Thru Experience with Advanced Technologies
Case Study: A Starbucks drive-thru in Auckland, New Zealand, sets benchmark with Fingermark's Eyecue platform and digital menu boards, boosting efficiency and customer engagement.
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Shake Shack expands robotic sidewalk delivery to new metro area
Shake Shack is now deploying autonomous sidewalk robots from Serve Robotics to deliver Uber Eats orders from select locations in the Miami metro area.
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Here’s How Patagonia Uses Tech to Drive E-Commerce Consumers Into Stores
Patagonia's partnership with Locally allows it to provide a stronger omnichannel experience to its customers.
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Ahold Delhaize USA renews collaboration with enterprise data platform
Ahold Delhaize USA is enhancing its ability to track and analyze supply chain and consumer data. The grocery retail group is extending its strategic partnership with enterprise analytics provider Circana LLC.
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Dine Brands opens first co-branded Applebee's, IHOP restaurant in U.S.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. has combined two of its major restaurant brands into one brick-and-mortar location – with more on the way.
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Coop Nord Ovest to Optimize Their Supply Chain for Better Efficiency and Availability with RELEX
The Italian company Coop Nord Ovest improves inventory management and replenishment for more than 230 stores.
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Jollibee Partners with Botrista to Upgrade Beverage Program
In a strategic move that signals the growing importance of automated beverage solutions in the quick-service restaurant industry, Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC), one of Asia’s largest restaurant companies, has partnered with Botrista to revolutionize their beverage program across their U.S. locations.
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Nexus Rental picks Peak as artificial intelligence partner
Nexus Rental, a provider of vehicle rental services, has partnered with Peak, an AI platform for business decision intelligence.
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Checkout.com reports global payments partnership with Asian tea brand HEYTEA
Customers can now place orders through the brand's app with the checkout process powered by Checkout.com's technology.
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Ulta Beauty connects in-store inventory to beauty brand sites
The beauty retailer is collaborating with Lucky to enable beauty brands to seamlessly connect their direct-to-consumer websites and marketing with its in-store inventory in real time.
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MediaMarktSaturn preps nationwide parcel shop roll-out with DPD and GLS following pilot
MediaMarktSaturn is integrating parcel shops in almost all 400 Media Markt and Saturn markets in Germany.
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Kroger teams with Instacart for fastest delivery yet
The Kroger Co. is partnering with a grocery technology company for its new Express Delivery service.
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Asda pilots automated free sample vending machine
Asda, a U.K. supermarket chain, has launched a pilot program featuring an automated free sample vending machine at its Pilsworth, Bury location.
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Descartes Systems Group flags impact its retail technology has had on CHEFS CULINAR’s delivery operations
German wholesale food distributor, CHEFS CULINAR, has deployed Descartes Systems Group's last mile delivery solution. The route planning technology allows its employees to automate and optimise the route planning associated with deliveries, to support meeting on-time commitments to customers.
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Petbarn partners with reo, powered by oOh!media to deliver retail media network
Petbarn has announced the launch of a retail media network giving brand partners exclusive access to shoppers through the PetAds platform.
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Snappy Shopper and convenience retailer Girish Jeeva achieve 24/7 delivery first in Scotland
Retailer Girish Jeeva has launched 24/7 delivery through Snappy Shopper from his flagship Premier @ Barmulloch store, making it the first physical location in Scotland to launch this service with the company.
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Wendy’s hits the gas on drive-thru AI, digital menu boards and kiosks
Wendy’s will accelerate the deployment of digital kiosks, digital menu boards and drive-thru voice artificial intelligence.
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Expanding the influence and impact of Procurement
As many procurement professionals have discovered, transforming your processes to meet today’s challenges in an effective manner is not as simple as writing a new mission statement. The success of the Procurement team at Utz Brands, Inc., a snack food company, came from how they intentionally targeted key strategic initiatives under Senior Vice President and Head of Procurement Ron Schnur’s leadership.
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Proto, Hologram Media Network ad network debuts at 30 Simon Malls
Hologram Media Network and Proto have launched an always-on holographic advertising network via Proto Luma devices at Simon malls nationwide.
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K&G Petroleum Goes Live With Car Wash App at 33 Sites
K&G Petroleum is teaming with car wash technology provider DRB, a Vontier company, to launch a new mobile app for its Pure Auto Wash brand.
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Westwing launches on Patchworks technology platform as it migrates to Shopify
urniture retailer Westwing has gone live with the Patchworks unified technology stack as part of a migration from an in-house e-commerce platform to Shopify.
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London calling as Landsec extends its long-term Piccadilly Lights partnership with Ocean Outdoor
Landsec has extended its partnership with Ocean Outdoor which manages the digital out of home (DOOH) contract for Piccadilly Lights in London.
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Amazon Goes All-in on Artificial Intelligence in 2025
Amazon is going all-in on artificial intelligence, planning to pour over $100 billion into AI infrastructure in 2025. The company’s CFO, Brian T. Olsavsky, mentioned that its Q4 spending of $26.3 billion indicates its future investment rate, suggesting that its yearly spending will exceed $100 billion.
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Yogurtland Selects NCR Voyix to Power its Next Generation Technology Ecosystem
Yogurtland, a frozen yogurt chain with 205 U.S. locations, has selected NCR Voyix (NYSE: NYX) as its point-of-sale (POS) provider in a three-year partnership. The company will implement Aloha Cloud POS system across its stores, supported by Back Of House application and NCR Voyix commerce platform.
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Mary Ann’s Specialty Foods Enhances Efficiency with QAD Advanced Scheduling Radhika Ojha Director, Content Products and Senior Editor SHARE THIS POST Mary Ann’s Specialty Foods Enhances Efficiency with QAD Advanced Scheduling
Mary Ann's Specialty Foods is enhancing its scheduling operations by implementing QAD Advanced Scheduling to automate processes, reduce downtime, and gain real-time insights into manufacturing, aligning with its vision of continuous improvement.
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How Coach and Sephora Use Data to Drive Design Innovation
Retailers like Sephora and Coach are democratizing access to data, empowering store design teams to test, learn and iterate their store layouts and concepts.
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Fabletics transforming supply chain to support global expansion
Fabletics is deploying the Blue Yonder SaaS-based supply chain planning suite, including solutions for demand planning, allocation & replenishmen, merchandise financial planning, and size scaling, to help support expansion of its global footprint.
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Scheels in $11 million digital signage rollout
The employee-owned sporting goods retailer has completed an $11 million digital signage initiative with experiential media company Mood Media. (Scheels currently operates 34 stores).
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Deichmann SE digitalises procurement with Ivalua technology
Deichmann SE has selected Ivalua’s platform to digitalise source-to-pay (S2P) processes.
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Walmart predicts agricultural prices with AI climate risk tool
The discount giant is deploying Helios Artificial Intelligence climate risk and price forecasting software. Helios was a winner of the annual Walmart Open Call event that lets entrepreneurs pitch products and technology solutions to Walmart.
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Laura Mercier teams up with Obsess on Apple Vision Pro experience
The experience offers Apple Vision Pro users the ability to shop and explore products by category, as well as shoppable videos and interactive unboxing experiences.
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Associated Food Stores Picks Procurant for FSMA Rule 204 Compliance
Associated Food Stores (AFS) has chosen Procurant, a collaborative software platform, as a core component of its compliance solution for FSMA Rule 204 reporting and traceability.
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Three key inventory strategies Adidas uses to stay ahead
Last year, retailers worldwide grappled with stockouts, overstocking, and shrinkage. This year, the challenge remains just as pressing.
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EG America taps Quorso Intelligent Management Platform to improve store operations
Quorso has announced a partnership with EG America, a convenience store retailer in the US. This will see its technology deployed throughout the company’s more than 1,500 retail and fuel locations.
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Pricewatch Group first retailer to tap last mile delivery solution from British retail tech firm NearSt
NearSt has announced a new solutions for UK convenience retailers that automatically connects their EPoS systems and in-store inventory to major delivery platforms such as Uber Eats, Deliveroo, and Just Eat.
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Parker’s Kitchen Rolls Out New Self-Checkout Technology
Convenience-store chain brings solution from NCR Voyix to 62 of its locations
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How honeygrow is tackling rising costs with AI automation
Honeygrow recently turned to back-of-house AI to streamline its operations and tackle the challenges of managing a busy kitchen.
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Psycho Bunny Leverages In-Store Inventory with Fluent Commerce
A couple years ago, fashion brand Psycho Bunny was experiencing significant growth, with a double-digit rise in e-commerce sales and a rapidly expanding store footprint. But amid this success, the label discovered its technology stack couldn’t meet the demands of the ballooning business.
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Aimbridge Hospitality’s Bold Move to Redefine Workforce Flexibility
By leveraging UKG Pro’s workforce management technology, Aimbridge created a smart and adaptable labor marketplace, allowing its 45,000 U.S. employees to pick up shifts on their own terms.
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Stinker Stores Launches Partnership to Enhance Roller Grill
Stinker Stores is teaming with Inteladata, data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven solutions for freshly prepared foods, to enhance the convenience retailer's roller grill execution and drive sales growth.
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