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BP is ramping up its expansion into convenience and travel retail. The acquisition, subject to regulatory and TA shareholder approval, will be for $1.3 billion in cash. TA has 281 highway locations in 44 states, principally operating under the TA, Petro Stopping Centers and TA Express brands.

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Despite an initially turbulent relationship, apparel brand Forever 21 and payment provider Bolt Financial are now touting positive results from the integration of the streamlined checkout button.

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Meta and Ikea have partnered with Stockholm-based immersive tech company Warpin Reality to put on an interactive augmented reality experience for families visiting Ikea stores across Sweden.

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Outback Steakhouse parent Bloomin’ Brands Inc. is working on increasing sales and traffic, completing its rollout of handheld devices for servers and making other technological investments, executives said Thursday.

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RELEX Solutions was recently selected by Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. to drive improvements to the omnichannel shopping experience for their customers.

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Amazon’s hosted cloud division is looking to become a major provider of 5G telecom services. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is attempting to establish itself in the network automation, orchestration and hosting space with two new offerings: a collaboration with T-Mobile and its own deployment/management platform for telco networks.

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The company is looking to elevate its inventory, recently implementing a new assortment management platform called Tetris to improve CTR’s in-stock position, according to its latest earnings report.

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Hitchcock’s Markets was awarded the top spot in the category of Connections Through Omnichannel in the National Grocers Association annual Creative Choice Award, which honors and recognizes the best marketing and merchandising programs in the grocery industry. Winners of the Creative Choice Awards gain respect throughout the industry and receive national recognition at The NGA Show, taking place Feb. 26-28, at the Caesars Forum Convention Center in Las Vegas.

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Kempinski Hotels launched a new website powered by Sabre’s SynXis custom booking engine that offers a bespoke user design and experience, with features including soft date availability search, upsell capability and the ability to engage with potential guests using ecommerce features such as price comparison and alternate availability.

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Major League Soccer’s Austin FC has partnered with Amazon to equip the ATX Market at Q2 Stadium with Just Walk Out technology.

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NCR Corporation has extended and expanded a long-term agreement with Walgreens which will make NCR the provider of ATM services across nearly all Walgreens stores in the United States, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.

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We introduced the Northgate Mercado Digital Promotion Platform to all of our stores in May 2021. Mercado is powered by Ideal by Design House, a dynamic digital circular with an intelligent omnichannel distribution system. Ideal provides advanced analytics to measure store traffic driven from the circular and computes cost per visit. Finally, we could accurately demonstrate ROI on each store’s marketing programs.

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Aldi is expanding its online fulfillment operations in a collaboration with a well-known third-party delivery provider. The fast-growing discount grocer is now offering on-demand delivery via DoorDash at nearly all of its store locations across 38 states.

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North American bead and crafting retailer, Cara & Co, is adopting Inventory Planner by Sage for smarter seasonal forecasting.

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London-based decorating and DIY specialist, Leyland SDM, has announced a partnership with Gophr, offering its customers nationwide, same day delivery.

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Newk’s Eatery partners with kea to improve voice ordering, boost phone orders at all locations.

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Swedish online pharmacy, Apotea, automated its logistics centre in autumn 2022 to deliver approximately 50,000 orders a day to its customers.

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Finn turned to artificial intelligence software vendor Proxima to help identify consumers most likely to be interested in purchasing Finn’s dog supplements. There are two categories Finn wanted to reach: interest-based and existing customer/lookalike-based audiences. Interest-based groups are adult dog owners.

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United Natural Foods Inc. and ECRS have formed an agreement allowing existing users of ECRS’ CATAPULT retail automation solution to make the best use of the UNFI Professional Services suite, which ranges from digital coupons and third-party delivery services to more affordable electronic payments.

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Callaway Golf, one of the golf industry’s leaders in equipment design, performance, and innovation, has announced a new partnership with foreUP, the leading provider of software and marketing solutions for golf courses.

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RESPONSIBLE, a reCommerce circularity platform, has teamed with Sorted on overseas returns, solving new challenges brought on by Brexit and rising customer expectations.

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Premium men’s lifestyle brand Rhone has selected Amperity to maximise the value of its omnichannel customer data. Amperity’s AI-powered solutions will be used to deliver personalised customer experiences for the company. Amperity is an Enterprise Customer Data Platform (CDP) for consumer brands.

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Stinker Stores is rolling out a new way for its customers to earn cash back. Through a partnership with retail technology company Upside, the convenience store operator now offers Upside's cash back offers at 50 locations across Idaho.

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North Carolina-based grocer The Fresh Market is expanding its partnership with video commerce platform Firework to launch its first-ever Shoppable Video-Live Commerce (SVLC) retail media network (RMN).

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Tapping Go2Future miniGO technology and using cameras on the ceiling and sensors integrated into the shelves, this is a 50 square metre store located in Argentina, in the town of Pilar, a province of Buenos Aires.

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Southeastern Grocers, Store Brands’ 2022 Retailer of the Year and parent company of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie, is expanding its online shopping options. The retailer is launching curbside pickup at nearly 300 Winn-Dixie stores and Harveys Supermarket locations throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi.

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Subway wants to make things more convenient for drivers of electric vehicles. The restaurant giant is partnering with GenZ EV Solutions, a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, on an initiative that will eventually include the opening of “Subway Oasis” charging parks at select locations. The parks will feature charging canopies with multiple ports, picnic tables, Wi-Fi, restrooms, green space and playgrounds.

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On the heels of the announcement about Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux largest tech investment in its 20-year history, HT caught up with Jared Hinshaw, VP of Technology, to get the scoop. The Baton Rouge, La.-based restaurant is partnering with Lunchbox to upgrade its online ordering platform and guest loyalty program, and introducing a partnership with Toast to level up its POS management system.

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Webb Eyecare runs three optometry and eye glass stores in Nebraska. With 25 staff and thousands of eye frames to choose from, it was never possible to maintain accurate inventory of what was available. Manual counting was too time consuming and tracking never caught up with the daily demands of serving customers.

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Carrefour is analyzing store customer behavior at a granular level. Chain Store Age recently spoke with Flora Leoni, chief data officer and CRM and services director, Carrefour Italy, about how the hypermarket and supermarket retailer is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI)-based technology from consumer analytics firm Dialogica to better understand how and why customers select and purchase products in its stores.

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Dimona, a provider of gift store merchandise and souvenirs, has announced the launch of MishiPay scan and go and self-checkout technology at its Space Adventure Exhibition gift store in Boston, MA.

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Expanding its virtual fitting services, Savage X Fenty has partnered with fit technology company Fit:Match to launch a new iteration of Fit Xperience, an in-store digital fitting tool that scans customers’ bodies and provides product recommendations.

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White Stuff says it has improved product experiences across its owned and third party retail channels, partnering with Akeneo.

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Zebra Technologies Corporation today announced that German fashion retailer Bonita is set to transform its retail operations with the implementation of Zebra’s Task Management software solution. This solution is part of The Modern Store by Zebra framework which has helped retailers achieve 95% on-time task completion, 98% inventory accuracy and increased transaction value by 25%.

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The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) is giving service members without easy access to an Exchange or Express an easy way to fuel up with better-for-you meals and snacks with more than 230 micro markets. Fully automated and contactless, the self-serve markets are positioned near soldiers, airmen, guardians and Department of Defense civilians working unusual hours or in high-traffic or out-of-the-way areas.

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Remington Hotels launched REMi – a proprietary analytics platform running off of Microsoft Power BI. In its current iteration, divisional vice presidents and general managers can access a wide variety of data and easily create and understand forecasts, budgets, sales efforts, inbound leads and more.

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So.Farma.Morra, a leading Italian pharmaceutical distributor, has driven significant improvements to its inventory management through its partnership with RELEX Solutions, provider of unified supply chain and retail planning solutions.

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A three-month test run of a new marketing partnership between Carlisle, Pennsylvania-based The Giant Co. and A3 Mediaco LLC has been extended for another year in the grocery store’s locations that offer adult beverages.

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The Coca-Cola Company will leverage OpenAI’s generative AI technology for marketing and consumer experiences — and potentially other ways — marking it as one of the first major consumer goods companies to publicly announce use for the much-buzzed-about technology.

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Nedap has been selected by Bestseller to deploy its iD Cloud RFID platform across the retailer’s Vero Moda stores.

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Saxx is partnering with the Emperia metaverse platform to operate the virtual store, which exclusively features underwear, tops and swimwear from its DropTemp collection, which uses proprietary evaporative fabric to cool the body.

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