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Through a partnership with Google Cloud, the company said it will provide customers and employees with more personalized, “best-in-class” tech support experiences, including a generative AI-powered virtual assistant for customers who prefer a self-service option.

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It is now possible to quickly pick up a packet of flour or a bottle of wine around the clock - including weekends - in the village of Freckenfeld (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany).

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In stores and online, the checkout is pivotal in shaping the global fashion journey. Here's how HUGO BOSS worked with Adyen and Visa to deliver premium omnichannel experiences.

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Levi Strauss & Co. is transforming its online customer experience. For the past year, the denim giant has been focusing on enhancing four critical areas of its e-commerce site.

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REWE has brought its Pick&Go store concept to Romania.

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Bambuser's technology allows Zara to offer an interactive shopping experience, catering to evolving consumer behaviour when online, and including the immersive nature of social commerce and real-time interactions.

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Through a partnership with Dassault Systèmes, the company will improve efficiency and progress on sustainability efforts across 11 manufacturing plants, touching on manufacturing operations management, food and materials sciences, AI, and product lifecycle management.

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Circle K is now accepting QuikQ fuel cards at 381 truck-accessible sites nationwide. This expansion significantly increases QuikQ’s fueling network.

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The coffee giant is collaborating with Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging to place high-powered EV chargers at more than 100 Starbucks locations nationwide.

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Croatian retailer Studenac is rolling out electronic shelf labels (ESLs) across its stores.

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When Twenty Four Seven Hotels transitioned from Aptech’s legacy accounting solution to PVNG for enterprise accounting, they requested that integration to the BirchStreet P2P solution be added as part of the process to eliminate manual entry of purchase orders and invoices.

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The natural and organic grocer is teaming up with Too Good To Go to launch a nationwide initiative to save good food from going to waste.

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Domo’s Data Science Suite will assist the quick-serve chain in gaining further insights into the restaurant’s data, giving franchisees the ability to optimize pricing and model menu mix.

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Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS) announced that The Keim Company has chosen its K8 software system to streamline operations and drive productivity.

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Lincolnshire Co-op will use Xfuze, Xiatech’s MACH certified composable integration, data and analytics platform, to modernise its legacy system landscape and create a single view of all operational data and provide AI powered analytics.

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McDonald's China has partnered with its major suppliers to make its famed burgers at a single production base, in a bid to meet its target of opening 1,000 new fast food outlets in the country every year.

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As the majority of retailers embrace in-store technologies that improve business and store team performance, Simbe, the leading provider of Store Intelligence™ solutions, proudly launches two new, cutting-edge product capabilities.

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During a multi-faceted $690 million renovation, the Palms Casino Resort implemented a robust technology solution that delivers intuitive automation throughout the entire resort.

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The retailer’s implementation of a new warehouse management system is a key component of its efforts to bolster its omnichannel capabilities.

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The Perfume Shop (TPS), says that it has seen “out on time” shipment rates across the UK and Ireland hit 99.2% and also implemented “ship from store” following the appointment of Scurri as its delivery management partner.

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With the tech, it has been able to take advantage of an integrated business suite to automate and consolidate financial processes, gain a clearer view across its growing international operations, and optimise its management of inventory and working capital.

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Simbe Robotics’ tool allows personnel to see conditions in stores on a mobile device using imagery from the company’s autonomous aisle-scanning equipment.

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Shift4 has acquired a majority stake in Vectron Systems AG, one of the largest European suppliers of point-of-sale (POS) systems to the restaurant and hospitality verticals.

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Madrid pharmacy Juan Vindel Farmacia is the first drug store in Spain to implement an RFID-enabled, touch-free, self-checkout solution for prescription free products.

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Powered by Marketplacer’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology, this offers Tesco customers access to more third-party products online that complement its existing range, with the aim of giving people a one-stop-shop for everything they may need.

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Beef 'O' Brady's, the family sports bar and grill chain is colloaborating with SoundHoundAI to enable customers to place phone orders for pickup.

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A leading U.S. Asian supermarket chain is launching new online stores and expanding its delivery offering.

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Inmar Intelligence, a data and technology company, has expanded partnership with Northeast Grocery Inc. (NGI), the parent company of Price Chopper/Market 32 and Tops Markets LLC.

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PacSun has gone live on the Census Embedded in the SoundCommerce Data Platform.

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RetailROI is hosting its annual SuperSaturday event the day before NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show kicks off in January 2025.

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Weis Markets has partnered with SymphonyAI since 2018. When the project is complete, its category management team will have an integrated, category wide view with AI-based insights.

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Aptos, a leader in unified commerce solutions, announced today that WSS will deploy Aptos ONE POS across 100+ stores in the United States. Built on the Aptos ONE microservices-based platform, Aptos ONE POS is a mobile-first application that will streamline and enhance in-store experiences for WSS’ shoppers and associates and reduce the hardware footprint in each WSS store.

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Adyen has announced a payments partnership with END. Clothing.

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An online eyewear retailer is utilizing leading-edge technology to virtually provide customers with individually tailored glasses.

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Legendary department store Macy's tapped Deloitte Digital to level up its CX, including improved personalization for five key customer journeys.

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Acquiring data about consumers’ blood sugar responses to certain foods is an expensive effort, but it is becoming much cheaper and easier through artificial intelligence (AI).

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The consumer goods giant, which counts Nescafe and KitKat among its brand portfolio, introduced NesGPT to its North American offices last August after a global pilot in May.

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Food retailers across the UK are flocking to AI for its potential to reduce food waste, strengthen supply chains, and future proof their businesses.

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Choice Hotels International, Inc. announced today it has signed an agreement with Entegra, a food group purchasing organization. Choice branded hotel owners will now have access to over 3,000 suppliers worldwide on Entegra’s digital group purchasing organization platform.

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Fluent, Inc. today announced a media partnership with Hy-Vee, Inc. and its retail media network, RedMedia.

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Orvis will now utilize FourKites’ Order Insights to improve on-time delivery (OTD), inventory management and customer satisfaction.

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Pacsun is collaboratively engaging customers with Pinterest and also enhancing how it manages customer data.

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Mews has now been chosen by Staypineapple to power its growing portfolio of hotels.

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Footwear brand Steve Madden, lifestyle brand Alo Yoga, and Orveon — home to bareMinerals, Laura Mercier, and Buxom — have partnered with a new platform that allows consumers to obtain expedited refunds and incentivizes them to use those funds to purchase more products.

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As grocers look to ramp up retail media capabilities, Albertsons has been working over the past few years to fashion itself as a leader in the space.

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The grocery giant will implement Ocado Group’s "Re:imagined" technologies across multiple existing CFCs, as well as in future CFCs.

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A regional Midwest discount retailer is introducing a new digital school supply shopping feature and its own line of back-to-school products.

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Revionics today announced that Tractor Supply Company has selected Revionics’ intelligent pricing platform to help scale its loyalty-enhancing pricing across its vast retail network.

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Aurus announced a partnership with Early Warning Services to integrate a new online checkout solution Paze into their payment platform. Wakefern Food is among the first group of retailers using the Aurus platform to begin offering their online shoppers the quick and convenient Paze checkout option.

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