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What’s in a name, when it comes to worker efficiency and data collection? As it turns out, plenty. To help retailers reduce out-of-stocks and optimize associate productivity and retention, one company is focusing on AI-powered wearable name badges.

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A soon-to-open Sam’s Club store will reportedly eliminate fixed checkout in favor of app-based shopping and payment.

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A global provider of retail and hospitality research is introducing a new tool designed to improve the success rate of artificial intelligence projects.

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OnBuy, a UK-based online marketplace, has announced a new collaboration with Google Cloud.

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Family Dollar has partnered with Instacart to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s Electronic Benefit Transfer (SNAP/EBT) payments for online orders.

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Northern Italy retailer expands partnership with RELEX, selecting further capabilities to eliminate data silos and support growth goals.

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Within a five-year framework agreement signed in 2023, and after deploying the 300 initially planned stores during the past year, Finnish retailer S Group has moved to the next wave of installations of Pricer’s in-store communication and automation solution.

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The consumer electronics giant has opened Best Buy Studios, a specialty 70,000-sq.-ft. where the company and its partners, including participants in the Best Buy Ads in-house retail media network, develop custom promotional content.

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Samsung Electronics hopes to revolutionize how consumers choose their foods at the grocery store and through other channels, and it’s turning to AI to do it.

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The two are now working together to create advanced AI-driven technology and capabilities that can help increase media companies’ productivity and optimize operations.

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On the operations side at Campbell's, there’s an entire team dedicated to digital commerce and the company has been rethinking how to modernize its category management function.

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The company is working with product traceability company TrusTrace to hit its ESG goals through a platform that uses AI for custody creation, primary data collection, risk screening, and compliance.

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Centric will be tapping into AI-driven insights to automate manual processes across the supply chain and with supplier partners. Lab testing will be consolidated through a single platform that centralizes and standardizes testing data from third-party labs and factories.

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The discount giant has unveiled a strategy to accelerate what it calls "adaptive retail," defined as "profoundly personal experiences that brings shopping to customers in exactly the ways they want and need" via AI.

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The fast casual is using technology to create new flavors.

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Fivetran has been selected to accelerate data operations for international home improvement company, Kingfisher.

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Dorel Home, a division of Dorel Industries, a home products firm, has partnered with 3D Cloud, a specialist in 3D product visualisation for furniture.

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Later this month, the Missouri-based discount grocery wholesaler is opening a Brooklyn-based online fulfillment center equipped with Fabric micro-fulfillment technology.

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This pilot will introduce Tally in select stores to enhance inventory management, improve out-of-stock items and elevate the overall guest shopping experience. The United Family will utilize this technology across its Texas and New Mexico markets.

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Over the next few weeks, H-E-B will begin a phased rollout that will add digital tap-to-pay services to all of its H-E-B stores throughout Texas.

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Walmart is installing automation at two regional distribution centers — one in Arizona and the other in Arkansas, according to an email sent to Supply Chain Dive.

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Kempinski Hotels has celebrated the latest milestone on its journey to a more sustainable future with the launch of Responsible Meetings & Events by Kempinski, empowering meeting planners and organisers to assess and reduce the environmental impact of events.

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Agilysys, Inc. announced that Famous Foods Street Eats at Resorts World Las Vegas has chosen the Agilysys InfoGenesis Point-of-Sale (POS) platform, guest-facing kiosks and related solutions.

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Golden Chick saw the potential for realizing their mission with Qu’s unified commerce platform, currently being implemented across its 230 locations for dine-in, drive-thru and delivery services.

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Central Co-op has renewed its partnership with Retail Insight, a provider of in-store execution software, for an additional three years.

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InVision Software, the company behind injixo, a cloud workforce management (WFM) application, has bagged Hotel Chocolat as a new customer.

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On-demand grocery delivery in under an hour is now available through the delivery service from all Wegmans locations in Maryland.

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Walmart-owned Sam’s Club is opening a club in the Dallas area that offers a glimpse of its future.

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Albertsons Media Collective, initially launched by the grocer to deliver branded ad content to its shoppers in November 2021, is now integrating with Fetch, a rewards app that provides consumers with “Fetch points” when they submit receipts from partner brands and retailers.

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The retailer has tapped digital commerce solutions provider NCR Voyix, which recently assisted Stinker Stores in modernizing its digital store operations, to upgrade its in-store technology infrastructure.

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Stinker Stores entered into a partnership with Convenience and Energy Advisors (CEA) and Altaine to launch a new mobile and online ordering platform as part of the retailer's commitment to digital integration.

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Foot Locker is preparing to launch its omnichannel presence in India on October 19th. This exciting development will see Metro Brands Ltd operating Foot Locker's physical stores while Nykaa Fashion manages its e-commerce business.

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Nordic retailer, Gina Tricot has implemented RFID technology from SML to transform in-store operations, delivering enhanced data quality and stock management capabilities.

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Driving hotel bookings in a competitive industry with a strong audience targeting strategy.

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It’s no secret that the retail dynamic is complicated right now — brands are fighting for every conversion in an increasingly expensive ad environment where consumers are less loyal and more price-conscious.

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Prior to UKG, managers at Costa Coffee relied on spreadsheets and estimated, based on budget, the number of workers they would need at each location.

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The new experience, powered by Vantage, builds on Orange Apron Media’s existing self-service capabilities, which allow advertisers to expand campaigns using audience extensions beyond HomeDepot.com. Orange Apron Media also worked with Pentaleap and Kevel to enhance Orange Access’ ad server capabilities, especially its onsite campaign performance and advance onsite advertising inventory.

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Retailers in September 2024 focused technology efforts in areas including supply chain automation, metaverse shopping and gamification.

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Dick’s Sporting Goods will expand its use of sourcing solutions from Inspectorio, incorporating traceability as it centralizes its production chain activities under the solution provider’s AI platform.

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Nesto Group in Oman and Al Wafa Hypermarket KSA in Saudi Arabia have deployed Hanshow’s electronic shelf labels, marking the first ever multi-colour ESL installation in the Middle East.

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Flying Tiger Copenhagen has gone live with its loyalty app in Sweden, Norway, and Finland.

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Albertsons Companies is launching a forecasting tool for its distribution centers via a new offering from tech company Afresh Technologies.

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Through a partnership with Vibenomics, a MoodMedia Company, CPG suppliers can leverage data and insights to create in-store audio strategies that complement their in-store programming across the AD Retail Media channel mix.

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