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Walmart, the retail giant, is making waves with a major change to its self-checkout system. In a move aimed at improving security and customer convenience, the company has introduced invisible barcode technology in partnership with Digimarc. This revolutionary update is set to streamline the shopping experience and reduce losses caused by theft.

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Taco Bell has launched a “name your price tool” on its mobile app to help consumers control how much they want to spend. With the tool, consumers can set a subtotal dollar amount, ranging from $5 to $25 (excluding taxes, fees, tips, and extras), that they want to spend.

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As the Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason kicks off this week, the league hopes to expand its facial recognition entry program known as Go-Ahead Entry.

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AiFi reports its latest stores opening at Nissan Stadium, home of American football team the Tennessee Titans.

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The rollout of digital progression tools has been an integral part of this strategy, allowing customers to initiate their journey online and transition into physical locations when needed. By improving the order processing system, CarMax aims to ensure that customers receive consistent service whether they start online or in-store.

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Wesco, Inc. has selected RELEX Solutions, provider of unified supply chain and retail planning solutions, to unify their space, operations and supply chain planning.

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Generative nerative AI continues to dominate tech and business conversations, and Khan and his team at Estée Lauder are creatively harnessing data to enhance decision-making processes within data science and consumer insights.

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The Amazon Payment Services payment solution subsidiary of Amazon has signed a multi-year commercial partnership agreement with Mastercard to digitize payment acceptance in Middle East and Africa.

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Carrefour is transforming into a digital retail company by leveraging SAP S/4HANA for enterprise resource planning, enabling better demand forecasting and supply chain optimization through AI and data analytics.

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Retailers are revisiting their reliance on self-checkouts, driven by a need to address shrink, reduce losses, and deliver a better customer experience. As new technologies change the landscape, it’s in the best interest of IT leaders to brace for what’s to come.

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Retail360 is a suite of tools designed to enable that experience by connecting the entire auto retail ecosystem along every step of the purchase and ownership journey. It includes capabilities from Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Dealer.com, vAuto, VinSolutions, Dealertrack and Xtime to be rolled out as a series of innovations over the next several quarters.

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The grocery conglomerate is the first retailer to test and implement a new fresh-specific AI solution for distribution center buyers called Afresh DC Forecasts. The module automatically compiles the data buyers use to forecast upcoming orders from the stores they serve.

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Cart.com today announced that Australian fashion jewelry brand Lovisa has selected Cart.com’s digital marketing agency to power its omnichannel growth marketing strategy across the US, EU and UK as well as Australia, Singapore and South Africa.

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The specialty athletic apparel and equipment retailer is rolling out the Inspectorio traceability and transparency, production monitoring, and lab testing solutions. Dick’s had been utilizing Inspectorio responsible sourcing and inspection solutions for more than three years.

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US-based Simbe has announced international expansion into Turkey with CarrefourSA, a subsidiary of Sabanci Holding and Carrefour which operates in over 1,200 stores in 64 provinces and employs a workforce of 15,000.

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Alimentation Couche-Tard, parent company of Circle K, and Lula Commerce, have partnered to provide e-commerce capabilities for more than 800 franchised Circle K stores in the U.S.

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The e-tail giant, which says it has seen a 70% increase year-over-year in visual searches worldwide on its app, has added several new features to enhance the mobile visual search experience.

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The Missouri-based discount grocery wholesaler is rolling out the ReposiTrak Traceability Network (RTN) for automated traceability and compliance with the requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act Section 204 (FSMA 204).

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Building on the Cleveland Browns’ Express Beer concept, the American football club, along with Aramark Sports + Entertainment and Wicket, has collaborated with technology partners Tapin2 and Mashgin on a deployment of Express Access grab and go concessions at Huntington Bank Field.

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Walmart Luminate will soon be known by a new name as it launches additional features and enters more global markets.

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Sally Beauty Holdings has collaborated with information technology (IT) firm Infosys to bring efficiencies through the optimization of IT service delivery.

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Currys, one of the UK’s leading technology retailers, has significantly enhanced its customer experience through a comprehensive digital transformation with its tech partners.

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A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions Corp. has received an order to deploy its new Cust2Mate 3.0 smart shopping carts at an additional ten Franprix stores in Paris, France in Q4 2024. This follows on from a deployment in August.

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Uber Direct, Uber’s white label delivery solution, has announced an exclusive partnership with Burger King UK, to provide its customers with rapid deliveries through the fast food chain’s app.

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Asda is extending its partnership with Too Good To Go, a surplus food marketplace. Too Good To Go offers any surplus, but still edible, food to app users in the form of ‘Surprise Bags’ for them to purchase from local retailers.

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Giant Eagle Inc. is extending a mobile solution that enhances the speed and accuracy of in-store pickup to its online delivery program.

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Hugo Boss is leveraging the Centric product lifecycle management (PLM) solution and visual assortment boards as the foundation of its digital value chain twin initiative.

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The shop-in-shop partnership between Kohl’s Inc. and Babies"R"Us is taking an omnichannel turn.

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LTIMindtree has worked with Currys, a UK retailer of technology products and services, to enable transformation of its omnichannel retail customer experiences leveraging Salesforce Service Cloud, Commerce Cloud and MuleSoft.

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Paris Baguette is partnering with restaurant technology provider Lunchbox to launch a catering suite of online ordering and backend order management solutions in its nearly 200 U.S.-based locations.

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Neighborhood grocer New Seasons Market is now available on Amazon for online shopping and same-day grocery delivery, offering customers in the greater Portland and Vancouver, Wash., areas the convenience of having groceries delivered right to their door.

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Progressive Grocer talks with CIO Masiar Tayebi about inaugural IT Training Palooza

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SpartanNash combined fun with technology knowledge in the largest program of its kind the grocery retailer/distributor has ever held.

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Spirit Halloween has announced a new partnership with Uber Technologies for on-demand delivery from its stores in the United States and Canada

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Vallarta Supermarkets has partnered with GreenStruxure to design, build, operate and maintain an on-site renewable energy microgrid at its store in Ventura, Calif.

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The nation’s largest retailer recently announced a partnership with Manpower -- a contingent staffing and direct hire agency -- and will soon open job hubs in seven locations across the country.

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Clipper Petroleum launched a new e-commerce channel through a strategic partnership with Lula Commerce.

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Mondelēz International is implementing a new marketing platform that uses generative AI to increase creation of timely and personalized text, images, and videos.

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The consumer products company is expanding its relationship with Google Cloud to launch an AI agent built on Vertex AI that’s available on a mobile device and provides personalized product recommendations and gardening advice.

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The agent would allow for natural interaction with handheld devices in distribution centers and retail environments

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Piada Italian Street Food announced its strategic partnership with Sparkfly leveraging their expertise and cutting-edge technology with large restaurant brands to transform Piada’s guest loyalty program, part of Piada One, that was custom developed in-house.

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Taco John’s International, Inc. is close to opening its newest popular quick-service Mexican restaurant in Rice, Minnesota, which will feature the state’s first Drive-Thru Olé Digital Taco John’s.

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USC has become the first brand within Frasers Group to transition to its overhauled digital platform in the UK, built using MACH principles on a commercetools-based architecture.

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IHL Group, a global leader in retail and hospitality technology research, today announced the launch of ClearSight AI, an innovative solution designed to dramatically improve the success rate of AI projects.

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