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Retailers

One Way Is the New Way In-Store

To help customers keep to social distancing practices, retailers are converting aisles to one direction.

Industry Partners

FMI Launches Job Board for Furloughed Employees

Through partnership with Eightfold.ai, the association looks to rapidly match demand and supply of front-line workers in local areas.

Fresh Food

Dairy and Bakery See Huge Surge in Sales; Deli Switches Gears

By Anne-Marie Roerink on Apr. 06, 2020

Understanding shifting consumer purchase behavior in the current COVID-19 landscape is "incredibly important to understand what’s next."

Retailers

Target to Limit Number of Customers in Stores

By Kat Martin on Apr. 03, 2020

In addition to previous social distancing measures, the retailer will now distribute personal protection equipment to employees and limit customers.

Retailers

Meijer Begins Health Screenings for Employees

By Kat Martin on Apr. 03, 2020

The retailer will begin daily temperature checks of staff and require them to answer questions before shifts.

Technology

Instacart Arms Workers With Health and Safety Kits

By Jennifer Strailey on Apr. 03, 2020

The online grocery delivery company will distribute the free kits, which include face masks, hand sanitizer and thermometers, to its contract workers in the wake of COVID-19.

Technology

Can Robots Make Us Safer? Chinese Retailer JD.com Thinks So

By Jon Springer on Apr. 03, 2020

The omnichannel retailer is developing robots to aid detection and disinfection amid the coronavirus crisis, and it plans to sell them online.

Technology

Online Shopping: Tipping Point or Temporary Trialing?

By Brian Numainville on Apr. 03, 2020

How forgiving will shoppers be to a retailer that has failed to deliver on expectations during these challenging times?

Retailers

Save A Lot Nets $350M in Recapitalization

By Jon Springer on Apr. 03, 2020

The retailer gets lenders fully on board, increasing new funding as conditions shift for discounters.

Technology

Anycart Emerges With Eyes on Home Shopping, Home Cooking

By Jon Springer on Apr. 02, 2020

Partnering with Amazon and Alberstons, the tech startup turns recipes into shopping baskets for delivery—and back into recipes.

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