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The latest news, trends, and expert views in e-commerce, omnichannel and retail data and analytics.

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Shelf Engine Appoints Kane McCord as President and Chief Revenue Officer

The former COO at Ibotta will lead sales, customer success, marketing, operations, and shared services teams at the fast-growing, fresh item demand and ordering software firm.

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Q&A: Dynamic Pricing in Grocery with Quicklizard CEO Pini Mandel

The co-founder and CEO of Quicklizard talks about how grocers can use price optimization to support their sustainability initiatives and the business case for automated pricing in an inflationary environment.

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One-on-One With DailyPay's Jeanniey Walden

By Jon Springer on Jul. 27, 2021

The chief innovation officer eyes "rewriting the invisible rules of money," behind a system that allows workers to access pay as they go and employers to improve retention and hiring.

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Instacart Pens Strategic Partnership With Fabric

By Jennifer Strailey on Jul. 22, 2021

The deal will provide automated fulfillment solutions to brick-and-mortar grocers, with an eye toward improving fulfillment efficiency and store conditions.

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Robot Collision Triggers Fire at U.K. Ocado Facility

By Jon Springer on Jul. 19, 2021

Ocado, which lost an entire facility to a fire two years ago, said a robot collision at its Erith facility in England caused minor damage to its grid; service is expected to resume this week.

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How a Contactless Experience Can Improve Customer Interaction 

By Michael Jaszczyk on Jul. 08, 2021

Retailers shouldn't mistake touchless options with reduced customer interactions. In fact, the author says, the opposite is true.

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Instacart Appoints Fidji Simo CEO as Founder Steps Aside

By Jon Springer on Jul. 08, 2021

Apoorva Mehta, who founded Instacart a decade ago and guided the company through an online grocery revolution it helped to enable, said he would transition to an executive board role while Fidji Simo, a high-ranking and influential executive at Facebook, prepares to succeed him as CEO.

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Zebra Fetches Robotics Firm for $290M

By Jon Springer on Jul. 01, 2021

In a deal it says would accelerate its partnering companies’ moves into warehouse and fulfillment automation, tech firm Zebra agrees to buy Fetch Robotics for $290 million.

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Alert Innovation Launches Store Automation Resource Website

By WGB Staff on Jun. 30, 2021

E-grocery.com offers a comprehensive vocabulary list of terms, phrases and acronyms that cover numerous topics in global grocery, retail and supply chain automation.

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Ocado Settles With Co-Founder Over Trade Secret Theft Claim

By Jon Springer on Jun. 28, 2021

Two former high-ranking executives of the U.K. e-grocer settle claims that they misappropriated information to set up a rival company.

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