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

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Forage Receives USDA Approval for SNAP EBT Payment Solution

 By Diane Adam on Aug. 15, 2022

Forage is one of just three USDA-approved vendors. Gong’s Market, a family-owned grocer based in California, was the first merchant to go live on the Forage platform.

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Gopuff Hires Former Panera Finance Chief as its CFO

 By Heather Lalley on Aug. 15, 2022

The ultra-fast delivery provider, which last month laid off 10% of its workforce, said Ted Stedem will be “invaluable” as the company enters its next phase.

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Amazon’s Palm Payment Comes to California’s Whole Foods Markets

By Heather Lalley on Aug. 10, 2022

More than 65 Whole Foods locations in the state will soon debut Amazon One, the first broad rollout of the technology at the retailer.

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Online SNAP Payment Processor Forage Raises $22M

By Heather Lalley on Aug. 08, 2022

Investors in the funding round included Apoorva Mehta, Instacart’s founder.

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7-Eleven Acquires Delivery Service Skipcart

By Greg Lindenberg on Aug. 05, 2022

The acquisition will give the convenience-store giant access to a major network of delivery drivers for grocery, c-store and restaurant channels.

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AI-Powered Food-Waste Fighter Afresh Nabs a $115M Investment

By Heather Lalley on Aug. 04, 2022

Afresh is currently working with more than 3,000 grocery stores to reduce food waste. A former Whole Foods co-CEO contributed to the funding round.

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Instacart Gets Serious About Grocery Catering

By Heather Lalley on Aug. 04, 2022

The delivery provider has integrated new technology on its app to simplify the ordering and delivery of catering orders from supermarkets, a channel the company said is growing swiftly.

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Can This Senate Bill Bring Swipe Fees Down?

By Jackson Lewis on Jul. 29, 2022

The legislation directs the Federal Reserve to regulate four-party card systems.

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Loyalty Higher with Omnichannel Shoppers than In-Store

By Diane Adam on Jul. 26, 2022

Online grocery shoppers can add nearly 2% in additional total revenue for retailers, research from Symphony RetailAI shows.

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With Its Digital Business Surging, Target Is Opening 3 More Sortation Centers

By Heather Lalley on Jul. 25, 2022

The new centers, two near Chicago and one in Denver, join six existing sorting facilities. All are designed to boost in-store efficiency to fulfill Target’s growing digital business.

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