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FAMILYMART TO TEST SHELF-STOCKING ROBOTS IN JAPAN

19 October 2020

October 13, 2020 NACSonline If the test succeeds, more robots will roll out to stores. TOKYO—This month, FamilyMart, Japan’s second…

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Furious Woolworths customers threaten to BOYCOTT the supermarket chain as it moves to make more of its stores cashless

19 October 2020

York St, George St and Manly stores transitioned to a cashless system in July Melbourne’s Bourke St and Elizabeth St…

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Nicotine vapes more effective than gum and patches for quitters, review finds

19 October 2020

Kate Kelland 14/09/2020 MSN LONDON (Reuters) – Vapes containing nicotine are more effective in helping people quit smoking than patches…

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‘Massive tailwind and huge runway’: online to hit 30pc of sales

19 October 2020

Sue Mitchell Oct 14, 2020 AFR Leading retailers expect e-commerce to reach about 30 per cent of retail sales as…

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Three surprising ways to make Zoom meetings more engaging and personable

19 October 2020

AMANTHA IMBER OCTOBER 15, 2020 SmartCompany DR AMANTHA IMBER IS THE FOUNDER OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE CONSULTANCY INVENTIUM. Pre-COVID-19, we used…

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Plan to eliminate smoking would hit convenience sector hard

19 October 2020

Deborah Jackson October 15, 2020 C&I Retail A radical new goal to eliminate smoking in Australia could mark the end…

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AACS: SMALL BUSINESSES NEED PAYMENT SYSTEM COMPETITION

19 October 2020

16 October 2020: The Australasian Association Convenience Stores (AACS) has joined other small business advocacy groups in sounding the anti-competitive…

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Supermarkets wrestle immigration slump and online boom

19 October 2020

Sue Mitchell Oct 16, 2020 AFR Supermarket retailers are reviewing plans for new supermarkets and convenience stores amid a once-in-a-century…

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BEVERAGES DOMINATE NIELSEN’S 2020 BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATIONS

12 October 2020

10/02/2020 CSNews CHICAGO — Beverages had a particularly strong showing on the 2020 U.S. BASES Top 25 Breakthrough Innovations list. …

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CALIFORNIA GROCER TESTS DELIVERY VIA ROBOTS

12 October 2020

Save Mart will use Starship Technologies’ autonomous shuttles to cover the last mile to homes. NACSonline October 05, 2020 MODESTO,…

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FOUR OPPORTUNITIES TO PERSONALLY TARGET CUSTOMERS

12 October 2020

Tammy Mastroberte, Convenience Store News 10/05/2020 CSNews NATIONAL REPORT — Today’s shoppers are increasingly demanding more from retailers, whether it’s…

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EG GROUP FOUNDERS ACQUIRE WALMART’S U.K. SUPERMARKET BUSINESS

12 October 2020

10/05/2020 CSNews LEEDS, U.K. and BENTONVILLE, Ark. — EG Group founders and co-CEOs Moshin and Zuber Issa and private equity…

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