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AI-Powered Sort A Brick Re-Creates Full Lego Sets for Resale or Replay
Sort A Brick, a new Lithuania-based startup, is using AI to bring order to consumers’ dusty boxes of mismatched Lego bricks. The technology can identify and restore complete Lego sets…
News April 24
UPDATE: Whole Foods to Open 2 New Small-Format Daily Shops in NYC This Spring
[Update as of April 24, 2025] Whole Foods Market has announced the opening dates for two new Daily shops, the grocer’s new smaller-format store concept. A previously announced second location,…
News April 24
UPDATE: Tractor Supply Breaks Ground on Idaho DC Scheduled to Open by Early 2027
[Update as of April 24, 2025] Tractor Supply has broken ground on its 11th distribution center (DC), an 865,000-square-foot facility in Nampa, Idaho. The rural retailer will make an initial…
News April 24
Exclusive: Inside Grubhub’s First Year in Commerce Media and a Peek at What’s in Store
Last year, meal delivery platform Grubhub entered the increasingly crowded commerce media arena with the debut of Grubhub Ads, developed in partnership with Koddi. Grubhub was inspired by the meteoric rise…
Features April 24
Cutting Through the Noise: How Store Leaders can Simplify Operations in an Era of Data Overload
It’s been a busy quarter of retail shows. Kicking off with NRF and CES and ending with Shoptalk and the Retail Technology Show, store leaders are left grappling with an…
Executive Viewpoints April 24
Google Calls Off Cookie-Crumbling Efforts Amid Shifts in Privacy Landscape, Antitrust Trial
Since 2019, Google has been working on plans to eliminate, or at least minimize, the use of digital tracking cookies on its popular Chrome browser, but now the “Privacy Sandbox”…
News April 23
Walgreens to Pay up to $350 Million to Settle DOJ Opioid Lawsuit
Walgreens will pay $300 million to settle a U.S. Department of Justice civil suit, filed in January 2025, that had accused the retailer of dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions for…
News April 23
Harsh Returns Policies Push Retailers to Plan for New Types of Returns Fraud
Retailers understandably want to create strict returns policies to reduce instances of fraudulent or abusive claims. At the same time, a rigid strategy like “no receipt, no returns” can sour…
Executive Viewpoints April 23
URW Aims to Turn its Malls into ‘Dynamic Platforms for Brand Storytelling’ with Launch of U.S. Media Network
Shopping center operator Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) is expanding its in-house media and experiential division, Westfield Rise, to the U.S. First established in 2022 in Europe, Westfield Rise helps brands forge connections with the millions…
News April 22
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