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Dollar General Takes Next Steps Into Medtail With 4 New Healthcare Panel Appointments

Dollar General Takes Next Steps Into Medtail With 4 New Healthcare Panel Appointments

Discount retailer Dollar General has appointed four members to its healthcare advisory panel as it continues to explore opportunities in medtail and healthcare — a process that began in earnest…

News August 2
USDA $5M Grant Will Expand SNAP Ecommerce as Online Usage Surges

USDA $5M Grant Will Expand SNAP Ecommerce as Online Usage Surges

The USDA Food and Nutrition Service is accepting applications for a $5 million grant, funded by the American Rescue Plan, to increase the number of retailers offering online shopping for…

News August 2

Foot Locker Details $54M Investment in Educational and Economic Opportunities for Blacks

Beginning with the June 2020 launch of its Leading Education & Economic Development (LEED) Initiative through January 2022, Foot Locker has invested nearly $54 million in programs designed to improve…

News August 2

CNBC: Workers United Asks Starbucks to Extend Planned Benefits to Unionized Workers

Unionized Starbucks cafés are reportedly asking the coffee giant to extend planned benefits, including pay raises, to all stores without going through a bargaining process, according to CNBC. Workers United,…

News August 2
DTC frozen food delivery service Yelloh is tapping Amazon Web Services for help with its digital transformation.

Newly Rebranded Yelloh Accelerates Transformation into a ‘Modern Mobile Retailer’

DTC frozen food delivery service Yelloh (known as Schwan’s Home Delivery until earlier this year) has tapped Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver a slate of technology-enabled personalized experiences for…

News August 2
Roe Reversal Creates Thorny Path for Retailers Supporting Employee Reproductive Choice

Roe Reversal Creates Thorny Path for Retailers Supporting Employee Reproductive Choice

Backing reproductive choice for employees became a much more difficult proposition for retailers, which could face prosecution in some jurisdictions following the June 24, 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in…

Features August 2

Store Tours: Solana Spaces Brings Web3 to the Real World

Web3 is all about the internet, so creating a retail storefront featuring concepts like blockchain and cryptocurrency seems a tad counterintuitive, but that’s exactly what the team at Solana Spaces…

Features August 2

Zero-Party Data Builds Loyalty and Reduces Mistargeting

The increasing importance of consumer privacy in online marketing has thrown the industry for a loop that people are still looking to recover from. Consumer frustration with poorly targeted online…

Executive Viewpoints August 2
3 Ways augmented reality can improve CX

3 Immersive Customer Experiences Using Augmented Reality

When the mobile game “Pokémon GO” made a splash in 2016, global audiences got their first taste of just how engaging augmented reality experiences could be — and brands took…

Executive Viewpoints August 1
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