OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) -- The way we shop for food was already changing before this pandemic, but now customers are relying even more on online grocery shopping.
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Employees are carting out online grocery orders to customers … some who started shopping this way long before the pandemic.
"It's so convenient and easy that I'm surprised people haven't caught on," said Amy Bouges, online grocery shopper.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Spoon Guru: Incumbent retailers should provide a hyper-personalized shopping experience
"Personalization has been talked about for at least ten years now within retail ," Markus Stripf, founder and co-CEO of Spoon Guru, told FoodNavigator-USA.
Stripf said that grocery retailers must aim for the same level of personalization offered by other tech platforms, such as Spotify, which customizes an listeners' experience based on their actions.
"Those platforms learn from your interaction, and the experience gets more and more personalized and curated based on your specific needs, and we think that needs to happen for grocery," said Stripf.
How to buy face masks, according to medical experts
Editor's note: As we will report below, experts agree that face masks do not replace or relieve the need to wash your hands and social distance , and absolutely do not alone prevent the spread of COVID-19.
In response, many clothing retailers and brands have turned to creating and selling their take on cloth masks to the public. If you're looking for places to shop for masks, we consulted experts on how to buy the best face mask for your needs. Some clothing companies are pursuing an additional element of good with their face mask offering, donating to relief funds or donating personal protective equipment to healthcare workers.
Limit trips to the grocery store by shopping in your pantry | KOMO
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(VIDEO) OLD TOWN REOPENING: Shop Owners Discuss Easing Shopping Restrictions | Lost Coast Outpost
After enduring weeks of stay-at-home orders retailers in California are easing into opening up again. In accordance with Governor Gavin Newsom's plan for phased reopening, many shops that had been closed started offering curbside service to customers Friday.
The Outpost took a walk around Old Town to get a sense of our current reality and chatted with a few shop owners. Hear what they had to say in the clip above.
When Will Chicago-Area Shopping Malls Reopen?
The mayor of suburban Orland Park on Thursday said he believes the governor's plan to reopen the state is unreasonable and argued businesses in Orland Park can't wait much longer. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.
When will shopping malls across the Chicago area reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic? Not for awhile, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday - a directive that the country's biggest mall owner agreed it would follow.
Pritzker was asked during his daily coronavirus briefing on Thursday about where shopping malls fit into his five-phase, region-by-region reopening plan unveiled earlier in the week.
Lewis Capaldi is too famous to go grocery shopping | Entertainment | insidenova.com
The 23-year-old singer has found it impossible to leave his house to shop for essentials amid the coronavirus pandemic, as his fans always stop him and ask for a picture, despite rules stating everyone must stay two meters (six feet) apart.
Lewis said: "I always worry about going to a shop and someone being like, 'Oh, can we get a picture?' And I'm like, 'You have to stay two meters apart!' "
The 'Someone You Loved' hitmaker doesn't want to put people at risk or cause a scene by being "that guy" who breaks the social distancing rules, and so has been sending his dad out to collect his shopping instead.
Malls Plan for an Altered State of Shopping - Twin Cities Business
For decades, Mall of America has set the gold standard for experiential retail, leaning heavily on entertainment, events, and tourist-attraction restaurants as the draws to get people shopping. But in the age of Covid-19, each of those points of pride is now a challenge—make that a mega-challenge for the largest mall in the land.
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“It’s not an easy time to lead,” says Jill Renslow, MOA’s senior vice president of business development and marketing.
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