Amazon is expanding its real-world footprint with another unconventional physical product: a shopping cart. While it certainly looks like an aesthetic upgrade to your standard grocery store cart, the Dash Cart, as it's called, is in fact a smart version of the tried-and-true food transport vehicle.
It's equipped with a touchscreen and other various hardware components to automatically detect what items you're placing inside and even how many of those items you've picked off the shelf. When you're done shopping, you're allowed to take the cart through a special lane that checks you out digitally without requiring a human cashier to ring you up.
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Shopping while Black: A Boston stylist on being followed, ignored, and discredited - The Boston
Nathalie Fanfan has been a fashion stylist and personal shopper for a decade. The 36-year-old Malden resident has worked with companies such as Boston Scientific and Stride Rite, as well as some of Boston's top business leaders.
For most people, shopping for clothing and accessories is something they do occasionally, with no reason to be wary when they go into stores. For me, it's different. As a Black stylist and personal shopper in Boston for a decade, I've encountered retail racism more times than I can remember.
Kroger Partner Ocado's Sales Rise 27% on Lockdown Online Shopping Surge - Barron's
Ocado said on Tuesday that it had seen unprecedented demand for online grocery shopping in the U.K. amid the coronavirus pandemic, and predicted the trend would continue as it reported a 27% rise in retail sales for the first six months of the year.
The back story. FTSE 100-listed Ocado in June raised £1 billion ($1.25 billion) through an equity and bond issue to expand and take advantage of significant growth in the online grocery market.
The company sells directly to consumers but the main driver of its share price—which has risen by 78% over the last 12 months compared with a decline of 18% for the wider FTSE 100—is the commercialization of its intellectual property through licensing deals with rival food retailers.
Concord Sunvalley Shopping Center to close its doors again due to statewide order | KRON4
CONCORD, Calif. (KRON) – Under the governor’s new statewide orders, a popular East Bay mall will have to close its doors yet again.
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"It does suck because it’s summertime and I know a lot of people will have plans and want to do fun things," another said.
Since the mall reopened last month, signs have been posted to remind people to safely keep apart from one another.
A place called “Box Lunch” decided to close immediately following the governor’s order.
Many things are taking place:
Coronavirus: Face masks and coverings to be compulsory in England's shops - BBC News
Those who fail to comply with the new rules will face a fine of up to £100, the government has announced.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it would "give people more confidence to shop safely and enhance protections for those who work in shops".
The move will bring England into line with Scotland and other major European nations like Spain, Italy and Germany.
Since mid-May, members of the public have been advised to wear coverings in enclosed public spaces, where they may encounter people they would not usually meet.
Police investigating after body found near shopping center in Loveland, dispatchers say
Police are investigating after a body was found near a shopping center in Loveland on Monday, according to dispatchers.
Dispatch said the call came in around 6:30 a.m. for a report of a body found near the CVS on Loveland-Madeira Road.
Coronavirus is changing shopping, but stores still plan to cut plastic
In the U.K., concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic have resulted in a surge in demand for online grocery orders, with an increasing number of consumers eschewing in-store visits for the convenience of home deliveries.
Covid-19 has resulted in some quite significant changes to how these goods are delivered, which has in turn had a direct impact on the use of plastic.
Take bags. Since October 2015, big retailers have been required to charge customers 5 pence for single-use plastic bags in England. As attitudes changed, a number of major retailers started to deliver groceries without plastic bags.
Mother Leaves 2-Year-Old Daughter in Car While Shopping Inside Mall: Deputies – NBC 6 South
A mother found herself behind bars after police say they found her young daughter locked in a hot car while outside a Palm Beach County mall.
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One deputy broke the driver's side window and took the child out, after which fire rescue crews treated her at the scene.
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Amazon's new smart shopping cart lets you check out without a cashier https://t.co/dgIcqsMNhK https://t.co/qRQA7pa7gh verge (from New York) Tue Jul 14 07:01:11 +0000 2020
Amazon's new smart shopping cart, Dash Cart, can automatically detect what you're buying so that you can walk out o… https://t.co/k2gGnsoiXW Gadgets360 (from India's most popular tech site) Tue Jul 14 08:57:54 +0000 2020
Amazon's new grocery store will have a smart shopping cart that lets you skip the checkout line https://t.co/a77o9oyvnf businessinsider (from New York, NY) Tue Jul 14 14:09:51 +0000 2020
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