AT&T and Badger Technologies, a product division of Jabil, are working together to accelerate retail automation using autonomous robots with 5G wireless networking capabilities.

 

Food Lion has unveiled a new, easier shopping experience for customers in 14 towns and cities throughout the greater Charlottesville and Harrisonburg, Va., markets, including remodeling the stores, hiring 400 additional associates and giving back to local communities.

 

Sleep Country Canada Inc. and SnapPay Inc., a leading provider of alternate payment solutions, are launching the first phase of a pilot program, enabling Chinese consumers to pay with popular mobile payments applications Alipay and WeChat Pay, at 21 store locations in the Greater Toronto area and Greater Vancouver Area.

 

Tmall, a business operated by Alibaba Group, is partnering with New York Fashion Week: The Shows, bringing both top and emerging Chinese designers to NYFW this fall, as part of Tmall’s commitment to cultivate fashion talent and the growing creative culture in China.

 

Global fashion retail conglomerate Apparel Group has selected Oracle to help meet its long-term strategic, financial and operational goals by streamlining processes across departments, launching new brands and expanding into different geographies.

 

Thrive Market, a membership-based ecommerce retailer, has partnered with RELEX Solutions to integrate and improve its supply chain, including demand forecasting, replenishment, allocations and promotion forecasting.