307: Walmart Files VR Shopping Patent
The two patents describe a "virtual showroom" and a fulfillment system that connect shoppers equipped with VR headsets and special sensory gloves to a VR Walmart store.
12 Sep 20184min
306: Fight Food Waste with Imperfect Produce
Imperfect Produce partners with farmers, taking their weird-yet-edible outcasts and offering them to the public through discounted subscription boxes.
11 Sep 20186min
305: IBM Patents a Coffee Drone
IBM has secured a patent for a coffee drone that not only flies around public spaces to provide hot java but also may predict which people need a caffeine boost.
10 Sep 20185min
304: Real-Life Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart Opens in South Carolina
A real-life recreation of the iconic Kwik-E-Mart convenience store from the series has just opened in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The store was designed with the same look and feel from the animated...
7 Sep 20183min
303: Walmart Launches Moosejaw Marketplace
The store will offer Walmart online shoppers access to an assortment of outdoor specialty items that weren’t available on the site in the past.
6 Sep 20185min
302: REI Goes Big on Used Gear
The site offers lightly used gear that was returned to REI under its guarantee program, with items discounted up to 65% from the original.
5 Sep 20185min
301: Walmart Teams With Rakuten on eBooks
The company announced a partnership with Rakuten Kobo to bring you ebooks, available in-store and online. The service will be called Walmart eBooks.
4 Sep 20187min
300: Kroger's OptUp App Makes Healthy Shopping Easy
Kroger has launched a new shopping app called OptUP, a data-driven app to help consumers make more informed decisions about the food they buy.
3 Sep 20188min
