Disabled Shoppers Struggle With Inaccessible Self-Checkouts
Stores’ self-checkout machines can annoy shoppers with error messages about unexpected items in the bagging area and other hiccups. But for some disabled…
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Israeli Tech Firm Rolls Out Tracking Devices the Size of Postage Stamps
Supply-chain technology company Wiliot has its first major customer for the tiny tracking tags it is developing to follow products…
Marriott Rolls Out Media Network That Lets Brands Reach Travelers on Its Apps and TV Screens
Marriott
International Inc. is introducing a media network this month with Yahoo Inc. that will help advertisers target…
Instacart Prepares for IPO Amid Volatile Markets, Changing Consumers
Instacart Inc.’s plans to launch a public offering puts the grocery-delivery company up against this year’s volatile stock market and longer-term questions…
Instacart Expects More Growth in Grocery Delivery
Instacart Inc.’s chief executive said the company foresees more runway for growth in grocery delivery, saying the Covid-19 pandemic…
Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Retailers Vetted Theranos Without Testing Devices
SAN JOSE, Calif.—In 2010, Theranos Inc. was courting two major retailers, hoping to put its laboratory technology in busy pharmacies across the country.The…
The Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Defense Shows Safeway Vetted Theranos Partnership
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Lawyers for Theranos Inc. founder
Elizabeth Holmes
sought to show in court Tuesday that Safeway Inc. had…
Instacart Forays Into Warehouses in Food Delivery Market
Instacart Inc. is entering the warehouse business, seeking to expand its reach in an increasingly competitive food delivery market.…
Warehouse Operators Turn to Wearable Technology to Solve Workplace Strains
Your next load of groceries may be moved by a modern-day bionic man or woman.The U.S. supply-chain arm of supermarket-owner Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV is…