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Retail Trends of 2024: Driving Connected Shopping Experiences

Mad Mobile

Many retailers have already adjusted their approach to shopping and merchandising, introducing powerful omnichannel technologies to streamline operations and help them better compete in a new digital landscape. Innovative retailers can stay ahead of the competition by making informed predictions and taking action based on those predictions.

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From Ghost Kitchens to Living Kitchens: A New Vision for Food Service’s Next Great Space

Modern Restaurant Management

Dark kitchens or virtual kitchens––real places staffed with non-ectoplasmic people—bring efficiencies to running a restaurant by providing off-site commissary services for delivery orders. Growth for most, after all, isn’t walking through the front door, it’s coming in online. It might not be.

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5 New Restaurant Trends That Will Boost Your Profitability

Cheetah

Leading the pack are tech-related revenue streams like online ordering through delivery apps , but futuristic sounding features like AI-outfitted drive-thru’s and robot kitchens are being integrated sooner than we ever expected. In response, people are looking for personalized experiences they can document and share online.

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How to Open a Coffee Shop: The Ultimate Guide

7 Shifts

You could have the best coffee, tastiest treats, and the most innovative concept, but all of that can be easily compromised if your shop isn't in the right location. Make sure you're diligent about asking what a wholesale supplier's order minimums are as well as their order turnaround time. Online Ordering.

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Restaurant Loyalty Program Ideas: How to Start

7 Shifts

Restaurants have been pressured to make the move online to stay afloat amid the global pandemic and city-wide lockdowns. Leveraging F&B technologies solutions can entice online customers and attract traffic to your website and social media pages. How to leverage restaurant loyalty programs?

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How the Tech Industry is Shaping the Future of Dining

Lavu

They can do anything from ensuring order accuracy to accepting payments and even performing payroll and accounting for you. Innovations in efficiency, on the other hand, can lead to long-lasting success, as in the case of the McDonald’s brothers’ systematization of fast food orders.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

A new survey from Oracle Food and Beverage found that 60 percent of respondents plan to stay at home during the holidays, and 42 percent are considering ordering their holiday meals from a local restaurant. When it came to ordering take-out, Gen Z led with 28 percent. 22 percent of customers are looking to buy restaurant merchandise.

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