During its fiscal Q2 2022 earnings call this week, the coffee giant said that NFTs can help Starbucks extend its concept of the “third place”, that is, a place between …
Dive Brief: On Wednesday, Crate and Barrel announced three executive promotions, including appointing Sebastian Brauer to senior vice president for product design, development and metaverse, according to a press release. …
Amazon Canada has opened its newest robotics powered fulfilment centre, YHM1, in Hamilton, Ontario. “This new facility is the company’s most advanced one in our network today, and it’s the …
Over 100 robot delivery vehicles were this week sent to Shanghai from e-commerce giant JD.com’s autonomous driving research bases in Beijing and Shanghai. The latter on Monday unveiled plans for …
Luxury fashion brand Off-White has begun accepting cryptocurrency payments across its flagship stores in Paris, Milan and London, Vogue Business reported Thursday. Off-White, which generated an estimated $7 billion in …
A growing number of brands are launching campaigns in the metaverse as a means of promoting engagement and a sense of community among fans. Now Wendy’s – hot on the …
Imagine ordering out from your favorite short-order restaurant half-asleep, pining for that first cup of coffee. The delivery arrives, you look up — and find a robot with your order. …
In the fifth installment of our Metaverse series, we focus on brand counterfeiting in the virtual world. Luxury brands have always been confronted with this issue in the real world …
Amazon is expanding the availability of its “Just Walk Out” autonomous checkout experience in its Whole Foods Market grocery chain. About a month after introducing cashierless shopping in its Whole …
Instacart, the leading online grocery platform in North America, today announced Shoppable Recipes, new product integrations that will allow food creators to make their recipes shoppable on Instacart via strategic …
WHSmith finally debuted its checkout-free store in New York City’s LaGuardia airport after teasing its opening for months. The store is located inside the western concourse of the airport’s new …
Hungry in the metaverse? McDonald’s has got you covered. The fast-food giant filed 10 trademark applications earlier this month to get meta, including one for a virtual restaurant that would …