eCommerce Minute

Shopify is now allowing US brands to sell hemp and hemp-derived CBD products through its platform in an official capacity, the company recently announced. 

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-  Shopify: Sell CBD Online

- BigCommerce CBD 

Pattern (formerly known as branding firm Gin Lane) has launched Equal Parts, a part cookware, part home cooking coaching brand.

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- Equal Parts

- Pattern Brands

- Gin Lane

- Red Antler

- 37Signals

- Basecamp

- Wildbit 

- Hello Fresh

- Brandless

- Ikea Kitchen

- Becooked

- CKBK

- Feast

- Tasty

- Misen

You can now buy goods on Amazon with cold hard cash. Simply check the PayCode option at checkout. You'll then receive a QR code, and you'll have 24 hours to pay for the goods at a participating Western Union.

PayCode is an ideal solution for the retail giant to attract customers wary of divulging their financial information online and those who do not have a bank account.

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- Amazon PayCode

Each kennel has features to make your pup happy including air-conditioning, secure access, LCD touchscreen, air ventilation, heated floors, and a shatterproof window. 

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- DogSpot

Amazon has officially agreed to take space in a first-of-its-kind three-story warehouse, a new type of distribution center that could speed up delivery times in dense cities to hours instead of days.

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- Amazon’s New Multistory Warehouse Aims to Cut Delivery Times

- Prologis

Target said Monday it will be launching its revamped loyalty program, Target Circle, nationwide beginning Oct. 6.

Target said that over the past 18 months of testing, over 2 million people have already enrolled in Target Circle, which doesn’t require the person to pay a membership fee or have a Target credit card.

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- Target Circle Card

- Target Red Card

- Unroll.me

Shopify announced that it is acquiring 6 River Systems, a startup focused on fulfillment automation for ecommerce and retail operations.

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- Shopify

- Shopify Sustainability Fund

- 6 River Systems

- Chuck Autonomous Vehicle (Video)

Starbucks has announced that it will be opening a pickup-only store in New York City this fall, building off the success of its Starbucks Now concept. 

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- Starbucks Announces Reserve Roastery Coming to Chicago’s Mag Mile in 2019

- Todd Carmichael

- LaColombe

- Dangerous Grounds (TV Series)

- Starbucks Penn Station - Amtrak

A.C. Moore has officially launched their marketplace for artists and makers, called A.C. Moore Marketplace. 

Since introducing the platform in late June, more than 3,000 storefronts have been established with 75,000 products available for sale. 

• A.C. Moore Marketplace

• Zibbet

Amazon’s engineers are quietly testing scanners that can identify an individual human hand as a way to ring up a store purchase, with the goal of rolling them out at its Whole Foods supermarket chain in the next few months.