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Today in Food Commerce: Kroger Taps Data Insights; Target Debuts Private-Label Cocktails
Today in Food Commerce: Kroger Taps Data Insights; Target Debuts Private-Label Cocktails
June 16, 2022  |  Commerce

Today in food commerce, Kroger turns to data analytics tools to weather inflationary challenges, while Target announces the launch of a line of new ready-to-drink...

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Restaurant Roundup: Wendy’s, Kraft Invest in Metaverse Restaurants
Restaurant Roundup: Wendy’s, Kraft Invest in Metaverse Restaurants
June 16, 2022  |  Restaurant Roundup

Wendy’s initial metaverse efforts have yielded positive results for the quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain, given that the company is stepping up its virtual efforts. Get...

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Quest VR Update Adds Social Hang-Outs on Meta Horizon Home
Quest VR Update Adds Social Hang-Outs on Meta Horizon Home
June 14, 2022  |  Metaverse

The Meta Quest v41 software update is rolling out next week, and Quest’s virtual reality (VR) Horizon Home space is adding social hang-outs, giving users...

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Lacoste Debuts Web3-Based UNDW3 Experiential Universe
Lacoste Debuts Web3-Based UNDW3 Experiential Universe
June 14, 2022  |  Retail

Lacoste has launched UNDW3 (pronounced as “underwater”), its first Web3 experience and a progression from its collaboration with Minecraft that saw an immersive projection of...

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Metaverse Weekly: 30 Years and $13T Later, Neal Stephenson Returns to His Metaverse
Metaverse Weekly: 30 Years and $13T Later, Neal Stephenson Returns to His Metaverse
June 09, 2022  |  Metaverse

In 1992, Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash” rocketed him to fame in sci-fi’s then-fledgling cyberpunk genre by imagining a dystopian world in which people escape by...

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Star Atlas, MoonPay Team on Crypto-Based Metaverse In-Game Payments
Star Atlas, MoonPay Team on Crypto-Based Metaverse In-Game Payments
June 09, 2022  |  Metaverse

Metaverse design company Star Atlas partnered Thursday (June 9) with cryptocurrency payments infrastructure company MoonPay to allow players to buy nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and in-game...

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Behind the Hype, Metaverse Marketing Offers Dismal ROI
Behind the Hype, Metaverse Marketing Offers Dismal ROI
June 09, 2022  |  Metaverse

There has been a staggering amount of hype around “the metaverse” over the past six months to a year, with major brands from McDonald’s to...

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Restaurants Tinker With Tech Recipe to Balance Efficiency and Personal Service
Restaurants Tinker With Tech Recipe to Balance Efficiency and Personal Service
June 08, 2022  |  Loyalty & Rewards

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NFT Weekly: Game Raises $72M Channeling Metaverse Land Rush; Hong Kong Issues Warning
NFT Weekly: Game Raises $72M Channeling Metaverse Land Rush; Hong Kong Issues Warning
June 07, 2022  |  NFTs

For a massively multiplayer, NFT-based game that’s not a metaverse, Illuvium sure did sell a lot of “land” plots. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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