January 18, 2017
General Mills Invests A Crisp $6M In Kale Chip Company
The company most known for Cheerios, Pillsbury and Häagen-Dazs ice cream — General Mills — is turning over a new leaf to focus on healthy and trendy options, like dehydrated...
January 18, 2017
Deliveroo Expands Staff In Response To Spiking Orders
U.K.-based food on demand firm Deliveroo has announced that orders were up over 650 percent last year — despite increasing competition from bigger-name players like Uber and Amazon. In response to...
January 05, 2017
eCommerce Platform Magento Scores $250M
Open-source eCommerce platform provider Magento Commerce recently snagged a whopping $250 million in new funding from one of China’s largest investment firms, Hillhouse. This latest fundraising puts Magento Commerce’s valuation...
January 03, 2017
Vatican McDonald’s Cooks Up Controversy
A new McDonald’s site opened last Friday in the Pio Borgo district of Rome, and the Vatican isn’t exactly “lovin’ it,” as it were. That’s because the new McDonald’s location,...
December 27, 2016
KFC, Baidu Team Up On Facial Recognition
Baidu and KFC China are working together on a new “smart restaurant” in Beijing that will use facial recognition and factors such as age, gender and facial expression to suggest...
December 23, 2016
How A Smart Billboard Is Changing How Consumers Interact With...
They see you when you’re walking. They know where you’ve been. Smart billboards don’t care about naughty or nice, but they are using consumer behavior data to make marketing efforts...
December 01, 2016
Android Pay Says “Kia Ora” To New Zealand
“Kia Ora” means “hi” in Mãori. And that’s what Android Pay is saying across the country of New Zealand, where it has officially arrived. The only caveat: It comes with...
November 17, 2016
Omnicommerce Tracker: Taking Groceries Online
Despite all of the hype, the majority of grocery sales are still made in brick and mortar shops – with “still” the operative word. The latest Omnicommerce Tracker™, features a...
November 16, 2016
Amazon Food Delivery Service Expands Into Irvine
Amazon announced Tuesday (Nov. 15) Irvine, California Prime members can take advantage of free one-hour delivery from a slew of restaurants, including Mick’s Karma Bar, Rockfire Grill, 3-Thirty-3 Waterfront, Pick...