What worked last week doesn’t necessarily work this week. That’s pretty much what essential retail businesses are dealing with as they carry on in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just a few days ago, many companies were voluntarily providing ...
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February 21, 2020
Comments Off on As plastic bag ban approaches, some stores ahead of the curve, others merely react
A nickel can be a powerful thing. Last summer Wegmans conducted a pilot study at two stores to see how customers would react if single-use plastic grocery bags were removed even before a statewide ban goes into effect March 1 ...
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July 29, 2019
Comments Off on Target adds drive-up service to four Rochester-area stores
Four Target stores in the Rochester area are the latest to offer drive-up service. The service allows customers to purchase items online through an app and have them delivered to their car within two minutes of arriving at the Target ...
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April 19, 2019
Comments Off on Shipt expands delivery service to include Petco
Shipt delivery service has expanded its service in the Rochester area to include Petco. Deliveries from the pet supply store, which has outlets in Brighton, Irondequoit, Greece and Henrietta, began on Thursday, April 18. The company entered the Rochester market ...
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November 21, 2018
Comments Off on Black Friday jumps the gun online
Stores seem to have scaled back on how early they’ll open on Black Friday or, more accurately, on Thanksgiving. But they’ve redoubled efforts to grab consumer dollars. Ads for the big box stores’ Black Friday deals went out early in ...
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July 25, 2018
Comments Off on Target brings delivery service to Rochester
Shipt has shipped. Into Rochester, that is. The latest grocery delivery service to arrive in Rochester serves Target. Though Shipt has been delivering groceries and other goods from Target for several years, it only moved into Upstate New York earlier ...
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