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Tesla gets high-profile orders from Wal-mart, JB Hunt for its electric semi-truck
•Most of the customers who announced plans to put down $5,000 deposits for the Tesla Semi indicated they wanted to test a few of the vehicles.
Investors will monitor the money that Amazon is spending on its TV shows, cloud business and retail operations
•Amazon said in July it expected third-quarter revenue of $39.25 billion to $41.75 billion. Analysts expect revenue to rise 29 percent $42.14 billion.
Amazon introduces smart locks to deliver products directly into a customers home when they are away
•Members of Amazon’s Prime shopping club can pay $249.99 and up for a cloud-controlled camera and lock that the company offers to install.
Amazon to hire 120,000 workers in US this holiday season
•U.S. shoppers will spend between $678.75 billion and $682 billion on holiday shopping this year, a growth of 3.6 percent to 4 percent over last year.
Wal-mart to join hands with Google to enter the voice-shopping platform
•Google will offer hundreds of thousands of Walmart items on its voice-controlled Google Assistant platform from late September.
Nestle, Unilever, Tyson and others join hands with IBM on blockchain exploration project
•Nestle, Unilever, Tyson Foods and other large food and retail companies have joined IBM's project to explore blockchain technology in improving safety.
Amazon, Big Basket, Grofers: Food retail is heating up; expect more new players and consolidation
Sulekha_nair •Amazon indeed has deep pockets but it cannot ignore BigBasket, which has Shah Rukh Khan as its brand ambassador and already perfected the local experience
Amazon plays catch up with Chinese e-commerce giants even after push to acquire Whole Foods
Fp Archives •As Amazon.com Inc looks to swallow US grocery chain Whole Foods, China's tech giants are already digesting hefty bricks-and-mortar deals, taking the lead in the battle to transform supermarket shopping with big data and better supply chains.
Food Industry is testing Blockchain to ensure safety of the food
Fp Archives •The food industry is turning to Blockchain to strengthen food safety and inventory management by tracking meats and crops from the farm to table.
Amazon's technological superiority is helping it dominate the e-commerce sector
Fp Archives •The incident offers a case study in how Amazon's technological prowess is helping it dominate the retail competition.