Digitally native Wayfair Inc. has given its namesake brand the supersized treatment in brick-and-mortar. Click here to read the story at chainstoreage.com. Discussion Questions:
Starbucks is bursting plenty of bubbles this summer — but in a distinctly delicious way. Click here to read the story at fastcompany.com. Discussion Questions:
Las Vegas has played host to some of Miami’s biggest hotspots in recent years. Late-night South Beach restaurant Villa Azur opened in late 2022. Click here to read the story at eater.vegas.com. Discussion Questions:
Who else thinks the national coffee market could use a jolt? Most well-caffeinated Americans are familiar with the longstanding rivalry between Starbucks and Dunkin’, but if you live east of the Mississippi, you might be less familiar with an increasingly formidable challenger: Dutch Bros. Coffee. Click here to read the Read more…
According to a report in Business Insider Thursday, the secret new Alexa barely works thanks to hallucinating AI and broken tech. Click here to read the story at gizmodo.com. Discussion Questions:
OpenAI’s GPT Store, where users can share their custom chatbots, finally launched Wednesday after a monthslong delay. Click here to read the story at theverge.com. Discussion Questions:
Walmart is greatly expanding its drone delivery services in North Texas. The service is already in operation from about a dozen stores in Dallas, Plano, Frisco, and Rowlett. Click here to read the story at fox4news.com. Discussion Questions:
Peloton will develop custom content for TikTok as part of a new agreement with the popular social media app, according to a press release. Click here to read the story at marketingdive.com. Discussion Questions:
“Avocados don’t get boring at all,” Alvaro Luque, the president and CEO of Avocados from Mexico, told Business Insider. Click here to read the story at businessinsider.com. Discussion Questions:
Five months after McDonald’s announced the impending arrival of CosMc’s — a spinoff QSR chain “with the DNA of McDonald’s but its own unique personality” — the company has pulled back the curtain on the mystery restaurant. Click here to read the story at marketingdive.com. Discussion Questions: