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Nestlé Partners with Alibaba Group to Celebrate 150th Anniversary

| MCM Staff

Nestlé and Alibaba Group launched a unique digital commerce and marketing campaign in celebration of Nestlé’s Swiss heritage and passion for nutrition over the last 150 years. The six-month joint campaign leverages Alibaba’s online and mobile marketplaces, media platform, and rural services to make Nestlé’s products from around the world available for China’s consumers to enjoy.

BBB and Korea Consumer Agency Sign Cross-Border Dispute Resolution Agreement

| Tim Parry

The Council of Better Business Bureaus and the Korea Consumer Agency have signed an agreement to offer cross-border dispute resolution for Korean consumers who purchase goods and services from companies in North America, and for consumers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico who purchase from companies in the Republic of Korea.

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Walmart Testing Drones for DC Inventory Management

| Mike O'Brien

Walmart has begun testing drones in its distribution centers for scanning inventory, completing in an hour what it would take two associates a month to do. This seems a more practical and easier to achieve use of the technology than home delivery, and will aid the company in its ecommerce fulfillment battle with Amazon.

Staples Pilots Interactive Store Map for iPhone App

| Tim Parry

Staples today announced a new interactive store map feature available on the Staples iPhone app that will create an easier and more convenient in-store shopping experience for customers. See how it complements Staples’s other online and offline commerce initiatives.

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Target Shutting Down Curbside Pickup Trial

| Mike O'Brien

After a 22-month trial, Target later this month will shut down a pilot program with Curbside that allows shoppers to grab their purchases in front of the store. The retailer said it wanted to devote more efforts and resources to its core omnichannel offerings like the Cartwheel app, in-store pickup and ship from store.