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Report: Walmart gets the message on in-store assistance
Usually retailers are not pleased when hackers get into their systems, but Walmart Stores Inc. is very happy with three hackers in particular. Walmart will test a new SMS-based customer service tool that won a recent Walmart Labs-sponsored “hackathon.”
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Ikea going bigger in Seattle
Ikea is expanding yet another of its older U.S. stores.
The home furnishings giant has begun demolishing a covered parking structure where it will construct a new, larger store in Renton, Washington, across the 29-acre parcel from its current Seattle-area store.
Razing the building will make room for construction of the new Renton store, slated to open in spring 2017.
Actual store construction likely will commence later this year after completion of the demolition and site preparation.

