Joseph Pisani, Author at Valley News

This March 7, 2019, photo shows a smart shelf area at Walgreen's in Chicago. Walgreens, which has more than 8,000 drugstores, installed cooler doors with cameras and sensors at six locations in Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Bellevue, Washington. Instead of the usual clear glass doors that allow customers to see inside, there are video screens that display ads along with the cooler’s contents. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Store cameras read shoppers for targeted ads

by Joseph Pisani AP Retail WriterApril 27, 2019

NEW YORK — Eyeing that can of soda in the supermarket cooler? Or maybe you’re craving a pint of ice cream? A camera could be watching you.But it’s not there to see if you’re stealing. These cameras want to get to know you and what you’re…

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010, file photo, an Amazon.com package awaits delivery from UPS in Palo Alto, Calif. Amazon, which hooked shoppers on getting just about anything delivered in two days, announced Thursday, April 25, 2019, that it will soon promise one-day delivery for its Prime members on most items. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Amazon to bring 1-day delivery to Prime members

by Joseph Pisani AP Retail WriterApril 27, 2019

People stand in the lobby for Amazon offices Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, in New York. Amazon will not build a new headquarters in New York City, a stunning reversal to an ambitious plan that would have brought an estimated 25,000 jobs to the city. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Amazon dumps NYC headquarters and its promised 25,000 jobs

by Joseph Pisani AP Business Writers, and Alexandra Olson AP Business WritersFebruary 14, 2019

People wait in line to buy televisions as they shop during an early Black Friday sale at a Best Buy store on Thanksgiving Day Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

In Era of Online Retail, Black Friday Still Lures a Crowd

by Joseph Pisani AP Retail Writer, and Anne DInnocenzio And Claire Galofaro AP Retail WriterNovember 24, 2018

Amazon Considers New York, Virginia as Sites for New HQ

by Joseph Pisani Associated Press, and David Klepper And Alan Suderman Associated PressNovember 6, 2018

Ben & Jerry’s Joins Low-Calorie Ice Cream Ranks Led by Halo

by Joseph Pisani AP Retail WriterFebruary 10, 2018

Ben & Jerry’s Tries Low-Cal Ice Cream

by Joseph Pisani AP Retail WriterFebruary 7, 2018

FILE - This April 28, 2016, file photo shows bottles of Dr. Pepper on a store shelf at Quality Cash Market in Concord, N.H. Keurig is buying Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. to create a beverage business with approximately $11 billion in annual sales, announced Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Keurig Will Buy Maker of Soft Drinks

by Joseph Pisani AP Retail WriterJanuary 30, 2018

FILE - In this May 5, 2016 file photo, Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. President Donald Trump is criticizing the U.S. Postal Service, saying the agency is “losing many billions of dollars a year” and asking why it is “charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages.” Trump tweeted Friday, Dec. 29, that the post office “should be charging MUCH MORE!” (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump Tweet Takes Aim At Amazon

by Joseph Pisani AP Retail WriterDecember 29, 2017

Shanelle Gabriel eats a bowl of cereal at Kellogg's NYC Cafe in New York, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. Kellogg has opened a new cafe in New York that it hopes will be a place where millennials want to buy cereal by the bowl and then hang out. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Kellogs Opens Cereal Cafe

by Joseph Pisani AP Retail WriterDecember 16, 2017