Five Below's Self-Checkout Strategy, Best Buy Gets Lucky, DoorDash Expands Alcohol Delivery

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Here are today's top headlines:

1. Five Belowshifts its checkout strategy to rely more on associates, aiming for 75% of transactions to be associate-led across all stores and 100% in stores with high shrink rates.
2. Lucky, a platform facilitating omnichannel shopping experiences, collaborates with Best Buy to integrate Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) websites with real-time inventory data from Best Buy's stores.
3. DoorDash expands its alcohol delivery service by adding nine grocery and liquor retailers to its platform, allowing customers to order alcoholic beverages from select stores across thousands of locations in 32 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

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