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Three Southern Dallas Projects Awarded $21M in Federal RAISE Grants

by | Nov 23, 2021
$12 million will go toward building The Loop's Trinity Forest Spine Trail South Phase; $8.218 million will enhance mobility within the Southern Dallas County Inland Port, including the purchase of eight on-demand electric shuttles; and $900,000 will help connect communities across the Southern Gateway, from Oak Cliff to the forthcoming I-35 deck park to the Dallas Zoo and the Tenth Street Historic District.
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Walmart Is Building Two Dallas-Area Facilities That Are So High Tech, 400 New Jobs Will Require STEM Skills
by | Nov 9, 2021
A 1.5 million-square-foot automated fulfillment center is slated to open in Lancaster in 2023, followed by a 730,000 square-foot automated grocery distribution center in 2024. Both will deploy the latest in high-tech robotics and innovation.
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Check This Out: Walmart Tests All-Self-Checkout Supercenter in Plano
by | Jul 16, 2021
The store's cashier lanes are gone. In their place: 34 registers in a wide-open area, with a "host" to guide you through. The goal of the new service is to eliminate lines that stack up behind conventional checkout lanes.
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Walmart and Intel Are Bringing Their Holiday Drone Light Show to Dallas
by | Dec 2, 2020
On Dec. 5 at the Cotton Bowl, Walmart is hosting a free holiday experience that features Intel's drones choreographed to popular holiday songs in the air.
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WIT Empowerment Day Lets Women Pitch Their Toy, Game, and Play Products

by | Sep 30, 2019
At this annual event—coming to Dallas Market Center tomorrow—female entrepreneurs and inventors can get feedback, advice, and mentoring from Walmart buyers and other industry leaders.
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Walmart’s Dallas Optical Facility Frames its Success With Glasses by the Tens of Thousands
by | Apr 10, 2019
Walmart's manufacturing plant located in the Stemmons Corridor looks a bit like a 1950s-era school building, but a look inside the facility reveals 320 full-time associates and a variety of robotic machines producing tens of thousands of custom-crafted eyeglasses each week.
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A USAA design workshop. [Photo: USAA]
Design With a Big ‘D’: Design Thinkers Leading the Way
by | Sep 24, 2018
Whether it’s slaying piles of paper receipts at tax time or making shopping an adventure, these Dallas area design thinkers are making their marks in their respective industries. The common thread? Dogged persistence. We talk with four who caught the “experiential wave” early.
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At the Helm: Intuit VP of Design on Being ‘Design-Led, Through and Through’
by | Sep 24, 2018
Intuit has embraced design thinking, says Intuit VP of Design James Helm. He talks with Dave Moore about the thinking that precedes formal design and how the company retains designers who may get multiple recruiting calls each week.
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My second year (in teaching high school English), things began looking up. I cracked the code and figured out how to motivate students. I had lessons I could improve upon. And I started getting curious — what could the sciences teach me about how we learn? Most of what I read at that time could be classified as pop psychology — secondhand accounts of “brain science” studies. ...One particular study involved our sense of smell and memory. I had been reading Robert Jutte’s 2004 book “A History of Senses,” and I stumbled upon this interesting remark: “Our sense of smell is most directly linked to memory.” Hmm — smell and memory are linked. I began to think how this could be applied to some of our creative writing assignments... Excerpt from “Seductive Interaction Design,” by Stephen Anderson [Sources: Capital One, Stephen Anderson]

Custom Build: An Acquisition and Ties to Higher Ed Led UX Thoughtleader to Capital One’s Garage

by | Sep 24, 2018
Q+A | Stephen Anderson, head of design at Capital One’s Garage, (literally) wrote the book on “Seductive Interaction Design.” He talks about finding talent and how design thinking is applied to daily life.
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Tatiana Miller, executive director of design at USAA [Photo, logo: USAA]
Users First: An Interview With USAA’s Tatiana Miller
by | Sep 24, 2018
Q+A | Tatiana Miller, executive director of design at USAA, tells Dave Moore how the company invests in design, what she's most proud of, and how she manages some 60 creative professionals.
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Entrepreneurs Hear How to Succeed at Dallas Consumer Product Innovations Day
by | Jul 13, 2018
Several successful CPG entrepreneurs told their stories at the Dallas Consumer Product Innovations Day at the Addison TreeHouse Thursday. Other companies got to pitch their ideas to the experts and the audience.
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It’s a Year-Round Produce Harvest at Eden Green Technology in Cleburne
by | Jun 28, 2018
The company showed off its state-of-the-art, 44,000-square-foot facility in Cleburne where there’s row after row of 18-foot stalks, each with 36 plants growing from floor to ceiling.
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Q+A: Walmart Technology’s Carlos Riojas Talks Big Data, AI & Improving Operations

by | Apr 13, 2018
The world's largest retailer choose North Texas to locate one of its first Walmart Technology offices outside Bentonville, Arkansas. One reason: It had more computer science hires from UTD than any other university.
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Don Morphy Founder Daniel Mofar aims to change the landscape of men's fashion.
‘Rising Star’ Fashion Label Don Morphy Opens First Pop-Up Store
by | Mar 20, 2018
The fashion startup's clientele now includes notables such as former Dallas Cowboys star Emmitt Smith, actor Morris Chestnut, mega-pastor T.D. Jakes, and NBA players Dwight Howard and Tyson Chandler.
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Innovation by Design: Fast Company Seeking Creators at Intersection of Business, Innovation & Design
by | Mar 6, 2018
The annual awards is currently accepting entries through May 10 with an early bird rate deadline nearing on March 22.
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ALDI Pilots Delivering Groceries in Dallas, 2 Other Cities
by | Aug 18, 2017
An increasing number of grocers are finding ways to make food shopping easier for their customers.
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