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Globe and Mail
11 hours ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
GreetEat Corp. (OTC: GEAT) Taps Neva IT to Build Salesforce Integration for Virtual Dining Experiences
RENO, Nev. , June 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GreetEat Corp. (OTC: GEAT), the trailblazing platform fusing video conferencing with food delivery, today announced a strategic partnership with enterprise IT leader Neva IT to develop a custom Salesforce integration for its virtual dining platform. The integration will allow Salesforce users to seamlessly plan, manage, and measure GreetEat-powered events such as client lunches, team celebrations, and virtual happy hours without ever leaving their CRM. Key features will include automated invitations, real-time voucher tracking, and ROI analytics for meetings enhanced with meals and drinks. 'Partnering with Neva IT and Bonita Elevario is a game-changer for our enterprise clients,' said Vishal Patel, CEO of GreetEat. 'This Salesforce integration will help companies elevate their virtual engagement with measurable, human-centered experiences.' With over 25 years of experience and a portfolio of Fortune 500 clients, Neva IT brings deep expertise in building secure, scalable CRM solutions. 'GreetEat is redefining how companies connect,' said Bonita Elevario, CEO of Neva IT. 'We're thrilled to help embed that experience directly into Salesforce.' Why Salesforce? As the world's leading CRM platform, Salesforce is trusted by over 150,000 companies. By integrating GreetEat into Salesforce, enterprises can simplify workflows and track the full impact of food-enhanced virtual meetings. Enterprise-Grade Security The integration will adhere to stringent security protocols, including encrypted API access, permission-based controls, and full event logging to protect user and corporate data. A Strategic Leap Forward This partnership marks a pivotal step in GreetEat's enterprise evolution—bringing the power of shared virtual dining to the global Salesforce ecosystem. About GreetEat Corp. GreetEat Corp. (OTC: GEAT) is reimagining how people connect through its virtual dining platform, which merges food delivery with real-time video conferencing for more meaningful remote interactions. About Neva IT Neva IT is a boutique technology firm specializing in enterprise-grade solutions, particularly Salesforce development, with a track record of delivering innovation to leading global organizations.
Metro
02-05-2025
- Metro
'Feral youths raided our shop for vapes and fizzy drinks - we feel so unsafe'
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video This is the terrifying moment a gang of 15 teens attack a young shop worker and steal disposable vapes and fizzy drinks. CCTV footage from Norman's News in Northampton shows the teens throwing punches at the assistant, pinning him up against fridges and pulling him from behind the shop counter. They all burst into the shop on Tuesday evening, which happened in front of a customer who was forced to stand by and watch. The CCTV shows a boy who tries to convince the worker that he is 18 so he can buy a vape. Another boy steals a fizzy drink, waves and leaves the store. Three minutes later, a larger gang came back. They start beating up the shop worker, who bravely fights back despite being targeted with a barrage of punches. Then, 11 minutes later, a lone teen demands that the shop worker hand over his phone before he drags him over the counter and onto the floor. He has escaped with injuries to his eyes and is recovering at home, too scared to come back to work. Shop owner Vishal Patel, 46, who was not in the shop at the time, said this is the second time this has happened in the space of two weeks. He Metro: 'We feel really unsafe. Three of my staff don't want to come into work because they are too scared. 'The shop assistant who was attacked is just a student and has been really shaken up by this. 'We are all just trying to do our jobs but this has caused £2,000 worth of damage plus stock taken.' Vishal said that there are two main factors that are encouraging groups like this to become involved in unruly behaviour. 'The sunny weather encourages them to come out, especially in the evenings,' he said. 'There's also a number of illegal vape and alcohol shops in the area which is encouraging them.' Dr Jasmine Khouja is a senior research associate in the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group at the University of Bristol. She explained to Metro the psychology behind group violence and why teens are particularly attracted to stealing vapes. 'Group violence a lot of the time is often down to peer pressure and pack mentality,' she said. 'Young people most vulnerable to this are ones drawn into pressure from somebody else. 'Teens are also more likely to take risks at a younger age and are impulsive which drives them to do things like this. 'With vaping, what drives this is addiction, and addiction to the high nicotine content found in disposable vapes. 'Disposable vapes are set to be banned in June. This is encouraging people to stockpile them and may be encouraging this growth in crime. 'While vaping is less harmful than smoking, young people are drawn to different flavours and collecting the different colours.' More Trending A Northamptonshire Police spokesperson said: 'Officers investigating a robbery at a Northampton shop have arrested a 16-year-old boy. 'At around 8.15pm on Tuesday, April 29, Northamptonshire Police received a report that up to 15 young people had entered a store in Drapery, assaulted a member of staff, stolen stock and damaged the store. 'Enquiries into the incident resulted in the Northampton boy's arrest earlier today, Friday, May 2, and he remains in police custody. 'Work to identify the other people involved remains underway.' Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Tour van crashes and kills seven near national park MORE: Boys 'go outside for first time in years' after rescue from 'house of horrors' MORE: Gang stole £500 from man they wrongly abducted and gave him back £20 in compensation
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Yahoo
Watch: Balaclava-clad teenagers attack shopkeeper
Credit: Greater Manchester Police A gang of 15 balaclava-clad teens attacked a shop worker before stealing vapes and fizzy drinks. The shop assistant was working at Norman's News in Northampton when he was assaulted on Tuesday evening. CCTV shows the group surrounding the worker who was pinned against the doors of the fridges. The attack happened in front of a customer who watched as the gang repeatedly punched and kicked the worker. Some of them even hurled drinks bottles at the worker's head. The robbery was the second attack on the shop in two weeks. Shop owner Vishal Patel, 46, who was not at the premises at the time, has demanded a greater police presence in the area during the evening. The dad-of-two said: 'The attack happened when two boys came in and tried to steal stock. 'My worker took the stock back and then around 15 of them came behind him and started fighting him inside the store. 'Some of them jumped over the counter and took 20 vapes. This is the second time this has happened this month. 'This latest raid caused £2,000 worth of damage plus stolen stock.' A Northamptonshire Police spokesperson said: 'There was a report of a robbery made to us at 8.15pm on April 29, at a business in Drapery. 'The caller reported a group of up to 15 young people had entered the store, assaulted a member of staff, stolen stock and damaged the store. 'Our patrol plans include the Drapery area, and we have been ensuring a police presence at times when we know issues have been taking place.' Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Walmart's New Gen AI Tool Cuts Lead Times on Fashion Items By 18 Weeks
Walmart's newest generative AI tool enables designers to create trend-inspired fashion products with shorter lead times than previously possible. According to the company, the proprietary tool, which it calls Trend-to-Product, gathers and analyzes information from myriad trend sources online, which it then uses to create 'on-trend, high-quality items with speed,' while maintaining low prices for its consumers. More from Sourcing Journal Up Close: In Conversation With Ivalua's Vishal Patel Walmart Stands Strong Despite Tariffs, Hits E-commerce Profitability Shopify CEO: Teams Can't Hire Unless They Show AI Is Incapable of Doing the Job The company said the technology has created a unique opportunity for it to keep up with trend cycles, particularly because of its size. The Bentonville, Ark.-headquartered chain is the world's largest retailer, and scaling products for specific markets can be a difficult task. 'Trends come and go—fast—and that makes them a unique opportunity for a company like Walmart, where designing items that are cool and quality can be slow going,' the retailer wrote in its blog. Trend-to-Product cuts down the time designers need to spend researching and scouring for inspiration, the company said, noting that the tool uses generative AI to create a moodboard with suggested colors, textures and ideas based on the trend insights it pulled from the internet. From there, Walmart's designers adjust the moodboards to their liking, validate the ideas against the company's sell-through data and creatively infuse AI's ideas throughout the designs they create. Once the designers complete that piece of the process, they can turn their final designs over to Trend-to-Product, which creates the tech pack manufacturers need to create each individual item in a collection. According to the company, using Trend-to-Product in tandem with human designers has helped Walmart shave its lead times from 24 to 26 weeks down to six to eight weeks. Jen Jackson Brown, senior vice president of apparel brand and design for Walmart U.S., said the tool helps optimize designers' time, enabling them to focus on what humans do better than machines: use their creativity. 'Trend-to-Product empowers our private brand design and product development associates to spend less time chasing trends and more time doing what they love most—creating and delivering high quality, on-trend items for our customers for every season and occasion,' she said in a statement. 'We are excited by the early results of this new technology and the power it could have to transform the way we operate and serve our customers.' While the company did not mention President Donald Trump's tariffs in its announcement about the new technology tool, having shorter lead times could help Walmart further diversify its sourcing, depending on how duties on goods inbound from China shake out—and whether other premier sourcing destinations, like Vietnam and Cambodia, receive a true reprieve from tariffs after Trump's 90-day grace period lapses. Walmart said it drew inspiration in developing the tool from a generative AI application making change in another industry. The company's technology team saw a paper suggesting that large language models (LLMs) could be leveraged to analyze and potentially invent new chemicals. Based on the scientists' findings, Walmart set about to use that same idea, applied to the fashion industry. Andrea Albright, executive vice president for Walmart sourcing, said seeing the tool come to life to help designers has been a strong first step, but there may be more in store for Trend-to-Product in the coming months. 'We recognized the possibilities with customer-facing technology and saw Trend-to-Product as a way to bring the best of AI and gen AI to the first mile. Now, that vision is coming to life,' Albright said in a statement. 'And we're not stopping with fashion. Imagine a future where Trend-to-Product helps designers create the next great lipstick color or a new flavor combination that sets the internet on fire. That's where we're headed.' Walmart already leverages AI for myriad tasks, including natural language search for easier shopping on its site; review summarization and product comparisons; inventory management and demand forecasting; pallet unloading in warehouses and more. Vinod Bidarkoppa, executive vice president and chief technology officer for Walmart International, said he sees Trend-to-Product as the latest-and-greatest offering in Walmart's technology mix, particularly when it comes to keeping prices down for consumers. 'Walmart has continued to invest in cutting-edge AI and gen AI technologies to make the lives of our customers, members and associates easier. Trend-to-Product is the latest example of how these technologies drive optimization, and when combined, can revolutionize an entire business line or industry,' Bidarkoppa said in a statement. 'This innovation underscores our commitment to pushing the boundaries of what's possible, ensuring that our customers always have access to the latest trends at the best prices.'
