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Curbside Launches in New York and New Jersey at 10 Target Stores
[August 14, 2015]

Curbside Launches in New York and New Jersey at 10 Target Stores


Curbside, a Bay Area-based startup reinventing the local shopping experience, today announced that is has expanded its service to New York and New Jersey with the rollout of 10 new Target (News - Alert) locations. Until now, Curbside had only been available in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Curbside, the mobile shopping startup that allows consumers to shop directly from their mobile phone ...

Curbside, the mobile shopping startup that allows consumers to shop directly from their mobile phones and pick up right in front of the store without having to find items on shelves, wait in checkout lines or deal with the hassles of parking, is now available in New York and New Jersey at 10 Target stores. (Photo: Business Wire)

Curbside allows consumers to shop directly from their mobile phones and pick up right in front of the store without having to find items on shelves, wait in checkout lines or deal with the hassles of parking. The Curbside service is free, the app is free and the company does not mark up store prices.

"Curbside's mission is to make the shopping experience at local stores faster and easier than ever before," said co-founder and CEO Jaron Waldman. "We anticipate that local shoppers in New York and New Jersey will find Curbside to be an invaluable service that fundamentally changes the way they shop."

With approximately 90 percent of retail shopping still done in-store, according to a recent Census study, Curbside is out to improve the local shopping experience and deliver a novel pickup experience by:

  • Using proprietary location technology to provide a seamless and reliable handoff of goods in front of the store. The Curbside system notifies staff when shoppers are on approach, and does so without draining the shopper's phone battery.
  • Giving shoppers a reliable view of what's in stock at the stores around them, unlike other mobile shopping apps.
  • Providing the convenience that delivery services can't match: no delivery windows and no boxes piling up outside the front door. Curbside orders are available to pick up when and where shoppers want without the hassle and added expense of delivery services.

"We know today's consumers are looking for faster and more convenient ways to shop. That's why Target is constantly exploring new ways to improve the shopping experience and save our guests time and money," said Casey Carl, Target's chief strategy and innovation officer. "Curbside has proven popular among our Bay Area guests, and we're excited to expand the service to guests in New York and New Jersey."

Curbside is available at the following New York and New Jersey Target locations:





         

• Bronx-Throggs Neck Target

           

• College Point Target

815 E Hutchinson River Pkwy

13505 20th Ave.

Bronx, NY 10465-1818

College Point, NY 11356-2446

 

• Gateway (News - Alert) Target

• Edgewater Target

519 Gateway Dr.

543 River Rd.

Brooklyn, NY 11239-2801

Edgewater, NJ 07020-1146

 

• North Bergen Commons Target

• Fairfield Target

7101 Tonnelle Ave.

632 Route 46 E

North Bergen, NJ 07047-4507

Fairfield, NJ 07004-1581

 

• Jersey City Target

• Hackensack Target

100 14th St.

630 Main St.

Jersey City, NJ 07310-1202

Hackensack, NJ 07601-5913

 

• Menlo Park Target

• Union North Target

100 Parsonage Rd.

2235 Springfield Ave.

Edison, NJ 08837-2424

Vauxhall, NJ 07088-1100

 


About Curbside

Curbside is reinventing the local shopping experience by making it faster and easier for consumers to find, buy and pick up products at local stores than ever before, with no markup in price. Curbside's technology allows it to accurately represent retailers' inventory and reliably alert local stores when customers approach. Curbside was co­founded by Jaron Waldman, who founded Placebase which was later sold to Apple (News - Alert), and Denis Laprise, who founded Poly9 which was also acquired by Apple. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. Curbside is free to download from the Apple App Store or Google (News - Alert) Play, or by visiting www.shopcurbside.com.

Links

Website: https://shopcurbside.com/
Images: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pur221nj0uy7jnl/AAB1JfGK1BrrlcSsnxbuUMl_a?dl=0
Video: http://vimeo.com/107941811
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curbside?fref=ts
Twitter (News - Alert): https://twitter.com/curbside


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