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Into The Future/Afterlife Freestyle Creative Fiction Series episode 8-Start of Creative Fiction Career Stories by Stella Carrier
Into The Future/Afterlife Freestyle Creative Fiction Series episode 8-Start of Creative Fiction Career Stories by Stella Carrier Into The Future/Afterlife Freestyle Creative Fiction Series episode 8-Start of Creative Fiction Career Stories by Stella Carrier start time after gathering resources; 8:29 p.m. completion time 857pm intent of freestyle fiction story; purpose intent of mini creative fiction freestyle story; draw from the inspiration of my food service work connected with the University of Maryland College Park and combine it for fun creative fiction style writing with multiple other online and offline interests both for creative writing therapy and writing skills improvement while simultaneously setting my intent to channel the wisdom, creativity, and healing of multiple heaven worlds of divine love and divine happiness https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/english_names.php It is the year 2140 and I Corey Cooke am getting ready to cook some food for a music video being filmed near a creative music college in Hollywood California. My work takes me across various parts of Europe as well as the United States. I Corey Cooke work out of my own kitchen in California and Scotland where a great deal of my work is located. In Scotland a Nickelodeon Hotel and an 3 mile city of over 200 various museums opened just in this 3 mile section to open which increased the need for cooks in training, cooks, and chef. These businesses brought so much business to the point that Virginia, Maryland, California, Florida, and Nevada were inspired to open museum businesses and tv channel themed hotels andor houses of their own that can house at least 30 people to each house. I am told that I closely resemble the male director who starred in the music video for the Boombox song by Laura Marano and my older sister eerily resembles the daughter of the director in that song. I Corey Cooke happen to be 45 years old and my older sister that I just referenced is named Abbie Duncan and is around 50 years old. I Corey Cooke have actually been working as a cook since my 39th birthday for the military part time and at a university in Southern California part of the time. I shimmied my way into working as a cook when I volunteered to help prepare food for a play that was based on season 1 episode 11 of NCIS Los Angeles. more details to come up within 48-70-72 hours or less from 9:23 pm Sunday August 5, 2018 future higher self communications in relations to Corey Cooke andor how any of his sleeptime dreams have played a significant role in his life andor those around him, and more songs for me to keep in mind; Point of No Return by Expose This fascinating article starts off with a featured hotel in Scotland. https://robbreport.com/travel/destinations/slideshow/8-most-over-top-new-luxury-suites-europe/ The 8 Most Luxurious New Suites in Europe by Sandra Ramani on July 17, 2018 https://robbreport.com/travel/destinations/slideshow/8-most-over-top-new-luxury-suites-europe/ https://www.roccofortehotels.com/hotels-and-resorts/the-balmoral-hotel/ creative fiction storytelling idea from this Robb Report magazine particle; men and women from around the world gathered at a conference in one of the cities featured in this article that showcases various hotels around the world. Over 165 chefs, cooks, and helpers needed for the 3 day event.
Sunday August 5, 2018 dip it up song early 90s https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Best-90s-Dance-Songs-23367737 100 Essential Songs For Your 90s Dance Party by Lizzie Fuhr https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Best-90s-Dance-Songs-23367737 Due to karma concerns and the influence of my joyful/creative intuition I prefer to refrain from yahoo political comments for today yet intend to resume commenting on political manners online when I am more certain of being in a more open-minded and bias-free mood. As a mixed race American born woman with American born family members of both Caucasian and African American descent I am intuitively and logically aware that I must aim to only comment online in politics when I am intuitively and logically certain that I can comment both wisely and bias-free even when I communicate a sentiment viewpoint far from popular in a courageous, brave and self confident manner. Today is one of the days where my creative intuition says to take a day off from commenting on yahoo politics and look at other sources instead. However for those who are curious my most recent yahoo online political comments are from Saturday August 4, 2018.However, the following are some of the resources I have fortunately unearthed,including the banana cream recipe link from the cookie rookie that inspired the search. This banana cream pie recipe looks delish. https://www.thecookierookie.com/banana-cream-pie-recipe/?utm_medium=push_notification&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss_pushcrew¬ification_source=pushcrew_rss Easy Banana Cream Pie by Becky Hardin https://www.thecookierookie.com/banana-cream-pie-recipe/?utm_medium=push_notification&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss_pushcrew¬ification_source=pushcrew_rss Becky Hardin's Banana Cream Pie recipe indirectly influenced my yahoo search which culminated in the following I like that this yahoo article has a mix of different pies; strawberry pie, blueberry pie, coconut cream pie, mixed berry pie, banana cream pie, sweet potato pie etc. https://www.yahoo.com/news/16-most-popular-pies-ranked-140622079.html 25 Most Popular Pies Ranked by Eat This Not That December 5, 2015 https://www.yahoo.com/news/16-most-popular-pies-ranked-140622079.html intuitive fiction storytelling idea; pie baking contest held inside the food court area of Pentagon city mall in the year 2090 https://scs.georgetown.edu/academics/professional-masters-degrees/ Investment Banking Institute https://www.ibtraining.com/ There are a multiple number of talented actors/actresses in this Avengers Infinity War film;Robert Downey Jr. Chris Hemsworth Chris Evans Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson and more gifted actors/actresses featured in Avengers Infinity War. However, I have to admit that Benedict Cumberbatch brilliantly portrayed his Dr. Strange persona with a beautiful continuation from this Dr. Strange movie portrayal from 2016. I am fortunate to have had the chance to pre-order the Avengers Infinity War digital version with bonus content and I plan to eventually watch it multiple times as I feel the film was that well done upon first seeing the Avengers Infinity War in theaters with my husband. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/benedict-cumberbatch-praised-infinity-war-173237761.html Benedict Cumberbatch Praised by Infinity War Directors For Monitoring Tom Holland Spoilers Watch by Michael Nordine Indiewire August 4, 2018 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/benedict-cumberbatch-praised-infinity-war-173237761.html favorite pies of celebrities Some of the favorite foods referenced are; pizza, hotdogs, grasshopper pie ice cream, seafood pasta, icecream with brownies, big mac with large fries, sirloin steak, mushrooms, in-n-out double double burger, popeyes chicken, pancakes, taco bell, chipotle, In-n-out, KFC, McDonalds, sushi, twizzlers, blueberry pancakes, apple jacks cereal, lobster pasta with pecorino cheese, cheesecake, Sour Patch kids, pop tarts, cinnamon toast crunch, roasted whole chicken with garlic cloves and more. the celebrities featured in this article; Selena Gomez, Oprah Winfrey, Serena Williams, Alex Rodrigues, Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence, Blake Lively, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, The Kardashian/Jenner Clan, Beyonce, Katy Perry, Dwayne Johnson a.k.a The Rock, Jennifer Lopez, Jason Derulo, Gigi Hadid, Gal Gadot, and Chris Pratt. http://honestcooking.com/eat-like-celebrity-20-celebrities-favorite-foods/ Eat Like A Celebrity 20 Celebrities Favorite Foods by MyGreatRecipes September 6, 2017 http://honestcooking.com/eat-like-celebrity-20-celebrities-favorite-foods/ creative fiction storytelling idea; multiple food manufactures, some cooks andor chefs, and food publicists are interviewed as part of an article feature on various favorite restaurants and foods of celebrities. favorite foods of celebrities yahoo I find it intriguing that a mix of celebrities were featured for a variety of breakfast items of choice. I am actually inspired to consistently and more frequently eat a meal of eggs, sausage andor bacon, maybe toast and some type of fresh andor canned fruit after reading about one of the preferred breakfasts of Michelle Obama and Emma Watson's egg burrito idea is something that is doable as well for me as well. Fortunately, my husband would definitely eat the egg, sausage or bacon that I cook as long as I check with him first on what he craves/prefers to eat that day. famous/popular celebrities featured in this article for those who are curious; pictures of Kelly Ripa, Jennifer Aniston, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Choi, Maria Menounos, Justin Timberlake, Khloe Kardashian, Lea Michelle, Zac Efron, Olivia Munn, Jake Gyllenhaal, Chrissy Teigen, Michelle Obama, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, Padma Lakshmi, Katie Couric, Dwayne Johnson, Kate Hudson, Beyonce Knowles, Bobby Flay, Heidi Klum, Hugh Jackman, Jessica Alba, Ben Affleck, Karlie Kloss, and Emma Watson. Creative Fiction storytelling idea inspired by this article; publicists who have worked with any of the 26 celebrities andor chefs/cooks of any of the celebrities are interviewed. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/26-breakfasts-celebrities-love-034051916.html 26 Breakfasts Celebrities Love by Eat This Not That August 1, 2016 https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/26-breakfasts-celebrities-love-034051916.html celebrities favorite foods msn Some of the foods referenced; broccoli, Taco Bell Doritos taco, tortilla chip soup, filet mignon meatballs, banana pancakes with coconut syrup, chocolate macadamia nuts, buffalo chicken wings, peanut butter banana bacon sandwich and more. The famous/well known celebrities featured in this microsoft news msn Famous peoples surprising favorite foods article (as promised I am listing with bias free and open minded intent going by the celebrities referenced in this innovative msn lovemoney.com article; Katy Perry, Barack Obama, Selena Gomez, David Beckham, Hillary Clinton, Anna Kendrick, Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Donald Trump, Kourtney Kardashian, Kristen Stewart, Robert Downey Jr.. Nicole Scherzinger, Bruce Springsteen, Scarlett Johansson, Elvis Presley, Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II, https://www.msn.com/en-in/foodanddrink/foodnews/famous-peoples-surprising-favorite-foods/ss-BBwVarZ Famous People's Surprising Favorite Foods by lovemoney.com October 17, 2016 https://www.msn.com/en-in/foodanddrink/foodnews/famous-peoples-surprising-favorite-foods/ss-BBwVarZ I confess that it is frequently too easy for me to just have an attitude of more frequently eating whatever I want if said meals take less time to make, taste better, andor are cheaper. Still, my creative intuition is influencing me to keep this link for me to consider incorporating at least some of the foods that are referenced in this article such as pears, berries, avocado, and apple (maybe making some tasty and quick fruit salads this coming remainder summer and autumn season are in order for both my husband and myself). https://www.msn.com/en-in/foodanddrink/foodnews/high-fiber-foods-that-help-you-lose-weight/ss-AAxD377#image=2 High Fiber Foods That Help You Lose Weight by Stars Insider June 25, 2018 https://www.msn.com/en-in/foodanddrink/foodnews/high-fiber-foods-that-help-you-lose-weight/ss-AAxD377#image=2 i paid off 90000 in student loans forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/learnvest/2013/01/15/how-i-paid-off-90000-in-debt-in-three-years/ How I Paid Off $90,000 In Debt In Three Years by LearnVest Contributor Personal Finance https://www.forbes.com/sites/learnvest/2013/01/15/how-i-paid-off-90000-in-debt-in-three-years/ https://www.refinery29.com/2018/03/194339/how-one-couple-paid-off-all-their-debt#slide-3 How This Couple Nearly Paid Off $162,000 in 3 Years by Judith OhiKuare March 23, 2018 1:55 p.m. https://www.refinery29.com/2018/03/194339/how-one-couple-paid-off-all-their-debt#slide-3 Congrats to Andrew Josuweit on his success story and I hope that he enjoys more career and money success to come. I also like that Josuweit acknowledges that it is far from realistic to expect most men and women with student loans to repay back their student loans in just a few years minus taking into the account the demographic and socio-economic background of said student loan holder. It is common knowledge that many people are going to possibly need at least 10 to 15 years andor more to completely pay them back. I intend to check out Andrew Josuweit's student loan hero website for my own ideas and inspiration for successfully repaying the student loans for both myself and my husband's on a consistent basis (my target goal is to completely repay both of our student loans by the year 2030 andor sooner). Many people say to avoid comparing your own career and money success to others because each person's situation is unique based on their background, their career, said job security of chosen career, where they live etc. I am intuitively aware that this same principle of avoid comparing yourself to another person's success story applies with student loan success stories and I am glad that Andew Josuweit is brave/courageous/self confident enough to imply that a person trying to compare their student loan journey with his does not have to unless they feel comfortable in doing so. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ceo-paid-off-100-000-172358311.html A CEO Who Paid Off $100,000 In His Own Student Loans Used To Think They Were Predatory-but After 6 Years of Helping People Pay Theirs, He's Changed His Mind by Mark Abadi Business Insider July 30, 2018 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ceo-paid-off-100-000-172358311.html creative fiction storytelling idea; profile of 15 student loan repayment success stories of men and women from various racial and socio-economic backgrounds who repaid their student loans within 20 years andor less after committing to their chosen place of residence to reside for the rest of their current lifetimes regardless if others may have been wondering if they were aiming too high/dreaming too big. Congrats to Riley Gordon on her weight loss and her new 147 pound body. I hope the best for her in sustaining that weight loss and continued success in her weight loss goals and other types of goals. I reluctantly admit that the last time I remember being around 147 pounds was when I was 26 years old in the autumn of 2006, unexpectedly coming across this article makes me think that maybe both my logic and creative intuition are trying to tell me something. This is another article that I am actually glad that yahoo published as I have been getting a strong feeling this past month that I need to look into the myfitnesspal app. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/app-helped-26-year-old-lose-83-pounds-212300707.html The App That Helped This 26-year-old lose 80 pounds by Andie Mitchell Yahoo Lifestyle Wed August 1, 2018 5:23 p.m. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/app-helped-26-year-old-lose-83-pounds-212300707.html creative fiction storytelling idea; profiles of at least 8 to 10 chefs/cooks who successfully have returned to their ideal body sizes even with the temptation of working around delicious food and their ambition in becoming the best chefs/cooks that they can be. Blackberry Hard Cider link https://boldrock.com/ciders/blackberry/ This article discusses about the Chesapeake blue crab meat in affiliated with a Hampton Roads company. It is far from my place to comment further unless I research more info on what is referenced in this article that is written by a Washington Post reporter via The Virginian Pilot website. https://pilotonline.com/news/nation-world/national/article_0bc8106d-22c0-548d-87aa-9e848c2b4cb7.html A Hampton Roads Company Chesapeake Blue Crab Meat by Justin Jouvenal the Washington Post August 5, 2018 updated 6 hours ago https://pilotonline.com/news/nation-world/national/article_0bc8106d-22c0-548d-87aa-9e848c2b4cb7.html creative fiction storytelling idea; a washington post reporter who works in both the Washington D.C. area and the Hampton Roads virginia. Both of his coworkers and friends also reside andor work in both areas. I am far from a regular beer drink yet my creative intuition is influencing me to share this link for the viewers of this article link who are. There is mention of fruity flavored beers in this article https://pilotonline.com/life/flavor/alcohol/article_4c6861f8-970b-11e8-8f3a-779206e0f950.html 25 never seen before beers will be pouring Saturday in Norfolk by Robyn Sidersky and Matthew Korfhage https://pilotonline.com/life/flavor/alcohol/article_4c6861f8-970b-11e8-8f3a-779206e0f950.html creative fiction storytelling idea;a beer heiress andor a beer family hires a food publicists related to one of her personal chefs to bring notice of her family's line of beers across the United States. the washington post food events 2018 What is eerie about me finding this article is that My sweet husband was mentioning about eating some soup less than 12 hours. The coconut melon soup and chilled radish soup sound delicious https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2018/08/04/when-its-hot-out-you-need-to-chill-with-a-bowl-of-cold-soup/?utm_term=.7a1be42f7496 When It's Hot Out Chill With A Bowl of Cold Soup by Becky Crystal https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2018/08/04/when-its-hot-out-you-need-to-chill-with-a-bowl-of-cold-soup/?utm_term=.7a1be42f7496 creative fiction storytelling idea; a popular grocery store and restaurant chain connected to this store in the year 2106 approaches a Washington Post writer about one of their soup recipe ideas. a yahoo article inspired by the washington post find of chilled soups yahoo soups This article inspires me in the next two weeks to look into making at least a variation of the potato soup and the black bean with avocado soup featured. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/28-hearty-soups-thatll-feed-160657629/photo-love-sweet-potatoes-wait-until-photo-201102559.html 33 Hearty Soups That'll Feed a Hungry Crowd by Delish July 31, 2018 https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/28-hearty-soups-thatll-feed-160657629/photo-love-sweet-potatoes-wait-until-photo-201102559.html creative fiction storytelling idea; a theme park restaurant becomes super popular by the year 2078 for its feature of various soups, sandwiches, and wraps. daily meal soups I am curious to try the cucumber soup with basil and buttermilk would taste. I am curious to try the cucumber soup with basil and buttermilk. https://www.thedailymeal.com/101-soups-all-seasons 101 Soups For All Seasons by Julie Ruggirello February 18, 2017 https://www.thedailymeal.com/101-soups-all-seasons creative fiction storytelling idea; a woman wins a popular soup contest at a state fair combining a sandwich recipe and a cucumber soup with basil and buttermilk recipe. Barbecue and drinks seem like a good combo for this event. The crab toast appetizer pictured looks tasty. https://pilotonline.com/life/flavor/restaurants/beach-eats/article_577f62ba-94fb-11e8-9bc1-1f2345fe89ea.html What a Trio! Beer Bourbon Barbecue at Virginia Beach Event August 11 by Patrick Evans Hylton https://pilotonline.com/life/flavor/restaurants/beach-eats/article_577f62ba-94fb-11e8-9bc1-1f2345fe89ea.html creative fiction storytelling idea; barbecue and drink cooking contests being held at various state fairs across the U.S. The combo of dutch cocoa,avocado cream cheese and pumpkin seed sounds like a dessert that would taste scrumptious https://pilotonline.com/life/flavor/article_58233fa2-7a7b-528d-b118-26c0d0e3a4cf.html Dessert At New Norfolk Restaurant is a Mysterious Orb of Delight by Judy Cowling August 3, 2018 https://pilotonline.com/life/flavor/article_58233fa2-7a7b-528d-b118-26c0d0e3a4cf.html creative fiction storytelling idea; a dessert making contest held across various places in the United States during the summer with the biggest dessert competitions in the Washington D.C. area and the Hampton Roads Virginia area each August andor September. I'm definitely inspired to try a variation of the Turkey Tenderloin Cranberry Sandwich after coming across this daily meal sandwiches article. https://www.thedailymeal.com/sandwich-recipes-better-than-mom-made 30 Sandwich Recipes Better Than Mom Used To Make by David Kaplan August 1, 2018 https://www.thedailymeal.com/sandwich-recipes-better-than-mom-made creative fiction storytelling idea; a female or male novice cook in training bravely takes a chance to enter a sandwich making contest just for fun using the cranberry turkey sandwich recipe at an area in the metropolitan Washington D.C. region or the Hampton Roads Virginia area between a military base and two universities despite their experience and much to their pleasant surprise they win the sandwich making contest/competition. My husband and I sometimes catch episodes of Food Paradise together. I intend to keep an eye on the episode that features eateries in Norfolk Virginia. The info on which show on the travel channel that Handsome Biscuit is going to be featured is helpful. The Stevie sandwich with fried chicken pickles whole grain mustard and honey with watermelon lemonade sounds both indulgent yet appetizing. https://pilotonline.com/life/flavor/restaurants/article_9bd6bb8a-9748-11e8-a621-bf12308275f0.html Want To Be on TV Food Show? Send a Message to Norfolk's Handsome Biscuit by Matthew Korfhage the Virginian Pilot August 4, 2018 https://pilotonline.com/life/flavor/restaurants/article_9bd6bb8a-9748-11e8-a621-bf12308275f0.html creative fiction storytelling idea; a couple start a food truck offering different sandwiches and distinctive fruit flavored drinks to great success, recognition, and acclaim in their community. This article features some popular streets across the United States. https://www.bobvila.com/slideshow/america-s-50-favorite-streets-51898#sixth-street-austin-texas America's 50 Favorite Streets by Bob Vila website https://www.bobvila.com/slideshow/america-s-50-favorite-streets-51898#sixth-street-austin-texas creative fiction storytelling idea; block parties/festivals held at some of the streets featured in the Bob Vila article America's 50 Favorite Streets. Each of the kitchens featured look very elegant and modern. I am fortunate to have seen the Julia Child kitchen along with my husband referenced in this article from the Smithsonian National Museum of American history. https://www.bobvila.com/slideshow/see-the-home-kitchens-of-8-famous-chefs-46471#wolfgang-puck-s-kicthen See the Home Kitchens of 8 Famous Chefs by Marisa Villareal https://www.bobvila.com/slideshow/see-the-home-kitchens-of-8-famous-chefs-46471#wolfgang-puck-s-kicthen creative fiction storytelling idea; It is the year 2100 and a descendant of Wolfgang Puck is interviewed on information told to him from both his great grand parents and grand parents. I admit the following details inside these Bob Vila website links are some of the details on Wolfgang Puck's life that I find fascinating. https://www.bobvila.com/slideshow/see-the-home-kitchens-of-8-famous-chefs-46471#wolfgang-puck-s-kicthen His name is plastered on 20 fine-dining restaurants, as well as catering services, canned and frozen foods, and cookbooks, and yet he still finds time for television appearances and to serve as the official caterer of the Academy Awards Governors Ball. https://www.bobvila.com/slideshow/see-the-home-kitchens-of-8-famous-chefs-46471#wolfgang-puck-s-kicthen songs for me to keep in mind; Magic Fields by X-Perience, Highway Don't Care by Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift, Dirt on My Boots by Jon Pardi,Last Name by Carrie Underwood, Hooked by Dylan Scott,In Case You Didn't Know by Brett Young, You Make it Easy by Jason Aldean, Hotel Key by Old Dominion, In Your Eyes by Kylie Minogue Boombox by Laura Marano
quickie Mini story start time 826 pm quickie mini story conclusion time 949pm important note; I Stella Carrier do believe in the helpfulness of career and personal mentors regardless of psychic ability which is why I enjoy the theme of incorporating mentors into my creative fiction stories. However, for practical reasons I intend to consult in career andor personal mentors with intuitive abilities After sometime around January to May 2019 andor later. part 3 within 48 to 57 to 70 to 74 hours andor less purpose of this fiction story; Fortunately I feel as a surge of creativity within me is surging and I want to encourage it for this creative fiction writing. Additionally, I have a creative idea to combine my creative fiction hobby with the meld of sleeptime dreams and future higher self communication through the creative fiction storytelling portal using one of the creative fiction characters starting with the happy transition of using a character connected to Corey Cooke. Corey Cooke here on my way to speak with a career counselor who also happens to be a practicing psychic on the side who helps me with my career goals in being a cook. The career counselor's name is Allany and she also helps me analyze my sleeptime dreams and has spiritual meetups weekly involving future higher self communications and helping many men and women connect to their celestial spirit guides. I Corey Cooke am communicating with you today because my sister Abbie Duncan had a strange dream that a female spirit she knew in her waking life (let's just call her Belenne) found a way into her sleeptime dreams for the purpose of understanding her actions before planning her reactions. What was the sleeptime dream; Abbie Duncan saw Belenne in a law classroom next door to some witchcraft museum that looks like the museum of witchcraft in England and Abbie Duncan knew that this did not apply to her because Abbie Duncan has zero interest in becoming a lawyer or studying law. However, it was only after Belenne use some of her intuitive and magician talents to hack her way into Abbie Duncan's sleeptime dreams did my sister Abbie Duncan realize that Belenne has an interest in law which surprised my sister Abbie because Abbie logically thought that Belenne wanted to stay a leader of the Burrito/Sandwich hybrid food truck that is connected to 20 other food trucks that hire over 100 people. Because of Belenne hacking into Abbie Duncan's sleeptime dream my sister Abbie Duncan saw a vision of Belenne on a romantic date with a male named Gayel at a concert similar to a hybrid of Tomorrowland and iheartradio only seconds later after seeing Belene in a law classroom. My sister Abbie Duncan admitted to me she begged her subconscious to wake her up when she saw a graphic scene seared in her mind of Belene straddling Gayel on some public toilet in an intimate act. My sister Abbie Duncan is far from a prude and highly regards bothy Belene and Gayel professionally speaking and still has yet to understand why she would have a sleeptime dream of Belene and Gayel in this plot fashion. This is because I Corey Cooke have to avoid mentioning more details on Gayel to for karmic reasons. Anyhow, less than 2 to 3 seconds of my sister seeing that graphic scene she felt some benevolent force grant her wish and plucked her inside a hybrid witchcraft/sleeptime dream museum that one of her spirit guides in the dream told her is slated to open on earth in a location bordering Maryland Virginia somewhere between the years 2350 to 2355. The same spirit guide that told my sister to just call him explained that he understand's how she is feeling because my sister Abbie Duncan knows in waking life that Gayel is very much passionately in love with Marina but is torn between his feelings with knowing that feeling how Belene loves him alot andor as a singer put in her song where she is telling her lover that she is going to love him the most. However, my sister Abbie Duncan explained that this sleeptime dream where she saw Belene use her magician spellwork to get inside her sleeptime dreams was meant to symbolize to her that she has some unfinished business with a male connected to law sometime within the next 5 years or less and that she is correct to avoid listening to other people's stereotypes of what she ought to study and that studying law is Belene's dream, not Abbie Duncan's. Truth be told Abbie Duncan wants to study in something that many people would far from expect her too but as her brother have been asked to avoid revealing that and to instead communicate that Belene coming into her sleeptime dream was more to symbolize that she is just as capable as eventually becoming a leader as Belene and is just as powerful magic wise thought this may take her around 5 years or less to finally come into her own. What this lesson has to do with Abbie Duncan and everyone else; Before Abbie Duncan woke from the sleeptime dream, Belene told her inside the witchcraft museum I know Abbie Duncan that part of your undercover identity is that of some celestial cupid and I blame you for helping Marina enchant my man Gayel. My sister was shocked by Belene exclaiming this because Marina is actually beautiful on her own and actually attracted Gayel through her own intellectual prowess and beauty as she is a natural seductress. Before Abbie Duncan could explain what was going on to Belene she was transported to a library that had a book titled recording how much you make and save to greater good luck and good fortune. Right as Abbie Duncan was about to go near that book a vision of Marina come up to her and said look up at the sky open your eyes and right then Abbie Duncan saw a vision of me her brother holding a gold and peach book titled cookbook with the words future higher self right her and sleeptime museum. Seconds later Abbie Duncan asked Marina a question but she disappeared by then and simply heard this male voice upon waking up; I miss you Abbie my soul is calling to you as a kindred soul from knowing you both in past lives and in heaven, please have compassion for Belene using you as a vessel for trying to understand why Gayel is drawing more in love with Marina. Marina is similar to one of his female soulmates he knows from a past lifetime yet he is going to meet for the first time within 5 to 6 years or less from now. This female soulmate of his is currently 53 years old and has been employed in military law since her 30s and you are to be the indirect conduit of them meeting yet you are only going to know how you did this about 1 to 11 years after this occurs as you too have yet to meet her, just please heal both the karma between you and Belene by creating fiction characters at least 3 times a week processing their sleeptime dreams through a witchcraft museum/sleeptime dreams museum at least once a week and any location you want at least 2 other times a week just make sure that these creative fiction sessions are being mentored analyzed by either that creative fiction character's future higher self andor celestial spirit ally team member such as a guardian angel, spirit guide etc. This suggestion may sound out of the ballpark field for you but please do this as this is going to build your imagination and that of your readers in connecting to your intuition which creates a channel of love between both your critics and allies regardless of the type of magic they practice andor spiritual beliefs. This also opens the direct spiritual doorway for your spirit guides Abbie Duncan and Belene's spirit guides to collaborate and hold meetings together for happier/more beneficial harmony and a win win for everyone involved. Before my sister Abbie Duncan could get the answer out of the male voice on when she is going to meet him in waking life since at least the mystery has been cleared that law school is far from her cup of tea I Corey Cooke admit that I woke her up. I Corey Cooke conclude the session for now as my career psychic Margerie Funteyn is calling me on my cell phone as we speak and I intuitively sense Margerie is going to include some info on my sister Abbie Duncan in regards to her sleeptime dreams (yes even before I Corey Cooke told the psychic about my sister Abbie Duncan's latest sleeptime dreams) resources imagination song by jes (myon remix) Armin Van Buuren Live at Tomorrowland 2018 (ASOT Stage) from Youtube england witchcraft museum Museum of Witchcraft and Magic http://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/visit/ sleeptime dreams museum https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-figure-out-what-you-see-while-youre-dreaming-15553304/ Scientists Figure Out What You See While Dreaming by Joseph Stromberg April 4, 2013 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-figure-out-what-you-see-while-youre-dreaming-15553304/ https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/futuristic-names.php next entry sometime on either August 8th andor August 9th and before part 3 new edition of sleeptime dream entries, location and communication with that character's future higher self, a celestial spirit guide, andor celestial guardian angel intent of creating Corey Cooke's creative fiction sleeptime dream entry-vital note before crafting intent by either August 8th andor August 9th; the sleeptime dream addons and spirit ally team communications are going to be written, copied, and pasted to my tumblr and wordpress blogs as well. However I feel compelled to follow my creative intuition to discreetly add the sleeptime dream entry and save clicking the share andor reblog feature for other parts that I write/create as my creative intuition and logic see fit. intent of creating Corey Cooke's creative fiction sleeptime dream entry ( to write by August 8th andor August 9th andor sooner) creative fiction Sleeptime Dream of Corey Cooke in the year 2140 location of creative fiction sleeptime dream; the sleeptime dream museum/museum of witchcraft in England hybrid sometime after a music concert that combines iheartradio and tomorrowland- creative fiction message from Corey Cooke's Spirit Guide andor Future Higher Self Residing in a Heaven Afterlife in regards to his sleeptime dreams sometime around 2270 to 2300 part 3 within 48 to 57 hours andor less
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Mon July 30, 2018 https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/27/politics/mueller-trump-jr-airport-gate/index.html https://pilotonline.com/news/military/article_84b5efb8-8e8b-11e8-8b61-e3cdd6c64944.html Navy's Second Ranking Officer USS Harry Truman's Return to Norfolk by Courtney Mabeus https://pilotonline.com/news/military/article_84b5efb8-8e8b-11e8-8b61-e3cdd6c64944.html https://pilotonline.com/entertainment/columnist/best-bets/article_9ec9fd64-890d-11e8-921a-8f088f01ca3f.html It Takes All Kinds At Chesapeake Central Library's Annual FantaSci by Eric Feber July 20, 2018 https://pilotonline.com/entertainment/columnist/best-bets/article_9ec9fd64-890d-11e8-921a-8f088f01ca3f.html https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2018/08/02/timeline-for-sweeping-officer-promotion-changes-remains-unclear/ Pentagon Braces For Massive Change to Officer Promotions by Leo Shane and Tara Copp https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2018/08/02/timeline-for-sweeping-officer-promotion-changes-remains-unclear/ https://www.wavy.com/news/military/navy/sailors-aboard-uss-harry-s-truman-return-home-to-naval-station-norfolk/1315351559 https://www.wavy.com/news/military/navy/sailors-aboard-uss-harry-s-truman-return-home-to-naval-station-norfolk/1315351559 Sailors Aboard USS Harry S. 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The other night I went to the Stardust Club in Downey to see San Francisco Bay Area band, Starry Eyed Cadet. Before leaving home, I was fairly sure that I’d been to the Stardust before previously to see Zip Code play there. As I got closer, heading down Firestone Boulevard, I was certain that this was the place. There was something memorable about the bar, even though at first glance it appears to be a fairly run-of-the-mill suburban strip mall saloon. Paying closer attention my eyes were drawn to the weird, indoor shingles and the old-fashioned sparkly ceiling. Then there’s the name — Stardust — which echoes that of a celebrated Las Vegas resort but seems somewhat incongruous when applied to a dingy, Downey dive. I decided to delve into its history for another edition of Swinging Doors.
Welcome to the Firestone Center!
The Stardust Club, in its current state, is a fairly n bar in Downey‘s Orange Estates subdivision. It is situated inside of a strip mall called the Firestone Center, which has a pleasingly ostentatious sign.
The strip mall’s architectural design includes rough rock walls — a look that I think of as Stone Age Modern. My guess was that it was built around 1958 and my hunch was correct. It was completed the following year, in 1959. That happens to be the year after the Las Vegas Stardust opened. An ashtray from the Downey bar uses the same font as the Vegas Stardust and for those reasons I assume that Downey’s Stardust was named in homage to Las Vegas’s.
I couldn’t find the Downey bar’s opening date but it was in operation at least as early as 1961, when it was known as the Stardust Lounge. It was owned and operated by two brothers — Ray and Johnny “the Downey Flash” Ortiz. The Ortiz brothers were athletes and sports enthusiasts and the Stardust Lounge was a sports bar. Two television sets broadcast sporting events, there was a modest amount of sports paraphernalia, and the bar catered to athletes who, in many cases, were introduced to the bar by Los Angeles Herald-Examiner sports editor, Bud Furillo. Thanks in part to Furillo’s efforts, Stardust regulars included baseball stars Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra; American Footballers Johnny Unitas, Marlin McKeever, and Roman Gabriel; and boxer Jerry Quarry.
A postcard from the Stardust Lounge
A Stardust Lounge ashtray
In 1964, a conflict between Gino Marchetti of the Baltimore Colts and Frank Ryan of the Cleveland Browns — both of whom were in town to play at the Pro Bowl Game — nearly got out of hand, which furthered the Stardust’s reputation as a sports bar. It also garnered it a degree of notoriety. In 1967, after the Los Angeles Rams moved daily operations to Long Beach‘s Blair Field, some of the Rams settled in the area — but coach George Allen let it be known that he was not at all happy with his players patronizing the bar.
The Stardust crew also did their best to attract female patrons at a time when it was just becoming popular for single women to patronize bars. The clientele composed largely of athletes and single women probably accounts, in part, for the Stardust’s appeal with Hollywood actors like Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, and Steve McQueen. That it was located deep in suburbia and far from the prying eyes of the paparazzi probably didn’t hurt either. Downey, in many ways, is the quintessential Southern California suburb. It was one of those places where orange groves had been bulldozed and single-family homes hastily erected in their place. It’s where Taco Bell was born and is still home to the oldest McDonald’s still in operation. Downey Records recorded local acts who made music in the garage rock, hot rod, and surf rock styles.
Some people romanticize the mid-20th century as a sort of golden age of suburbia but naturally, there was a dark underbelly which sometimes revealed itself at the bar. In the early hours of New Year’s Day, 1965, a group of four armed men attempted unsuccessfully to rob the Stardust after hours. Johnny Ortiz was shot but not seriously injured. The Southeast News & Downey Champion reported on the incident with a piece titled “4 Men Mess Up Attempt to Rob Cocktail Lounge.” It was also colorfully recounted in Ortiz’s memoir, My Life Among the Icons: A Fascinating Memoir of a Raconteur Whose Life Intersected with the Giants of Sports and the Glamour of Hollywood. The criminals were Lewis Donald Fritz of Compton, his brother Phillip W. Fritz, and their accomplices Teddy M. Primrose and Dwain C. Patella. The car, which was abandoned after the gas tank fell out, was easily traced to its owner, Lewis.
That incident brought the Ortiz brothers into contact with Jack Kirschke — a deputy district attorney and an officer in the Long Beach Yacht Club. Ray invited Kirschke to the Stardust and he soon became a regular, along with his wife, a former model and fashion designer named Elaine. Jack and Elaine reportedly had an open marriage and an arrangement that allowed them to pick-up dates at the Stardust, even when their spouse was present. As part of their understanding, dates would spend the night in the couple’s bed whilst the other spouse would spend the night in their yacht, moored in a canal behind their Naples home. On 8 April 1967, the bodies of Elaine and her flight instructor, Orville “Bill” Drankhan, were discovered in the couple’s bed. Jack claimed he’d been at the Stardust — the one in Vegas. The crime was recounted in James Judd‘s 1968 book, Dawn of doubt; the Jack Kirschke murder trial. The night before the verdict was read, Kirschke was honored with a party at the Stardust in Downey. The next day, however, he was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for which he ultimately served twelve years in prison. Upon his release, he apparently stopped by the Stardust once again.
While Jack was awaiting trial, Johnny had sold his share to Ray and opened an “expansion club,” the Lancer Lounge, with Bud Furillo. Like the Stardust, it was a sports bar. It was also located in Downey. Unlike the Stardust, however, it closed sometime after 1974.
The Stardust made another appearance in another true crime with Vincent Bugliosi‘s Till Death Do Us Part (1978). That book detailed an incident in which an ex-police officer, Paul S. Perveler, murdered his wife and his mistress’s husband for $100,000 in insurance money… and likely so that the two lovers could be together. It’s somewhat less clear what role Perveler’s mistress, Kristina Cromwell, played in the murders but Bugliosi describes her as frequenting the Stardust (she lived nearby on McCallum Street). In 1969, both were found guilty of murder although Cromwell was released from prison in 1976.
Although it hasn’t yet appeared in any true crime works, in November 1983, (following a robbery in Inglewood and shooting in Huntington Park), four teenage members of the East Coast Crips [from South Los Angeles’s Eastside] robbed a trio of musicians who were loading their equipment in front of the Stardust. When then-23-year-old Tracey Bennington of Bell exited the bar, they nabbed her too. Patrolling officer Charles Baptista witnessed the crime, called for back-up, and a chase ensued which ended with the Crips’ (stolen) vehicle overturning in Compton.
Real change came to Downey with the end of the Cold War in 1991. With the reduced threat of nuclear annihilation, military spending was reduced and defense jobs were cut. Rockwell International, one Downey’s largest employer, closed in 1999. The Anglo population declined and the Latino population grew. Today the suburb’s largest employer is Kaiser Permanente and Mexican-Americans, once a minority, comprise more than 70% of the town’s population. Today’s substantial minorities include non-Latino whites, Salvadorans, Filipinos, Koreans, Cubans, and Guatemalans.
Manuel “Manny” Gutierrez” bought the Stardust in 1994 and it seems that Ray Ortiz then retired. He died of pancreatic cancer on 20 February 2004, at the age of 72. Perhaps the change in owners accounts for the change in name to “Stardust Club” as well as it’s shift in focus from sports lounge to live music venue. Today, music is mostly provided by unsigned local bands, tribute acts, DJs, and karaoke. There’s, also, of course, an internet jukebox. The walls are covered with vinyl promotions for Anheuser-Busch products — but there are no longer any beers on tap.
There is also a small pool room and the sort of generic framed pictures of musicians one expects to see in a basement pool or dorm room.
Starry Eyed Cadet featuring Lillian Yee
On the night of my most recent visit, the opening acts were Mayday and Hello Pacific. They were followed by the aforementioned Starry Eyed Cadet — whose name alone would’ve been enough to warrant a visit to the Stardust Club. During their set they were joined by Lillian Yee of the equally heavenly Sky Faction.
Rules and regulations-ah!
Is a “Super Party” the same thing as a “Thanksgiving II“?
As they performed, I let my eyes wander around the bar. I noticed that there are still a couple of televisions and it’s possible that some of the old-timers thus haven’t noticed the lounge’s otherwise substantial changes.
In the bathroom was one of those raunchy novelty vending machines I used to see in remote gas stations on long road trips. I almost dropped in a few quarters just to see if it was actually stocked but didn’t. Stocked or not, it adds to the somewhat grimy atmosphere where, above all else, the ceiling still sparkles faintly.
GETTING THERE
Downey is, like most American suburbs, easily walkable or cyclable and yet rarely does anyone go anywhere but in an automobile. Of its many streets, there is but one dedicated bicycle lane along Gardendale Street, and it’s only a few hundred meters long. The only train line, the Green Line, stops at Lakewood Boulevard Station, five kilometers from the bar. Local service is provided by DowneyLINK, although that ends daily at 6:30 pm. Metro’s 115 Line, which runs between Norwalk with Playa del Rey, stops near the bar but doesn’t operate much after midnight… so if you hear the cry of “last call,” you may have to find another way home — or wait another three hours for service of the line to resume.
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How Big Retailers are Using Chatbots to Boost Customer Engagement?
Today’s retailers are facing a constant challenge in competing with consumer price sensitivity and digital competitors. Providing a world-class experience to the in-store customers has become the only way to differentiate themselves from competitors and new digital entrants.
Chatbots for retailers are increasing customer satisfaction levels as they are easy to interact with and become extremely helpful to increase sales and create goodwill around the brand. Despite chatbots being a resourceful investment, many retailers fail to foresee the revenues they can bring to their business.
The dilemma of implementing bot technology is majorly emerging from lack of awareness and technical know-how of their functioning among retailers. The article will help retailers understand the potential of this technology and will explain how chatbots are a win-win for them as well as their customers.
How Chatbots in the Retail Industry Increase Customer Engagement?
The most successful example of how chatbots empowered brick and mortar stores to compete with the wave of e-commerce, is a humanoid chatbot named Pepper.
The Mall of America transformed their customer experience with its in-store chatbot called Pepper. Pepper delighted the customers by assisting them with various tasks at the mall such as providing them with directions to the nearest stores, answering their queries regarding the latest deals, recommending events and gifts for the holiday season, etc.
Thus, with Pepper, the Mall of America was able to not only help the customers in an engaging manner but also stand out amongst their fellow competitors. Having a chatbot in a retail business can, therefore, spike your revenues in the most lucrative way possible. Here is how chatbots can boost your retail business:
Notify Customers about New Items in Stock Customers who have shopped with a particular retail store in the past are more likely to be interested in shopping with them again. A chatbot helps retailers to notify these customers about the fresh stock arrivals and latest deals.
This means more opportunities for retailers to cross-sell and upsell their products. Chatbots can even send these notifications tailored as per the customer’s requirements, based on the data gathered on their previous shopping experience.
Be the Perfect Shopping Assistants The chatbots also come with the advantage of providing assistance both in-store and outside the store. For a customer who is present inside a store, the chatbots can guide them towards the nearest stores based on the customer’s present location.
It can also help them find a particular item in a huge inventory of products inside the store. When not in the store, a customer can take the help of chatbots to get recommendations based on price, brand, color, style, etc. available in the store. The bots can also check if a specific product is available in the store, to save time and effort of the customers.
Give a Smooth Checkout Experience Chatbots ensure that none of your customers abandon their cart due to a cumbersome and time-consuming checkout process. Chatbots provide the option of checking out within the messenger, relieving the customers of the misery of standing in long queues at the stores. They are basically virtual counters that make the customer experience seamless. ShopBot, eBay’s conversational bot is the perfect example of how chatbots can make a customer’s in-store experience more engaging.
Provide Excellent Customer Service It is high time the retailers realized that there has been a significant paradigm shift in the retail industry, from focusing on products to focusing on the customers. It is important to understand that it is as important to take care of old customers as it is to acquire new customers. The good customer service experience can play an important role in achieving this. With chatbots in the picture, customers can be given an immediate support service and accurate information on queries, eliminating any human errors.
Popular Retailers Using Chatbot for Customer Engagement
The utility of chatbots for retail is incredible. This is the reason why many retailer moguls have readily adopted this technology. Here are some examples:
H&M
Back in 2016, the Swedish multinational clothing retailers, H&M launched a chatbot called Kik on their messenger app.
The app enquired about a few style preferences from the users and in turn, allowed them to go through products in the H&M catalog accordingly. It also allowed them to make purchases from the app and also share this with other Kik contacts.
Taco Bell
The fast-food retailer giant Taco Bell developed its own TacoBot called Slack that helps the customers order directly from within the app.
The customers can add or remove ingredients, know the prices, check their cart and finally check out their order. These TacoBots have the feature of delivering a consistent experience to every customer, on each interaction.
Tommy Hilfiger
American apparel and accessories brand Tommy Hilfiger has launched a chatbot on their Facebook messenger. The chatbot asks the users to choose a category from style advice, browsing, and a fashion show behind-the-scenes look. It has various language processing features.
It identified the intent behind a typed keyword and gives solutions accordingly. The chatbot also helps the users go through the product catalog and makes it convenient to go through the products category-wise.
Sephora
Personal care and beauty product retailer Sephora gave their customers a chatbot experience wherein, the bot asks various questions from the users that help it to determine the profile and preferences of the customer. Apart from answering queries, the Sephora chatbot has a special feature that makes customers feel at home.
It mimics the way a shopper might chat with their buddies and take product advice. The bot also offers an option for a user makeover which makes the experience even more exciting for makeup lovers.
Burberry</b
Luxury clothing retailer Burberry introduced their bot on Facebook messenger in 2016. The bot provides details of the nearest Burberry store by finding out the customer location. The chatbot also helps the brand build a connection with its customers by sharing information about the craftsmanship of the apparel.
The bot has presently evolved since its first launch and now offers options to explore pre-order pieces and gifts recommendations. It has also started inviting its Facebook fans to follow the Burberry’s runway show live.
Apart from these retailers, many other brands like Whole Foods, Lidl, Dominoes, and Macy’s have benefitted immensely from the chatbots technology.
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How Big Retailers are Using Chatbots to Boost Customer Engagement?
Today’s retailers are facing a constant challenge in competing with consumer price sensitivity and digital competitors. Providing a world-class experience to the in-store customers has become the only way to differentiate themselves from competitors and new digital entrants. Chatbots for retailers are increasing customer satisfaction levels as they are easy to interact with and become extremely helpful to increase sales and create goodwill around the brand. Despite chatbots being a resourceful investment, many retailers fail to foresee the revenues they can bring to their business.
The dilemma of implementing the bot technology is majorly emerging from lack of awareness and technical know-how of their functioning among retailers. The article will help retailers understand the potential of this technology and will explain how chatbots are a win-win for them as well their customers.
How Chatbots in the Retail Industry Increase Customer Engagement?
The most successful example of how chatbots empowered brick and mortar stores to compete with the wave of e-commerce, is a humanoid chatbot named Pepper.
The Mall of America transformed their customer experience with their in-store chatbot called Pepper. Pepper delighted the customers by assisting them with various tasks at the mall such as providing them with directions to the nearest stores, answering their queries regarding latest deals, recommending events and gifts for the holiday season etc.
Thus, with Pepper, the Mall of America was able to not only help the customers in an engaging manner but also stand out amongst their fellow competitors. Having a chatbot in a retail business can, therefore, spike your revenues in the most lucrative way possible. Here is how chatbots can boost your retail business:
Notify Customers About New Items In Stock Customers who have shopped with a particular retail store in the past are more likely to be interested in shopping with them again. A chatbot helps retailers to notify these customers about the fresh stock arrivals and latest deals. This means more opportunities for retailers to cross-sell and upsell their products. Chatbots can even send these notifications tailored as per the customer’s requirements, based on the data gathered on their previous shopping experience.
Be the Perfect Shopping Assistants The chatbots also come with the advantage of providing assistance both in-store and outside the store. For a customer who is present inside a store, the chatbots can guide them towards the nearest stores based on the customer’s present location. It can also help them find a particular item in a huge inventory of products inside the store. When not in the store, a customer can take the help of chatbots to get recommendations based on price, brand, color, style etc. available in the store. The bots can also check if a specific product is available in the store, to save time and effort of the customers.
Give a Smooth Checkout Experience Chatbots ensure that none of your customers abandon their cart due to a cumbersome and time-consuming checkout process. Chatbots provide the option of checking out within the messenger, relieving the customers of the misery of standing in long queues at the stores. They are basically virtual counters that make the customer experience seamless. ShopBot, eBay’s conversational bot is the perfect example of how chatbots can make a customer’s in-store experience more engaging.
Provide Excellent Customer Service It is high time the retailers realized that there has been a significant paradigm shift in the retail industry, from focusing on products to focusing on the customers. It is important to understand that it is as important to take care of old customers as it is to acquire new customers. A good customer service experience can play an important role in achieving this. With chatbots in the picture, customers can be given an immediate support service and accurate information on queries, eliminating any human errors.
Popular Retailers Using Chatbot for Customer Engagement
The utility of chatbots for retail is incredible. This is the reason why many retailer moguls have readily adopted this technology. Here are some examples:
H&M
Back in 2016, the Swedish multinational clothing retailers, H&M launched a chatbot called Kik on their messenger app.
The app enquired about a few style preferences from the users and in turn, allowed them to go through products in the H&M catalog accordingly. It also allowed them to make purchases from the app and also share this with other Kik contacts.
Taco Bell
The fast-food retailer giant Taco Bell developed their own TacoBot called Slack that helps the customers order directly from within the app.
The customers can add or remove ingredients, know the prices, check their cart and finally check out their order. These TacoBots have the feature of delivering a consistent experience to every customer, on each interaction.
Tommy Hilfiger
American apparel and accessories brand Tommy Hilfiger has launched a chatbot on their Facebook messenger. The chatbot asks the users to choose a category from style advice, browsing, and a fashion show behind-the-scenes look. It has various language processing features.
It identified the intent behind a typed keyword and gives solutions accordingly. The chatbot also helps the users go through the product catalog and makes it convenient to go through the products category-wise.
Sephora
Personal care and beauty product retailer Sephora gave their customers a chatbot experience wherein, the bot asks various questions from the users that help it to determine the profile and preferences of the customer. Apart from answering queries, the Sephora chatbot has a special feature that makes customers feel at home. It mimics the way a shopper might chat with their buddies and take products advice. The bot also offers an option for a user makeover which makes the experience even more exciting for makeup lovers.
Burberry
Luxury clothing retailer Burberry introduced their bot on Facebook messenger in 2016. The bot provides details of the nearest Burberry store by finding out the customer location. The chatbot also helps the brand build a connection with its customers by sharing information about the craftsmanship of the apparels. The bot has presently evolved since its first launch and now offers options to explore pre-order pieces and gifts recommendations. It has also started inviting its Facebook fans to follow the Burberry’s runway show live.
Apart from these retailers, many other brands like Whole Foods, Lidl, Dominoes, and Macy’s have benefitted immensely from the chatbots technology.
If you are a retailer aspiring to hop onto the bandwagon of providing an unforgettable customer experience and keeping up with consumer demand, having your own retail chatbot might just be the perfect fix. Please connect with our enterprise chatbot development team at [email protected].
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How Big Retailers are Using Chatbots to Boost Customer Engagement?
Today’s retailers are facing a constant challenge in competing with consumer price sensitivity and digital competitors. Providing a world-class experience to the in-store customers has become the only way to differentiate themselves from competitors and new digital entrants.
AI Chatbots for retailers are increasing customer satisfaction levels as they are easy to interact with and become extremely helpful to increase sales and create goodwill around the brand. Despite chatbots being a resourceful investment, many retailers fail to foresee the revenues they can bring to their business.
The dilemma of implementing bot technology is majorly emerging from lack of awareness and technical know-how of their functioning among retailers. The article will help retailers understand the potential of this technology and will explain how chatbots are a win-win for them as well as their customers.
How Chatbots in the Retail Industry Increase Customer Engagement?
The most successful example of how chatbots empowered brick and mortar stores to compete with the wave of e-commerce, is a humanoid chatbot named Pepper.
The Mall of America transformed their customer experience with its in-store chatbot called Pepper. Pepper delighted the customers by assisting them with various tasks at the mall such as providing them with directions to the nearest stores, answering their queries regarding the latest deals, recommending events and gifts for the holiday season, etc.
Thus, with Pepper, the Mall of America was able to not only help the customers in an engaging manner but also stand out amongst their fellow competitors. Having a chatbot in a retail business can, therefore, spike your revenues in the most lucrative way possible. Here is how chatbots can boost your retail business:
Notify Customers about New Items in Stock Customers who have shopped with a particular retail store in the past are more likely to be interested in shopping with them again. A chatbot helps retailers to notify these customers about the fresh stock arrivals and latest deals. This means more opportunities for retailers to cross-sell and upsell their products. Chatbots can even send these notifications tailored as per the customer’s requirements, based on the data gathered on their previous shopping experience.
Be the Perfect Shopping Assistants The chatbots also come with the advantage of providing assistance both in-store and outside the store. For a customer who is present inside a store, the chatbots can guide them towards the nearest stores based on the customer’s present location.
It can also help them find a particular item in a huge inventory of products inside the store. When not in the store, a customer can take the help of chatbots to get recommendations based on price, brand, color, style, etc. available in the store. The bots can also check if a specific product is available in the store, to save time and effort of the customers.
Give a Smooth Checkout Experience Chatbots ensure that none of your customers abandon their cart due to a cumbersome and time-consuming checkout process. Chatbots provide the option of checking out within the messenger, relieving the customers of the misery of standing in long queues at the stores. They are basically virtual counters that make the customer experience seamless. ShopBot, eBay’s conversational bot is the perfect example of how chatbots can make a customer’s in-store experience more engaging.
Provide Excellent Customer Service It is high time the retailers realized that there has been a significant paradigm shift in the retail industry, from focusing on products to focusing on the customers. It is important to understand that it is as important to take care of old customers as it is to acquire new customers. The good customer service experience can play an important role in achieving this. With chatbots in the picture, customers can be given an immediate support service and accurate information on queries, eliminating any human errors.
Popular Retailers Using Chatbot for Customer Engagement
The utility of chatbots for retail is incredible. This is the reason why many retailer moguls have readily adopted this technology. Here are some examples:
H&M
Back in 2016, the Swedish multinational clothing retailers, H&M launched a chatbot called Kik on their messenger app.
The app enquired about a few style preferences from the users and in turn, allowed them to go through products in the H&M catalog accordingly. It also allowed them to make purchases from the app and also share this with other Kik contacts.
Taco Bell
The fast-food retailer giant Taco Bell developed its own TacoBot called Slack that helps the customers order directly from within the app.
The customers can add or remove ingredients, know the prices, check their cart and finally check out their order. These TacoBots have the feature of delivering a consistent experience to every customer, on each interaction.
Tommy Hilfiger
American apparel and accessories brand Tommy Hilfiger has launched a chatbot on their Facebook messenger. The chatbot asks the users to choose a category from style advice, browsing, and a fashion show behind-the-scenes look. It has various language processing features.
It identified the intent behind a typed keyword and gives solutions accordingly. The chatbot also helps the users go through the product catalog and makes it convenient to go through the products category-wise.
Sephora
Personal care and beauty product retailer Sephora gave their customers a chatbot experience wherein, the bot asks various questions from the users that help it to determine the profile and preferences of the customer. Apart from answering queries, the Sephora chatbot has a special feature that makes customers feel at home. It mimics the way a shopper might chat with their buddies and take product advice. The bot also offers an option for a user makeover which makes the experience even more exciting for makeup lovers.
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Luxury clothing retailer Burberry introduced their bot on Facebook messenger in 2016. The bot provides details of the nearest Burberry store by finding out the customer location. The chatbot also helps the brand build a connection with its customers by sharing information about the craftsmanship of the apparel. The bot has presently evolved since its first launch and now offers options to explore pre-order pieces and gifts recommendations. It has also started inviting its Facebook fans to follow the Burberry’s runway show live.
Apart from these retailers, many other brands like Whole Foods, Lidl, Dominoes, and Macy’s have benefitted immensely from the chatbots technology.
If you are looking for custom chatbot development or mobile app development solutions, Drop us a line at [email protected]
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How Big Retailers are Using Chatbots to Boost Customer Engagement?
Today’s retailers are facing a constant challenge in competing with consumer price sensitivity and digital competitors. Providing a world-class experience to the in-store customers has become the only way to differentiate themselves from competitors and new digital entrants. Chatbots for retailers are increasing customer satisfaction levels as they are easy to interact with and become extremely helpful to increase sales and create goodwill around the brand. Despite chatbots being a resourceful investment, many retailers fail to foresee the revenues they can bring to their business.
The dilemma of implementing the bot technology is majorly emerging from lack of awareness and technical know-how of their functioning among retailers. The article will help retailers understand the potential of this technology and will explain how chatbots are a win-win for them as well their customers.
How Chatbots in the Retail Industry Increase Customer Engagement?
The most successful example of how chatbots empowered brick and mortar stores to compete with the wave of e-commerce, is a humanoid chatbot named Pepper.
The Mall of America transformed their customer experience with their in-store chatbot called Pepper. Pepper delighted the customers by assisting them with various tasks at the mall such as providing them with directions to the nearest stores, answering their queries regarding latest deals, recommending events and gifts for the holiday season etc.
Thus, with Pepper, the Mall of America was able to not only help the customers in an engaging manner but also stand out amongst their fellow competitors. Having a chatbot in a retail business can, therefore, spike your revenues in the most lucrative way possible. Here is how chatbots can boost your retail business:
Notify Customers About New Items In Stock Customers who have shopped with a particular retail store in the past are more likely to be interested in shopping with them again. A chatbot helps retailers to notify these customers about the fresh stock arrivals and latest deals. This means more opportunities for retailers to cross-sell and upsell their products. Chatbots can even send these notifications tailored as per the customer’s requirements, based on the data gathered on their previous shopping experience.
Be the Perfect Shopping Assistants The chatbots also come with the advantage of providing assistance both in-store and outside the store. For a customer who is present inside a store, the chatbots can guide them towards the nearest stores based on the customer’s present location. It can also help them find a particular item in a huge inventory of products inside the store. When not in the store, a customer can take the help of chatbots to get recommendations based on price, brand, color, style etc. available in the store. The bots can also check if a specific product is available in the store, to save time and effort of the customers.
Give a Smooth Checkout Experience Chatbots ensure that none of your customers abandon their cart due to a cumbersome and time-consuming checkout process. Chatbots provide the option of checking out within the messenger, relieving the customers of the misery of standing in long queues at the stores. They are basically virtual counters that make the customer experience seamless. ShopBot, eBay’s conversational bot is the perfect example of how chatbots can make a customer’s in-store experience more engaging.
Provide Excellent Customer Service It is high time the retailers realized that there has been a significant paradigm shift in the retail industry, from focusing on products to focusing on the customers. It is important to understand that it is as important to take care of old customers as it is to acquire new customers. A good customer service experience can play an important role in achieving this. With chatbots in the picture, customers can be given an immediate support service and accurate information on queries, eliminating any human errors.
Popular Retailers Using Chatbot for Customer Engagement
The utility of chatbots for retail is incredible. This is the reason why many retailer moguls have readily adopted this technology. Here are some examples:
H&M
Back in 2016, the Swedish multinational clothing retailers, H&M launched a chatbot called Kik on their messenger app.
The app enquired about a few style preferences from the users and in turn, allowed them to go through products in the H&M catalog accordingly. It also allowed them to make purchases from the app and also share this with other Kik contacts.
Taco Bell
The fast-food retailer giant Taco Bell developed their own TacoBot called Slack that helps the customers order directly from within the app.
The customers can add or remove ingredients, know the prices, check their cart and finally check out their order. These TacoBots have the feature of delivering a consistent experience to every customer, on each interaction.
Tommy Hilfiger
American apparel and accessories brand Tommy Hilfiger has launched a chatbot on their Facebook messenger. The chatbot asks the users to choose a category from style advice, browsing, and a fashion show behind-the-scenes look. It has various language processing features.
It identified the intent behind a typed keyword and gives solutions accordingly. The chatbot also helps the users go through the product catalogue and makes it convenient to go through the products category-wise.
Sephora
Personal care and beauty product retailer Sephora gave their customers a chatbot experience wherein, the bot asks various questions from the users that help it to determine the profile and preferences of the customer. Apart from answering queries, the Sephora chatbot has a special feature that makes customers feel at home. It mimics the way a shopper might chat with their buddies and take products advice. The bot also offers an option for a user makeover which makes the experience even more exciting for makeup lovers.
Burberry
Luxury clothing retailer Burberry introduced their bot on Facebook messenger in 2016. The bot provides details of the nearest Burberry store by finding out the customer location. The chatbot also helps the brand build a connection with its customers by sharing information about the craftsmanship of the apparels. The bot has presently evolved since its first launch and now offers options to explore pre-order pieces and gifts recommendations. It has also started inviting its Facebook fans to follow the Burberry’s runway show live.
Apart from these retailers, many other brands like Whole Foods, Lidl, Dominoes, and Macy’s have benefitted immensely from the chatbots technology. If you are a retailer aspiring to hop onto the bandwagon of providing an unforgettable customer experience and keeping up with consumer demand, having your own retail chatbot might just be the perfect fix.
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How Big Retailers are Using Chatbots to Boost Customer Engagement?
Today’s retailers are facing a constant challenge in competing with consumer price sensitivity and digital competitors. Providing a world-class experience to the in-store customers has become the only way to differentiate themselves from competitors and new digital entrants. Chatbots for retailers are increasing customer satisfaction levels as they are easy to interact with and become extremely helpful to increase sales and create goodwill around the brand. Despite chatbots being a resourceful investment, many retailers fail to foresee the revenues they can bring to their business.
The dilemma of implementing the bot technology is majorly emerging from lack of awareness and technical know-how of their functioning among retailers. The article will help retailers understand the potential of this technology and will explain how chatbots are a win-win for them as well their customers.
How Chatbots in the Retail Industry Increase Customer Engagement?
The most successful example of how chatbots empowered brick and mortar stores to compete with the wave of e-commerce, is a humanoid chatbot named Pepper.
The Mall of America transformed their customer experience with their in-store chatbot called Pepper. Pepper delighted the customers by assisting them with various tasks at the mall such as providing them with directions to the nearest stores, answering their queries regarding latest deals, recommending events and gifts for the holiday season etc.
Thus, with Pepper, the Mall of America was able to not only help the customers in an engaging manner but also stand out amongst their fellow competitors. Having a chatbot in a retail business can, therefore, spike your revenues in the most lucrative way possible. Here is how chatbots can boost your retail business:
Notify Customers About New Items In Stock Customers who have shopped with a particular retail store in the past are more likely to be interested in shopping with them again. A chatbot helps retailers to notify these customers about the fresh stock arrivals and latest deals. This means more opportunities for retailers to cross-sell and upsell their products. Chatbots can even send these notifications tailored as per the customer’s requirements, based on the data gathered on their previous shopping experience.
Be the Perfect Shopping Assistants The chatbots also come with the advantage of providing assistance both in-store and outside the store. For a customer who is present inside a store, the chatbots can guide them towards the nearest stores based on the customer’s present location. It can also help them find a particular item in a huge inventory of products inside the store. When not in the store, a customer can take the help of chatbots to get recommendations based on price, brand, color, style etc. available in the store. The bots can also check if a specific product is available in the store, to save time and effort of the customers.
Give a Smooth Checkout Experience Chatbots ensure that none of your customers abandon their cart due to a cumbersome and time-consuming checkout process. Chatbots provide the option of checking out within the messenger, relieving the customers of the misery of standing in long queues at the stores. They are basically virtual counters that make the customer experience seamless. ShopBot, eBay’s conversational bot is the perfect example of how chatbots can make a customer’s in-store experience more engaging.
Provide Excellent Customer Service It is high time the retailers realized that there has been a significant paradigm shift in the retail industry, from focusing on products to focusing on the customers. It is important to understand that it is as important to take care of old customers as it is to acquire new customers. A good customer service experience can play an important role in achieving this. With chatbots in the picture, customers can be given an immediate support service and accurate information on queries, eliminating any human errors.
Popular Retailers Using Chatbot for Customer Engagement
The utility of chatbots for retail is incredible. This is the reason why many retailer moguls have readily adopted this technology. Here are some examples:
H&M
Back in 2016, the Swedish multinational clothing retailers, H&M launched a chatbot called Kik on their messenger app.
The app enquired about a few style preferences from the users and in turn, allowed them to go through products in the H&M catalog accordingly. It also allowed them to make purchases from the app and also share this with other Kik contacts.
Taco Bell
The fast-food retailer giant Taco Bell developed their own TacoBot called Slack that helps the customers order directly from within the app.
The customers can add or remove ingredients, know the prices, check their cart and finally check out their order. These TacoBots have the feature of delivering a consistent experience to every customer, on each interaction.
Tommy Hilfiger
American apparel and accessories brand Tommy Hilfiger has launched a chatbot on their Facebook messenger. The chatbot asks the users to choose a category from style advice, browsing, and a fashion show behind-the-scenes look. It has various language processing features.
It identified the intent behind a typed keyword and gives solutions accordingly. The chatbot also helps the users go through the product catalogue and makes it convenient to go through the products category-wise.
Sephora
Personal care and beauty product retailer Sephora gave their customers a chatbot experience wherein, the bot asks various questions from the users that help it to determine the profile and preferences of the customer. Apart from answering queries, the Sephora chatbot has a special feature that makes customers feel at home. It mimics the way a shopper might chat with their buddies and take products advice. The bot also offers an option for a user makeover which makes the experience even more exciting for makeup lovers.
Burberry
Luxury clothing retailer Burberry introduced their bot on Facebook messenger in 2016. The bot provides details of the nearest Burberry store by finding out the customer location. The chatbot also helps the brand build a connection with its customers by sharing information about the craftsmanship of the apparels. The bot has presently evolved since its first launch and now offers options to explore pre-order pieces and gifts recommendations. It has also started inviting its Facebook fans to follow the Burberry’s runway show live.
Apart from these retailers, many other brands like Whole Foods, Lidl, Dominoes, and Macy’s have benefitted immensely from the chatbots technology. If you are a retailer aspiring to hop onto the bandwagon of providing an unforgettable customer experience and keeping up with consumer demand, having your own retail chatbot might just be the perfect fix.
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How Big Retailers are Using Chatbots to Boost Customer Engagement?
Today’s retailers are facing a constant challenge in competing with consumer price sensitivity and digital competitors. Providing a world-class experience to the in-store customers has become the only way to differentiate themselves from competitors and new digital entrants. Chatbots for retailers are increasing customer satisfaction levels as they are easy to interact with and become extremely helpful to increase sales and create goodwill around the brand. Despite chatbots being a resourceful investment, many retailers fail to foresee the revenues they can bring to their business.
The dilemma of implementing the bot technology is majorly emerging from lack of awareness and technical know-how of their functioning among retailers. The article will help retailers understand the potential of this technology and will explain how chatbots are a win-win for them as well their customers.
How Chatbots in the Retail Industry Increase Customer Engagement?
The most successful example of how chatbots empowered brick and mortar stores to compete with the wave of e-commerce, is a humanoid chatbot named Pepper.
The Mall of America transformed their customer experience with their in-store chatbot called Pepper. Pepper delighted the customers by assisting them with various tasks at the mall such as providing them with directions to the nearest stores, answering their queries regarding latest deals, recommending events and gifts for the holiday season etc.
Thus, with Pepper, the Mall of America was able to not only help the customers in an engaging manner but also stand out amongst their fellow competitors. Having a chatbot in a retail business can, therefore, spike your revenues in the most lucrative way possible. Here is how chatbots can boost your retail business:
Notify Customers About New Items In Stock Customers who have shopped with a particular retail store in the past are more likely to be interested in shopping with them again. A chatbot helps retailers to notify these customers about the fresh stock arrivals and latest deals. This means more opportunities for retailers to cross-sell and upsell their products. Chatbots can even send these notifications tailored as per the customer’s requirements, based on the data gathered on their previous shopping experience.
Be the Perfect Shopping Assistants The chatbots also come with the advantage of providing assistance both in-store and outside the store. For a customer who is present inside a store, the chatbots can guide them towards the nearest stores based on the customer’s present location. It can also help them find a particular item in a huge inventory of products inside the store. When not in the store, a customer can take the help of chatbots to get recommendations based on price, brand, color, style etc. available in the store. The bots can also check if a specific product is available in the store, to save time and effort of the customers.
Give a Smooth Checkout Experience Chatbots ensure that none of your customers abandon their cart due to a cumbersome and time-consuming checkout process. Chatbots provide the option of checking out within the messenger, relieving the customers of the misery of standing in long queues at the stores. They are basically virtual counters that make the customer experience seamless. ShopBot, eBay’s conversational bot is the perfect example of how chatbots can make a customer’s in-store experience more engaging.
Provide Excellent Customer Service It is high time the retailers realized that there has been a significant paradigm shift in the retail industry, from focusing on products to focusing on the customers. It is important to understand that it is as important to take care of old customers as it is to acquire new customers. A good customer service experience can play an important role in achieving this. With chatbots in the picture, customers can be given an immediate support service and accurate information on queries, eliminating any human errors.
Popular Retailers Using Chatbot for Customer Engagement
The utility of chatbots for retail is incredible. This is the reason why many retailer moguls have readily adopted this technology. Here are some examples:
H&M
Back in 2016, the Swedish multinational clothing retailers, H&M launched a chatbot called Kik on their messenger app.
The app enquired about a few style preferences from the users and in turn, allowed them to go through products in the H&M catalog accordingly. It also allowed them to make purchases from the app and also share this with other Kik contacts.
Taco Bell
The fast-food retailer giant Taco Bell developed their own TacoBot called Slack that helps the customers order directly from within the app.
The customers can add or remove ingredients, know the prices, check their cart and finally check out their order. These TacoBots have the feature of delivering a consistent experience to every customer, on each interaction.
Tommy Hilfiger
American apparel and accessories brand Tommy Hilfiger has launched a chatbot on their Facebook messenger. The chatbot asks the users to choose a category from style advice, browsing, and a fashion show behind-the-scenes look. It has various language processing features.
It identified the intent behind a typed keyword and gives solutions accordingly. The chatbot also helps the users go through the product catalogue and makes it convenient to go through the products category-wise.
Sephora
Personal care and beauty product retailer Sephora gave their customers a chatbot experience wherein, the bot asks various questions from the users that help it to determine the profile and preferences of the customer. Apart from answering queries, the Sephora chatbot has a special feature that makes customers feel at home. It mimics the way a shopper might chat with their buddies and take products advice. The bot also offers an option for a user makeover which makes the experience even more exciting for makeup lovers.
Burberry
Luxury clothing retailer Burberry introduced their bot on Facebook messenger in 2016. The bot provides details of the nearest Burberry store by finding out the customer location. The chatbot also helps the brand build a connection with its customers by sharing information about the craftsmanship of the apparels. The bot has presently evolved since its first launch and now offers options to explore pre-order pieces and gifts recommendations. It has also started inviting its Facebook fans to follow the Burberry’s runway show live.
Apart from these retailers, many other brands like Whole Foods, Lidl, Dominoes, and Macy’s have benefitted immensely from the chatbots technology. If you are a retailer aspiring to hop onto the bandwagon of providing an unforgettable customer experience and keeping up with consumer demand, having your own retail chatbot might just be the perfect fix.
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