Bright Spots For Retailers And SMBs
Bright Spots For Retailers And SMBs
September 22, 2020  |  Today In Data

Batteries Plus Bulbs, a Wisconsin-based nationwide retail chain, has arguably powered the consumer shift to digital. In retail, Q4 2020 is likely to see a media blitz that...

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Philadelphia Mall Owner Takes Care Of Its Own
Philadelphia Mall Owner Takes Care Of Its Own
September 22, 2020  |  Retail

There’s arguably no more polarizing macroeconomic issue in the retail world than the fate of the American mall. On one side of the spectrum sits...

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Ralph Lauren Cuts Workforce; Focuses On eCommerce
Ralph Lauren Cuts Workforce; Focuses On eCommerce
September 22, 2020  |  Retail

The combined dynamics of the digital shift and the pandemic have caught up to Ralph Lauren. Tuesday morning (Sept. 22) the company announced steps to...

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CPG Companies Capitalize On Dramatic Digital Shift
CPG Companies Capitalize On Dramatic Digital Shift
September 22, 2020  |  Retail

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) – which just four years ago had only a 1 percent penetration rate online – are capturing the digital shift in...

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Mall of America To Provide ‘Community Commons’ For Local Companies
Mall of America To Provide ‘Community Commons’ For Local Companies
September 22, 2020  |  Retail

To help local businesses encountering difficulty because of the coronavirus or civil unrest, the Mall of America is contributing a 5,000-square-foot retail space to local...

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Social Calendar App IRL Lands $16M In Series B Funding Round
Social Calendar App IRL Lands $16M In Series B Funding Round
September 22, 2020  |  Investments

IRL, or In Real Life, the social calendar startup created to help users meet over shared experiences, announced a $16 million Series B funding round...

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DSW Shop-In-Shops Open In Hy-Vee Grocery Stores
DSW Shop-In-Shops Open In Hy-Vee Grocery Stores
September 22, 2020  |  Retail

Midwestern grocery chain Hy-Vee, Inc. has brought DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse “shop-in-shops” to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. The inaugural locations opened at the grocer’s Eagan...

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Connected Commerce Delivering On Omnichannel Promise
Connected Commerce Delivering On Omnichannel Promise
September 22, 2020  |  Commerce Connected

The digital shift is rippling across channels, with buying journeys that often start on smartphones and conclude at curbside, as buy online, pickup in-store (BOPIS),...

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SMBs Zero-In On RTP For Recovery
SMBs Zero-In On RTP For Recovery
September 22, 2020  |  SMBs

Small businesses, not multinational conglomerates, create most American jobs. That’s why everyone from governments to private enterprises to nonprofits are working furiously to help small...

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