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136Cargill And Getting More Turkeys On The Blockchain
Cargill is a big name in turkeys in the United States: when Americans sit down for Thanksgiving dinner later this week, there’s...
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149Bundling Hard-To-Find, TSA-Proof Toiletries
To help customers find toiletries that are ready to take flight, eCommerce retailers are rolling out kits and a la carte offerings...
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175QSRs Serve Diners With Mobile Innovation
Diners are embracing connected devices in their everyday lives, especially when it comes to food. To order meals from their favorite quick-service...
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186David’s Bridal Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
As part of a deal with its lenders to lower its debt by $400 million, David’s Bridal filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on...
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207Canada Goose Rolls Out Sub-Zero Fitting Rooms
To help customers try out its $1,000 parkas, Canada Goose Holdings Inc. is introducing frigid rooms. The spaces, which are inside some...
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1.4KChase Launches Offers For Mobile Customers
Chase has announced the launch of Chase Offers, which will allow customers to find deals and earn statement credits when shopping at their...
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2.4KGuess What? Black Friday Started The Day After Halloween.
Once upon a time, the holiday shopping season had a very, very well-defined start date. The day after Thanksgiving has been known...
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2.1KVeestro’s Vegan Dinners And Keeping The Thanksgiving Peace
Thanksgiving preparations are stressful for the cook under any circumstances, but things get exponentially more so when the dinner guests have specific...
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2.3KRetail Pulse: Nike Opens Digital-Powered Flagship; Walmart Taps VR Tech For Training
Big brands are opening big stores in big cities, but Nike is taking a decidedly digital approach with its New York City...
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1.5KNordstrom Shares Fall Following Earnings Due To One-Time Charge
Amid a charge to earnings related to incorrectly calculated interest rates on its credit cards, Nordstrom’s stock tumbled by close to 10...
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1.2KJCPenney Q3 Results Cause Shares To Fall
JCPenney’s shares plummeted 12 percent as a result of disappointing Q3 financial results. According to Fortune, the retailer reported that comparable sales...
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1.4KDavid’s Bridal Plans Bankruptcy Filing
Faced with shifting consumer preferences and a hefty debt load, David’s Bridal is said to be planning a bankruptcy filing that is...
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2.1KNordstrom Overcharges Credit Card Customers, Hurts 3Q Results
Nordstrom‘s stock was under pressure Thursday (November 15) after the department store operator posted third-quarter results that missed its projections and disclosed it...
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1.3KWalmart Forecasting A Big Finish For 2018
Walmart is apparently expecting the holiday season to be merry and bright in 2018, with raised expectations for the full year following...
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2.7KGreat Jones On Serving Up Cookware For Millennials
A week out from Thanksgiving, and home chefs nationwide are inspecting their gear, wondering if the tools are adequate for the task. Some...
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1.4KHow Ridesharing Is Driving Rental Car Industry Innovation
In the 1960s, Avis turned to its marketing agency in hopes of tackling a challenge: the car rental company wanted to keep...
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1.4KStartup Food Delivery Apps Savor Local Flavor
Established food delivery apps that serve customers from coast to coast aren’t the only game in town. In communities across the country,...
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1.7KWalmart Associates Train For Black Friday With Virtual Reality
To enhance the training of its employee associates, Walmart is investing in virtual reality (VR) to help employees experience retail situations like...
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1.3KSears Could Get $350M Loan In Financing Package
As Sears faces calls to wind down its operations, the retailer is reportedly putting the finishing touches on a deal for $350...
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1.8K2018 Teen Holiday Wish List: Apple iPhones, Fortnite ‘V-Bucks’
All teens want for the holidays this year is a new iPhone and some Fortnite “V-Bucks” virtual currency. According to Market Watch,...
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1.4KMacy’s Looks To Holiday Quarter To Put A Bow On A Strong 2018
Macy’s managed to come out ahead of analyst expectations for the third time in a row during Q3 2018, with earnings and...
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1.9KCVS’ Service-Focused Future
Within the next week or so, CVS’s planned acquisition of Aetna is expected to close, pairing the nation’s largest pharmacy chain and...
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2.0KRetailers Team With Providers For eCommerce Payments’ Tear
Online shopping is on a tear, and marketplaces are reaping the rewards. Some sites are seeing more active buyers and higher gross...
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1.7KHow Apps And Bunk Beds Factor Into A New Connected Travel Experience
While some accomodations may cater to group travelers with multi-bedroom units, Life House CEO and Co-founder Rami Zeidan believes that might not...
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1.2KBrazil’s Movile Notches $400M In Funding For iFood
Around two decades after starting as a digital content studio, Brazil’s Movile has notched $400 million in new funding in what has...
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1.1KWalmart Teams With Ford, Postmates For Delivery Program
In an effort to bring groceries and other products to shoppers, Walmart, Ford Motor Company and Postmates plan to work together to create a...
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2.7KChinese Consumers Favor Biometric Payments On Singles’ Day
Alibaba’s Singles’ Day shopping event on Nov. 11 was a huge success; with $30.8 billion in transactions, it surpassed Cyber Monday and...
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2.2KAmazon And Whole Foods Roll Out Thanksgiving Turkey Deals
Amazon and Whole Foods Market announced Tuesday (November 13) deals on turkey for Thanksgiving. In a press release, Amazon and Whole Foods...
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1.5KAlibaba, JD.com And Singles Day’s Global Brand Consumption Grand Slam
Alibaba celebrated a milestone with its Singles Day this year. The popular Chinese shopping holiday turned 10. To top off the decade,...
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1.4KNow On Tap: Apps As Discovery Platforms For Bars
Bar and event venues face a dilemma when it comes to finding customers: while social media helps them get discovered, there is...
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1.3KBrooklinen Pops Up And Branches Out To Cap Off 2018
A luxury product paired with direct-to-consumer sales – which brings the luxury item’s price down into more solidly middle-class territory – is...
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1.5KAmazon Snags Tuft & Needle Exclusive Mattress Line
To add to the Tuft & Needle assortment already offered on Amazon, the digital brand is rolling out an Amazon exclusive collection....
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1.4KmyPOS Brings New Store To Barcelona
To bring its products and services closer to local small and medium-sized businesses, European payments provider myPOS will be opening a new...
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1.8KApple iPhone Outsells Samsung, Huawei On Alibaba’s Singles Day
Alibaba’s 24-hour Singles Day not only broke records for the Chinese eCommerce leader, but Apple emerged as the top-selling mobile phone vendor during...
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1.7KWalmart Plans AI Retail Lab For NY Store
Walmart plans to bring an Intelligent Retail Lab to a Levittown, New York, store to experiment with customer and associate experiences. The...
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1.4KUK Retailers Could Receive Refunds In ATM Business Rate Case
In what could be the end of a conflict that has lasted for five years, the U.K.’s Court of Appeal ruled on...
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1.6KDollar Shave Club’s Growing Grooming Ambitions
Dollar Shave Club first made a name for itself with a solid concept — and a series of very entertaining ads that brought...
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1.5KBeverage Makers Get Into Experiential Retail Spirits
Beverage brands are getting in the experiential retail spirit by crafting new spaces dedicated to encouraging libation aficionados to try out their...
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1.8KFive Innovative Ways Consumers Shop In The Digital Age
In the connected age, consumers have more ways to interact with retailers than ever before. While brick-and-mortar stores are still popular with...
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2.6KAlibaba Sets $30.8B Singles Day Sales Record
Alibaba has set a new Singles Day sales record, generating more than $30.8 billion during the 24-hour shopping event. In Chinese currency,...
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This Weekend’s $25B Shopping Event
When Singles Day launched nearly a decade ago, the then-fledgling eCommerce brand Alibaba didn’t really think they were changing the face of...
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2.2KBoatsetter’s Slow Sail Into The Sharing Economy
Two-party marketplaces are complicated, and three-party marketplace are so complicated as to be almost unheard of. And yet, that is exactly what...
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2.0KRetail Pulse: Glossier Goes Experiential In NYC; Holiday Retail Sales May Top $1 Trillion
It’s not uncommon for brands to open permanent stores after experimenting with pop-ups, but Glossier is taking an innovative payments approach to...
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1.6KAll Grown Up And Ready To Pop Up: eTailers Turn To Pop-Up Store Gurus
For digitally native brands moving from the web to brick and mortar, startups are providing a platform to help with the transition....
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1.5KCoca-Cola Looks To Create Energy Drinks
As Coca-Cola Co. moves away from soda, the beverage maker is eyeing the energy drink market. The company is looking to roll out...
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1.6KBest Buy Offers Free Shipping For The Holidays
For the fourth consecutive year, Best Buy is offering free shipping on all online orders with no minimum purchase for the holidays....
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2.1KAmerican Eagle Leads $3.45M Investment In Dormify
Dormify announced a $3.45 million Series A investment led by American Eagle Outfitters. Founded by Amanda Zuckerman and her mom Karen in...
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1.7KStarbucks Expanding In Japan
Starbucks announced it is expanding its presence in Japan, building 100 new stores annually over the next three years to bring its...
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2.0KBread On Why The Early Financing Offer Catches The Conversion Worm
Offering financing to consumers can be a tremendous marketing and customer retention tool for retailers that do it right. The trick, Bread CTO and Co-founder Daniel...
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2.9KThoughts Of Holiday Retail Cheer Tempered By Memories Of Failure
It’s the big stage for retailers, the holiday shopping season – when all the consumer world is watching (and, merchants and payments...
