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206Telltale Signs: Warehouse Leasing Vs Retail Leasing
It’s a good time in America to have a retail space ready to rent out — eCommerce merchants are on the hunt...
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588How Mobile Apps Are Tapping Into Gas Prices, Payments
Consumers use mobile apps throughout their drives – for directions, music or the latest traffic updates – but they can also be...
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525Tesco Launches Jack’s Discount Grocery Concept
To take on discount grocers Lidl and ALDI, Tesco is rolling out a chain called Jack’s. The retailer intends to open 10...
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663Nike Sees Rise In Sold-Out Items Amid Colin Kaepernick Ad Campaign
After its controversial Colin Kaepernick ads appeared earlier in September, Nike has been on a sales tear. The retailer has been seen...
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774How Small Restaurants Are Doorstopping DoorDash
DoorDash has been a delivery service on the go, particularly throughout the summer and in the fall of 2018. Its war chest has...
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1.0KFlipkart Launches Cashless Credit, Eyes Non-Banking License
Flipkart has launched a cashless credit program to give shoppers an instant credit line of up to Rs 60,000 ($833.97 USD). According...
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821Amazon Go Aims For 3K Locations By 2021
A new report says that Amazon might open 3,000 Amazon Go locations by 2021. The company should have about 10 new cashierless...
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1.7KTarget’s Rapid Reset
Model and social media celebrity Chrissy Teigen is, in many ways, the perfect brand partner for Target, as evidenced by her recent...
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1.6KNestle, Unilever And Coca-Cola Battle For GSKs India-Based Horlicks
India is increasingly a hotbed for commerce, and that trend continues with Nestle, Unilever and Coca-Cola reportedly each bidding for GlaxoSmithKline’s nutritional...
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1.2KMaison Me Receives $1M From Google Assistant Investments
Maison Me announced that it has received a $1 million funding round from backers including Founders Fund, Google Assistant Investments, Gagarin Capital and other...
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984ALDI Expands Online Grocery Delivery To All US Stores
ALDI has announced that it is expanding its online grocery delivery service to all of its stores in the United States. According...
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989How Farmer’s Fridge Is Tapping Into Unattended Retail
Prepared food vendors are finding a new way to distribute their meals, turning to unattended retail to bring fresh food to on-the-go...
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1.0KInstagram Points Its Lens On eCommerce
Instagram is stepping up its efforts to bring commerce onto its social media network. The platform is rolling out features that include...
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1.8KThe Millennial-Driven Evolution Of Jet.com
Walmart is energizing its Jet.com engines to power the online eCommerce site that it acquired two years ago. To get more millennials...
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1.5KAmazon Starts Selling Sustainable Diapers
Amazon has launched a diaper brand called Earth + Eden, a premium brand that reportedly will compete with similar products from the...
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1.3KCoca-Cola Exploring Cannabis-Based Drinks
Coca-Cola is taking a close look at the cannabis drinks market, which uses the non-psychoactive chemical in marijuana to make wellness drinks....
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1.2KAviation Rideshare? Digital Marketplaces Take Flight With Blackbird
Pilots often have empty seats, and travelers may be happy to fill them instead of driving to their destinations. Air travel marketplace...
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1.2KAmazon Go Debuts In Chicago
Amazon Go has launched another store, this time in the Windy City. According to Venture Beat, the Chicago store is located at...
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2.7KWalmart’s International Omnichannel Expansion
Far from its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart is seeking to deliver stronger omnichannel offerings internationally. The retailer recently announced that it...
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1.5KRetailers Face More Job Openings Than New Hires
With unemployment at new lows, staffing has become a challenge for retail companies. Retailers had 757,000 job openings in July, which is...
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1.1KMATCHESFASHION.com’s Technology-Driven Retail Experience
There are many things that jump out at the shopper at the new MATCHESFASHION.com location in London’s Mayfair. The space has been...
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1.2KTaking On The Last Mile Of Prepared Food With Local Retail Partners
Prepared food vendors are homing in on a sizable portion of U.S. consumers: They are turning their attention to food tribes, or...
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887Henri Bendel Shutting Down After More Than 100 Years In Business
Henri Bendel is shutting down after more than 100 years in business. L Brands announced it will close all 23 Henri Bendel stores,...
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1.2KFor Retail Promotions, Rewards Beat Out Discounts
To create sales lift and purchase intent without the negative brand effects of discounting, Aberdeen Group, which was created for Blackhawk Network’s Hawk...
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720Crate & Barrel Plans Full-Service Restaurant
Crate & Barrel, the home decor retailer, is adding a full-service restaurant to its Chicago store. According to a report in the...
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2.6KCan Guitar Center Get Its Groove Back?
Though much of retail has been buoyed by a rising tide of strengthened sales and renewed consumer confidence, some sellers out there...
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1.3KLa Ligne’s Innovative, Old-School Approach To Fashion Retail
Luxury style and quality brands, offered at a more middle-class price point and sold directly to consumers, is increasingly crowded terrain in...
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1.3KHow Cashierless Checkout Can Power Brand Marketing Experiences
Cashierless stores aren’t just for mega retailers like Amazon to sell prepared food from their kitchens or products from other producers: Beverage...
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1.4KInstacart, Walmart Canada Work On Grocery Delivery Pilot
To provide customers with same-day grocery delivery, Instacart is working with Walmart Canada on a pilot in Winnipeg and Toronto. Customers will be...
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1.1KMall Rents Fell 4.6 Percent In Q2
JLL found that mall rents in Q2 dropped 4.6 percent from the first quarter and 7.1 percent from one year prior. But,...
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950Retail Pulse: Good Housekeeping Plans Pop-Up; Amazon Coming To New York
Digitally native brands, Casper among them, have turned to pop-up shops to introduce their products to consumers through an offline experience. And,...
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1.4KKroger, Amazon And Walmart Shift Grocery Race Into High Gear
The grocery Hunger Games are not new — for at least the last 18 months, and arguably for the last three years,...
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1.4KApple, Nike Lose Favor With Chinese Consumers
A new survey has found that big retailers like Apple and Nike are losing favor in China, as consumers are showing a...
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2.2KKroger Same-Store Sales Miss Views As It Overhauls Stores
Kroger, the U.S. supermarket chain, posted same-store sales Thursday (Sept. 13) that fell short of Wall Street views, sending the stock lower...
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1.4KWalmart Sells Milk Chocolate ‘Bitcoins’
In a sweet twist to digital currency, Walmart is offering bitcoins made of chocolate. The treat, which is manufactured by Frankford Candy,...
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1.1KGrowing A Meal Kit Service With A Distributed Farming Network
As a backyard gardener and entrepreneur, Yogesh Sharma was struck by a thought: Why is more food not grown locally? After moving to...
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1.2KZara’s Parent Company Shares Positive Outlook As It Prepares For Online Expansion
Zara’s parent company, Inditex SA, said it would continue its plan to expand online as it reported positive first-half results. Inditex, whose other...
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1.3KDigital Marketplaces Draw Gig Economy Workers Across Verticals
The gig economy is a formidable source of employment – and it’s not full of just Uber and Lyft drivers. There are...
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1.2KMacy’s Is Hiring 80,000 Employees For The Holidays
Macy’s announced it is hiring 80,000 temporary workers for the holiday season, as well as adding more employees to handle online orders....
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1.3KJet Brings Wider Selection, Faster Delivery To eCommerce Site
To better compete with Amazon, Jet is revamping its eCommerce website. The updates include a larger selection of items along with speedier...
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1.8KGood Housekeeping Comes To The Mall Of America For A Holiday Season Pop-Up
Good Housekeeping is opening up a pop-up shop in the Mall of America running from early October through the end of December,...
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1.6KWhat Moved Movado About MVMT
A lifestyle brand for millennial buyers with an eye for design – but perhaps not the pocketbook for designer prices – the...
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1.5KAmazon Versus Walmart: The Epic Online Apparel Battle
The battle is on for dominance in online apparel, and Amazon is closing in on $30 billion in gross apparel and footwear...
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1.3KTapping Into Experiential Marketplaces To Turn Expertise Into Adventure
From yoga retreats in Mongolia to brown bear watching in Romania, experiential platforms are connecting tour organizers with travelers hungry for adventurous...
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1.2KNew York & Co. Rebrands To RTW Retailwinds
To highlight its ability to grow into new markets and categories, New York & Co. is changing its name to RTW Retailwinds....
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1.3KAmazon Prime To Offer Real Christmas Trees This Holiday
To bring real live Christmas trees to its customers’ doors, Amazon plans to offer seven-foot plants on its site this year. The...
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1.3KSamsung Electronics Opens Massive Store In India
Samsung Electronics, the South Korean consumer electronics company, is expanding in India, opening on Tuesday (Sept. 11) its largest mobile store in...
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2.7KWall Street Analyst Upgrades Nike Stock Amid Kaepernick Ad Campaign
Following the release of Nike’s ad campaign with Colin Kaepernick, a Wall Street analyst said the move was “a stroke of genius.”...
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2.3KGoogle Pay, Apple Pay Arrive At 7-Eleven
To speed up shopping trips for its customers, 7-Eleven now takes Google Pay and Apple Pay at most of its U.S. locations....
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1.9K10 Corso Como Brings Stateside Expansion
Experiential retail is a favored buzzword these days — the idea of the store that is more than a store where merely...
