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994Why, In The eCommerce Era, Catalogs Are Cool Again
While Sears Roebuck gets all the credit for inventing the mail order catalog business in the United States, in historical terms they...
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867Under Armour Defends Reputation Amid Investigations
Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank has responded to allegations that he borrowed business from quarters in the future to mask slowing demand...
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918Tim Armstrong: Nike’s Departure From Amazon Could Lead To DTC ‘Megatrend’
Earlier this week, Nike announced it will no longer sell its wares on Amazon, instead opting to follow a growing trend in...
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948Is The Future Of Streaming Seamless Shopping?
The idea of shopping while watching TV is not exactly new or untrodden ground. The Home Shopping Network (HSN) has been around...
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742October Retail Up 0.3 Percent Despite Trade War, Recession Fear
Retail sales rose 0.3 percent in October, rebounding from a 0.3 percent drop the previous month, CNBC reported on Friday (Nov. 15),...
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732Bossa Nova Launches Automated Inventory Solution
Data service provider Bossa Nova announced it has developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) and automated solution for inventory data management, according...
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970Why Mobile Will Make Holiday 2019 Merrier For Retailers And Shoppers
The upcoming holiday shopping season is expected to break records in online spending, according to a study by Adobe Analytics. That’s even with a...
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2.0KWhy The Future Of Brick-And-Mortar Isn’t About Sales
In 2014, it was hard to pick up any article about retail and not end up reading an obituary for the mall....
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1.0KLoyalty Firm Punchh Raises $40M For Brick-and-Mortar Analytics
As eCommerce rises in popularity – currently accounting for about 11 percent of retail sales, which is an increase of about 14.8...
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1.4KBurberry And Tencent Team Up For ‘Social Retail’ Store
Luxury brand Burberry has teamed up with Tencent in China to offer a “social retail” store to take advantage of China’s online...
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1.1KWayfair’s High-Tech Mobile Experience
Wayfair is expanding its use of augmented reality (AR) with the latest round of high-tech upgrades upgrades to its mobile app. Part...
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1.2KWhy Doing Retail For Runners Isn’t About Chasing The Mass Market
There is no shortage of startups that enter the wild world of direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail to address a hole in the market...
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1.1KWalmart CEO: Progress Still Needed Online
It looks like Walmart will have some time back at the drawing board when it comes to their great eCommerce upgrade of...
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989Boosting Innovation And Mobile Gaming Via Sports
Sports are big business around the globe, so it comes as no surprise that retail innovation constantly takes place within that industry,...
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871Apple May Bundle Subscriptions To Attract Users
Apple is looking into bundling its digital products — News+, Apple TV+ and Apple Music — as a way to draw in...
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1.7KHow ‘Assortment-As-A-Service’ Is Changing Physical Retail
It’s easy enough to think of small businesses as not being particularly innovative – and even to find data to back up...
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2.1KUniqlo’s Quiet Retail Robot Revolution
In the life of any brand, a pivot – or even a series of pivots – is normal. Times change, tastes expand...
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1.6KThe Generation Gap In Holiday Shopping
The great holiday shopping rush is upon us and the annual spending extravaganza is underway as retailers do anything and everything within...
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1.2KRetail Seeks More Loyalty From Sustainability-Minded Shoppers
Sustainable notions of commerce are moving ever more to the forefront of retail, and judging by shifting consumer trends — especially the...
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816Apple’s New Mac Pro To Debut In December
Apple’s Mac Pro, which according to some reports is the tech giant’s most powerful computer, will debut in December at a retail...
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3.8KLord & Taylor Acquisition Completed
According to reports, the acquisition deal between Le Tote and Hudson Bay Company (HBC) for Lord & Taylor has officially closed, with...
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6.8KPerfecting A Rental Platform For Luxury Travelers
That the sharing economy has indelibly altered the travel vertical is inarguable. According to a study out last year, when Airbnb enters a...
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2.4KOn Record-Setting Singles’ Day, L’Oréal, Nestle Among Big Winners
The numbers are in from Alibaba’s annual Singles’ Day online shopping event, and among the big winners are L’Oréal and Nestle. As...
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2.0KLook At The Pretty Pictures: Behind Visual Commerce’s Rise
Retail involves all senses, but as a new decade approaches, it’s become clear that visual commerce is gaining even more steam. To...
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2.0KAdidas To Shut Down Its Robotic Speedfactories in US, Germany
Adidas announced Monday (Nov. 11) that it will be closing its robotic “Speedfactories” in Atlanta and Ansbach, Germany, within 6 months. Instead,...
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2.1KAmazon To Open First Branded Grocery Store
Amazon has confirmed it will open a new grocery store next year in California, according to a report by CNET. The company...
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1.9KWalgreens Edges Close To Going Private
Reports out indicate that Walgreens Boots Alliance is considering an offer from private equity firm KKR & Co. to take the firm...
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1.6KThe Warby Parker Of Australia On Sustainable Eyewear’s Future
The global market for glasses is a big industry that is still growing. As of 2015, the total worldwide eyewear industry (encompassing both...
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1.6KSingles Day Breaks Record With $38B In Sales
Singles Day, which is Monday, Nov. 11 this year, has become one of the biggest eCommerce events around the world, thanks to...
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1.5KTesco Launches Amazon-Style Subscription Program
Tesco is taking on the competition by adding a subscription option to its Clubcard loyalty program. Originally launched in 1995, Clubcard helped...
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1.5KStepping Into High-Fashion P2P Innovation, On-Rental
Wardrobe, a peer-to-peer (P2P) fashion marketplace that gives users the chance to rent out designer and vintage items for a fraction of...
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1.4KRetail Pulse: CVS, UPS Test Drone Potential; Birchbox Grows Walgreens Partnership
Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming with logistics firms to test drones for delivery — and making progress on their experimental flights. UPS subsidiary...
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1.0KAlibaba Seeks To Raise Up To $15B In Hong Kong
In a move comes five years after its record-setting initial public offering in New York, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s is looking to raise...
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1.2KCubcoats Partners With Amazon On CA Pop-Up
Toy retailer Cubcoats has partnered with Amazon to create a pop-up experience at the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, California, open...
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1.3KH&M Tries To Prevent Resale Of Designer Items
H&M is trying to prevent the online resale of its collection created with Italian designer Giambattista Valli. The retailer limited the sale...
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2.2KIs ‘Walking In A Live Instagram Account’ The Future Of Physical Retail?
Remember those first giddy days of eCommerce? If so, one can probably remember the fantastical predictions that, before too long, brick-and-mortar retail...
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2.0KWith Fewer Shopping Days, Retailers Ramp Up Sales, Delivery
Thanksgiving lands on Nov. 28, which is six days later than last year. That means retailers have a whole week less to...
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1.9KWhy American Girl Is Resetting Its Retail Experience
Two decades ago American Girl was one of the players that introduced the world to a whole new concept — experiential retail...
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1.5KBuilding A Peer-To-Peer Network For Trading Shoes
Shoe Bank CEO and Co-Founder Roni Harel loves shoes — and she has tons of them sitting in her closet. “Most of them...
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1.5KWhy The QSR Drive-Thru Is Fueling Retail Innovation
Retail technology is undergoing big changes in the restaurant world, and that includes the drive-thru. New data via PYMNTS research has troubling...
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1.5KPostmates CEO Says Grubhub Stock Plunge Doesn’t Reflect Wider Industry
Following Grubhub’s earnings report and stock plunge, the chief executive of a competing service said Grubhub’s results do not reflect the potential...
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1.1KYandex Looks To Roll Out Autonomous Delivery Robot Fleet
As it bolsters its self-driving car, restaurant app and eCommerce services, Yandex intends to roll out an autonomous delivery robot fleet. The...
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1.1KNew Papa John’s CEO Tasked With Reset
New Papa John’s CEO Rob Lynch is making changes at the embattled pizza chain in an attempt to rebound from the bad...
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2.5KIKEA, H&M Funding Tech Startups To Sidestep Retail Disruption
IKEA and Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) are putting money into technology startups as a way to help them sidestep retail disruption, the...
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1.6KCreating Pet-Perfect Retail With Customization
Innovation in retail comes from many places, and that includes pets. People are willing to spend a lot of money on their...
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2.0KKroger Aims To Drive Innovation With Grocery Experience, Partnerships
Kroger’s retail transformation was front and center at its analyst day, as the firm aims to remake its business with its Restock...
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1.3KCVS Plans To Shutter 22 ‘Underperforming’ Stores
In a regulatory filing, CVS Health said it will shutter 22 “underperforming” drugstores early in 2020, beyond the 46 stores it shuttered earlier this...
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1.6KBirchbox Grows Walgreens Partnership With Holiday Fixtures
For the holiday season, Birchbox will grow its brick-and-mortar partnership with Walgreens by installing Birchbox holiday fixtures in 500 Walgreens stores. This is in addition to...
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2.0KHow To Create A Multichannel Market For Custom Men’s Clothes
In 2007 Kyle Vucko and Heikal Gani weren’t looking to disrupt the world of men’s fashion, change how people buy their custom-made...
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1.8K‘reCommerce’ Marketplaces Eye Sustainability, Partnerships
Luxury fashion resale platforms are gaining traction as they focus on sustainability and partnerships, with The RealReal’s third-quarter earnings serving as the latest...
