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206CDC Encourages Online Holiday Shopping To Keep Consumers Safe
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has some advice for holiday shoppers who prefer brick-and-mortar stores to online shopping: avoid...
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314Amazon Gains Ground In Holdout Markets
The myth of Amazon dictates that any move it makes is nearly pre-ordained to end in rousing success for the eCommerce giant,...
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315ALDI To Test Online Grocery Ordering At UK Stores
ALDI, the German discount grocer, is taking another big step into the world of eCommerce as the coronavirus pandemic reshuffles the retail...
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449CarMax Shifts Into Digital Overdrive
Online car-buying continues its momentum as CarMax, which bills itself as the largest retailer of used cars, has announced the completion of...
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538The Metaverse Sets Up Real Opportunities For Retail
Back before social distancing, when people used to have cocktail parties, “metaverse” would have been a cocktail party word. After all, it's...
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624Neiman Marcus Emerges From Chapter 11
Neiman Marcus Holding Company Inc. has completed its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection process and emerged from one of the highest-profile retail collapses...
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725Helping SMBs Profit From A Decidedly Different 2020 Holiday-Shopping Season
“Digital transformation” has been the buzz phrase for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) of all types over the past half-year as they...
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3.8KSupermarkets Hoard Staples For Holidays, COVID Resurgence
The holiday season is months away, but food distributors and supermarkets are stockpiling food to prepare for what could be a sales...
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1.4KBundle Up: NYC Restaurants To Offer Year-Round Outdoor Dining
Dining out has taken on new meaning in New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio told WNYC that outdoor dining will be allowed year-round,...
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1.3KAmericans Are Returning To Restaurant Dining … Slowly
COVID-19’s early days simply took dining out off the table, so to speak, for most Americans as restaurants shut down for on-premises...
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1.5KBoosted Commerce Rides The Marketplace Tailwind
With 44 percent of U.S. eCommerce business, it’s hard to say that anyone truly competes with Amazon. But there is a small...
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1.3KEdmunds Predicts Comeback For New Auto Sales In Q3
Even with challenges brought by the COVID-19 health crisis, Edmunds analysts indicate that Q3 marks a “positive turning point” for the automotive...
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1.5KBrands Will Dedicate $58.6B To eCommerce Advertising
Amid the pandemic and the increase in eCommerce during the health crisis, WARC Data’s Global Advertising Trends report found that brands worldwide...
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1.4KTarget Holiday Hiring To Focus On Digital Demand
Target is poised to embark on its annual hiring binge to prep for the upcoming holiday season, but this year the retail...
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1.3KGrocery Roundup: DSW Tries Selling Shoes In Supermarkets, Amazon Fresh Expands, Costco Misses An Opportunity
The race among the nation’s grocers carried on this week, as the big names continued attempting to expand their influence throughout the...
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1.5KMall Sector Gets More Bad News; Neiman Marcus To Cut Staff
The embattled mall category absorbed more bad news this week as Brookfield Properties and Neiman Marcus showed further signs of consistent financial...
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1.4KManifesting Retail’s Week Of Revolution
Retail, for all intents and purposes, has always been an interdependent system. Supply depends on demand; demand depends on supply; supply depends...
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1.4KConnected Car Commerce Picks Up Speed
The connected car is fast becoming the transactional car. New moves from automakers and credit card companies are pushing vehicle commerce —...
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1.5KUK Retail Sales Get Further Lift After Lockdown Rules Dropped
As the U.K.’s lockdown measures were lifted, consumers went out shopping for various products, including home-related goods like sofas. As a result,...
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1.4KMen’s Wearhouse Debuts New Streamlined Store Design Near Houston
As many retailers shutter brick-and-mortar stores while others invest in their online outlets, Men’s Wearhouse has renovated what it calls a next-generation...
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1.9KMacy's CEO: Stores Give Retailer Flexibility During Holiday Season
Macy's is preparing a variety of possibilities for holiday sales amidst the pandemic, including starting deals early and offering omnichannel options, CNBC...
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1.4KSports Concessions, Dunkin’ To Test Mastercard Checkout-Free System
As merchants attempt to fulfill the demands of customers for expediency and less person-to-person contact, Dunkin’ and sports venue hospitality stands are...
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1.9KToday’s Top Retail News: Nike CEO Touts Digital; KKR Purchases 1-800 Contacts
In today’s top retail news: Nike’s CEO touts digital commerce as the “new normal,” KKR will acquire 1-800 Contacts, and Amazon is...
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2.2KDisneyland Pushes For A Green Light To Reopen With Advanced Safety Measures
Hit harder than most U.S. states by COVID-19, California has been comparatively slower to reopen. So slow, in fact, that Walt Disney...
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1.3KAmazon Rolls Out 'Climate Pledge Friendly' Program
To help make it simple for consumers to find and buy more sustainable items, Amazon has unveiled its new Climate Pledge Friendly...
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1.2KSMB Profile: Looking Forward To Christmas In Connecticut
Like all the towns on the Connecticut shoreline, Guilford is centered around a village green. On its north side stands a picture-postcard,...
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1.5KNike CEO: Digital Is The New Normal
Nike’s earnings call on Tuesday (Sept. 22), in which it set a new standard for companies capitalizing on the digital-first economy, just...
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1.2KKKR Agrees To Purchase 1-800 Contacts From AEA Investors
1-800 Contacts unveiled a deal through which investment firm KKR will buy the company from AEA Investors, according to a Wednesday (Sept....
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1.7KAmazon Launches Prime Day; Walmart Counters
In addition to their joint desire to dominate the whole U.S. paycheck, Amazon and Walmart are trying to dominate October. Several credible...
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1.4KWalmart Uses Drones To Deliver COVID-19 Test Kits
COVID-19 test kits may soon start dropping from the sky onto driveways, backyards and sidewalks in Las Vegas as Walmart takes development...
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2.2KGameStop's Top Investor Sees Epic Battle With Amazon
The biggest investor in Dallas-based GameStop has reportedly set his sights on a lofty goal — having the video-game retailer take on...
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1.6KIn China, Green Shoots For Luxury Spending To Prove Fragile?
Chinese consumers may be starting to open their wallets to buy luxury goods – but it remains to be seen whether the...
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1.3KReport: Layoffs Coming To Mall Owner Brookfield Properties
Brookfield Properties Retail Group CEO Jared Chupaila delivered bad news to his employees this week. The Chicago-based real estate company with among...
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1.9KPhiladelphia Mall Owner Takes Care Of Its Own
There’s arguably no more polarizing macroeconomic issue in the retail world than the fate of the American mall. On one side of...
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1.6KRalph Lauren Cuts Workforce; Focuses On eCommerce
The combined dynamics of the digital shift and the pandemic have caught up to Ralph Lauren. Tuesday morning (Sept. 22) the company...
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1.5KCPG Companies Capitalize On Dramatic Digital Shift
Consumer packaged goods (CPG) – which just four years ago had only a 1 percent penetration rate online – are capturing the...
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1.5KMall of America To Provide 'Community Commons' For Local Companies
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...
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1.2KDSW Shop-In-Shops Open In Hy-Vee Grocery Stores
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...
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2.1KRetailers Face Supply/Demand Shortfalls This Holiday Season
Shortages of popular items like clothing, electronics and more are likely to cause trouble for U.S. retailers during the holiday shopping season,...
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2.1KMulan’s Big Win Shows Disney+ Has Potential As An eCommerce Ecosystem
We saw a tale of two big Labor Day weekend releases this year: Disney’s Mulan and Christopher Nolan’s time travel-thriller Tenant. Both were billed...
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1.6KToday In Retail News: Walmart Goes Private Label; SMB Retailers Get A Boost From Media Marketing
In today’s top retail news: Walmart branches out into private-label fashion, SMB retailers seize media opportunities, and the pandemic gives the book...
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1.9KDemand For Books Surprisingly Outstrips Supply During Pandemic
The pandemic has had something of a strange effect on the world of book publishing. Shut-down bookstores and closed classrooms initially depressed sales in the...
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1.7KBird Angles For Direct Sales Of New Scooter Model
Electric scooter-maker Bird launched a new model on Sunday (Sept. 20) and is increasing its efforts to zip right past retailers to...
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1.6KWalmart Launches Private Label Fashion Brand
Walmart wants to bring a bit of the high-fashion catwalk to its store aisles. The retail giant is starting “a fashion essentials-inspired...
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Walmart Tries Private Label On For Size
Just a week after Amazon debuted its Luxury Store within its app for the couture crowd, Walmart is following with its own...
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1.8KRetail SMBs Face Up To Q4 Marketing Opportunities
For retailers, the fourth quarter of 2020 is likely to see a media blitz that will make other years pale in comparison....
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1.5KBatteries Plus Bulbs: Powering The Digital Shift – Literally
If brick-and-mortar retail is fading, Batteries Plus Bulbs never got the email. Not only is the 723-store nationwide chain thriving, franchise interest...
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1.3KBasic.Space Introduces Curated Digital Marketplace
To provide members with special access to merchandise and experiences, Basic.Space has introduced its new curated digital marketplace platform. The company said...
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1.2KPottery Barn Introduces Renewed Line With The Renewal Workshop
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. brand Pottery Barn has introduced Pottery Barn Renewed with the help of The Renewal Workshop. The brand said the collection of...
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3.3KLululemon CEO: ‘We’re Building More Stores’
Don’t tell retail executive Calvin McDonald that construction of brick-and-mortar stores is a thing of the past. The CEO of Lululemon Athletica...
