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Amazon May Double Whole Foods’ Customer Base Through Prime
June 26, 2018

With new Prime incentives, one tech analyst believes that Amazon could double the customer base of Whole Foods. RBC Capital Markets’ Lead Internet Analyst Mark Mahaney said that there could be 20 to 30 million people who live near a Whole Foods store but don’t...

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Boohoo’s Big Ambitions
June 26, 2018

There is fast fashion, and then there is what U.K.-based retailer Boohoo offers. While the reigning champions of fast fashion still need about a month to turn over their collections, Boohoo (and its associated brands Pretty Little Things and NastyGal) sees its ideas go from...

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Toys R Us Plans To Close Stores By Friday
June 26, 2018

Months after Toys R Us announced that it would liquidate its U.S.-based assets, the toy retailer plans to shutter its brick-and-mortar locations by Friday (June 29). Some locations will close earlier, while the company’s eCommerce operations have been already closed for about three months, Fortune...

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Casper’s Building A Bigger Physical Footprint
June 25, 2018

Casper, the online mattress company that inspired an army of imitators, is expanding its brick-and-mortar footprint in Canada. Currently, the mattress-in-a-box firm is operating a single temporary local in Montréal that will be succeeded by a permanent physical store within the year. Get the Full...

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Party City Looks To Pick Up Where Toys R Us Left Off
June 25, 2018

Party City is getting into the toy business. The chain kicked off the week with the announcement that it will be opening about 50 Toy City pop-up stores this year as a bankrupt Toys R Us finishes shuttering its last stores this week. Get the...

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Amazon Expands Whole Foods Savings Perks For Prime Members
June 25, 2018

To provide Prime members with additional perks at Whole Foods, Amazon is rolling out an expanded discount program starting on Wednesday (June 27). The benefits, which include 10 percent off sale items and “deep discounts on select popular products” will be available at the company’s...

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Growing A Food Startup With Incubators
June 25, 2018

Startups love bringing new products to market, but building a business out of an idea is no easy feat. Swapples Founder and CEO Rebecca Peress explains how incubators can help a business take off – and bring products into brick-and-mortar stores.

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Social Media As The ‘Ticket’ For Contextual Commerce
June 22, 2018

Sports fans can’t get enough of their favorite players and teams: Their social media accounts oftentimes have hundreds of thousands or millions of followers. But how can teams harness the eCommerce potential of these accounts? They can turn their followers into ticketholders to the next...

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Creator Unveils Robot Burger Restaurant
June 22, 2018

Following eight years of development, restaurant automation solutions provider Creator is gearing up to debut its robot burger restaurant in September 2018. The company is backed by investors such as Google’s GV, according to reports, and raised at least $18.3 million last year. Get the Full...