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Sears Holdings Plans To Close 46 Additional Stores
August 23, 2018

Months after Sears Holdings Corp. announced that it would shutter 72 more stores as a result of falling sales, the retailer has announced another round of store closures. Sears plans to close 46 more stores this fall in the U.S., CNBC reported. Get the Full...

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How Choosy Is Resetting Fast Fashion
August 23, 2018

For some, the Instagram Outfit of the Day is a big deal – the #OOTD is a hashtag that links, at the time of writing, to 199,466,186 posts on the social sharing site. In fact, it’s a big enough deal to some shoppers that a trend...

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Lowe’s Q2 Earnings Beat Expectations
August 23, 2018

Lowe’s announced its second quarter earnings and sales, beating out analysts’ expectations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

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Walmart-Owned Flipkart Raises The Stakes For Refurbished Goods
August 22, 2018

India-based and Walmart-owned Flipkart has launched an eCommerce platform called 2GUD that focuses on the sale of refurbished electronics. The site is the latest entry in what some people call “recommerce,” an area of online retail that is showing signs of gaining fresh steam. Get...

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Target Shares Surge On Big Earnings Beat
August 22, 2018

The team at Target is having a very good morning, after the retailer logged massive growth in store-based foot traffic, as well as a solid beat on earnings, revenue and same-store sales. Also, eCommerce was a big factor in Target’s Q2 earnings success, with growth clocking...

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Target Launches Curbside Pickup In Two New Markets
August 22, 2018

Target is expanding its curbside pickup to two new markets: California and Colorado. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

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L’Occitane Embraces The High-Tech Experience
August 22, 2018

When one thinks of French beauty brand L’Occitane en Province, high-tech is probably not the first adjective that springs to mind. Known for its shea and almond bath products, lavender scents and its tastefully muted color scheme, L’Occitane is very much about what its tag line says...

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1-800-Flowers Moves Into Gifting With Goodsey
August 21, 2018

1-800-Flowers has taken a big step forward into the gifting arena with the launch of Goodsey. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

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Why AMC’s Subscription Service Is Soaring
August 21, 2018

MoviePass, as regular readers know, has fallen on rather rough times. The subscription service was designed to disrupt the industry: Instead of paying $9, $10 or even $13 or $14 to go to a movie, the theater customer of the future would instead subscribe to...