The food industry has seen its fair share of shakeups over the last few months thanks in large part to Amazon’s $13.7-billion Whole Foods purchase. Fast on the heels of the eCommerce giant is the rest of the food industry, including superstore Walmart. Get the Full...
J.C. Penney has had a rough couple of years, but it may be getting a reprieve with its latest news. The department store is taking on a new partnership with the Lifetime reality show “Project Runway.” For this pairing, a “Project Runway” branded clothing line...
Chatbots are everywhere these days and are hot topics of conversation among retailers. Learning how to best leverage this relatively new interactive revenue option with smart technology and artificial intelligence (AI) that provides instant consumer feedback, automates routine processes and enhances overall retail operations makes...
The first thing people check in the morning and something that is typically on their person at all times just got a jolt to its competition. Smartphones are essentially the central conduit for which most people stay in contact with one another, conduct business, entertain...
If a marketplace can work for aggregating goods from disparate providers, why not for services, too? After all, service industries make up more than three-quarters of the United States’ total GDP — and four out of five jobs. Why should merchants be the only ones who...
“Everything must go” is typically a phrase reserved for big clearance or store closure sales. Speaking to the latter, what results from those brick-and-mortar stores shutting their doors can be devastating to many. After the last customer has been rung up and the last item...
Most people don’t immediately associate makeup with avid lovers of the outdoors. Cosmetics, on the whole, are often viewed as products for the more indoors, the sorts of people who like temperature and humidity control. Because, as any number of fish-out-of-water stories about “city slickers”...
Bedazzled T-shirts, sparkly jeans and flower-infused jewelry of tweens past may not be over yet. Though mall foot traffic has not been the most steady within the last five years, some retailers have shared in that experience with some ups and downs. One retailer that’s...
The rumor mill is churning and, as of today (July 31), there have been futher talks of Office Depot potentially engulfing Staples‘ brick-and-mortar locations. As PYMNTS recently reported, Staples was acquired by Sycamore Partners for $6.9 billion about a month ago. Get the Full Story Complete the...
