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American Consumers Expected to Spend $175 Each for Valentine’s Day
January 31, 2022

The National Retail Federation says spending for Valentine’s Day will top $23.9 billion this year, according to a press release – the second highest year on record. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Today in Retail: Macy’s Future Is Getting Smaller; Walmart, Angi Join Forces
January 31, 2022

Today in retail, Macy’s is considering smaller stores, while Walmart is partnering with Angi, which will offer its in-home project services via the retailer. Plus, digital and physical retail are becoming more complementary than competitive, digital blueprints are reinventing the physical retail experience, and Dolce...

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Physical Stores Pivot to Support eCommerce Sales
January 31, 2022

In-store is back in style for 2022 as new thinking, design and technology concepts merge to create engaging and safe experiences that redefine omnichannel commerce and payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Today in Data: How Relationship Commerce Is Reshaping Retail; All Eyes on Amazon Earnings Report;...
January 31, 2022

Today in Data customers are spending less, and prices are going up across the retail supply chain. Plus, relationship commerce is changing the face of retail, and all the latest news from Amazon and Walmart. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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‘Mini Macy’s’ Would Mark Next Step in Ongoing Reinvention of Giant Dept. Stores
January 31, 2022

For a company best known for a Thanksgiving Day parade that ends at its massive 10-story, 1.2 million-square-foot flagship store in Manhattan, the notion of a string of “Mini Macy’s” popping up in neighborhoods, rather than as an anchor tenant in a mall, is certainly...

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Dolce & Gabbana Ending Fur Use
January 31, 2022

Italian luxury fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana joined several other fashion brands Monday (Jan. 31) when it announced in a joint statement with animal rights association Humane Society International that it will end its use of fur in all of its collections later this year....

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Walmart to Offer Angi’s Installation and Services at Stores and Online
January 31, 2022

In a bid to boost customer service and satisfaction, Walmart and home maintenance platform Angi announced a new partnership Monday (Jan. 31) that will see Angi offering its in-home project services through the retailer’s website, app and nearly 4,000 Walmart stores in all 50 states....

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Retailers Use Digital Blueprints to Reinvent the Physical Store Experience
January 31, 2022

Not long ago — call it two years — eCommerce and digital were being used primarily to inform consumers’ in-store journeys, but that has flipped. Now, digital is in the driver’s seat, leaving brick-and-mortar operators to learn how to complement shopping excursions that begin online....

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‘Panic Buying’ Rebrands as ‘Blizzard Commerce’ for the Big, Bad Bombogenesis
January 29, 2022

Back in the late-Neolithic period — say, around 1995 — as ascending 24-hour cable news stations challenged the status quo of local network TV affiliates and newspapers, they all seized upon a money-making opportunity that had been literally raining down for eons: storm panic buying....