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Casper’s Unicorn Ambitions In Jeopardy After S-1 Filing
January 27, 2020

eCommerce mattress merchant Casper Sleep Inc. forecasts that its initial public offering (IPO) valuation will be far under the approximate $1 billion it had for its most recent funding. The IPO will try the demand of investors for money-losing firms after WeWork’s IPO fiasco in...

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Sprint Benefits From Less Expensive Subscriptions
January 27, 2020

As it enjoyed the upside of less expensive subscriptions before a merger with bigger U.S. competitor T-Mobile US, Sprint Corp. reported a less-than-expected loss of monthly bill subscribers in Q3. Analysts had forecasted a net subscriber loss of 160,000, per research firm FactSet, while the...

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1200+ Retail Store Closings Announced So Far In 2020
January 27, 2020

The new year has not been kind to retail stores around the country, as the trend of accelerating store closings continues, according to a report by Yahoo! Finance. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Making Money When It Rains Iguanas
January 25, 2020

Dale Carnegie, America’s first self-help guru and author of “How To Win Friends & Influence People,” famously coined the phrase “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” as a practical aphorism for dealing with adversity. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Macy’s Teams With Zola To Add Exclusive Products To Registries
January 24, 2020

To help engaged couples register for more than 2,000 Macy’s exclusives, one-stop wedding commerce site Zola rolled out a registry partnership with Macy’s. The integration of the most popular brands of Macy’s into the 100,000+ assortment of gift cards, gifts and cash funds will make...

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Music Crafts New Melodies For Retail Innovation
January 24, 2020

Some of us go through life humming tunes as we walk down the sidewalk, or with what amounts to a personal soundtrack always playing in our heads. Others don’t. But no matter the case, music is a big part of the retail world, and is...

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Retail Pulse: Shipt Teams With Office Depot; Express To Close Brick-and-Mortar Stores
January 24, 2020

On-demand delivery services are expanding their offerings beyond takeout from restaurants or groceries from supermarkets to carry additional categories of merchandise. Shipt, in one case, announced a partnership with Office Depot to deliver in over 200 markets, serving more than 60 million households, per an...

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Mars Taps Into Experiences Market With Interactive M&M’s Stores
January 24, 2020

As the retail industry faces a string of closures, Mars Retail Group is bucking the trend by growing its M&M’s candy stores in the U.S. and around the world by next year. The stores will be located at Minneapolis’ Mall of America, Orlando’s Disney Springs...

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Burger King’s Impossible Whopper Cools Off — What’s Next?
January 23, 2020

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