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Even Times Square Losing Shops To Changing Retail Landscape
January 15, 2020

Times Square, one of the most famous places on the planet, where hundreds of thousands of people live, work and visit any given day or night, is losing stores amid ongoing changes in the retail sector, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Jan. 14). Get the Full...

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Strip Malls Gaining An Edge Over Traditional Shopping Malls
January 14, 2020

Open-air shopping centers – also called strip malls or strip centers – are replacing malls as retail juggernauts, offering necessities like grocery stores, hair salons and dentists, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (Jan.14). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Instacart To Offer Grocery Pickup Nationwide By Year-End
January 14, 2020

Instacart is expanding the Instacart Pickup offering to all 50 states by the end of 2020, following a year of sizable growth that doubled its grocery partners and tripled the number of states, the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. 14). Get the Full Story Complete...

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Parlaying A Pivot Into Digital Grocery Delivery Success
January 14, 2020

That grocery has gone digital in the last few years is at this point undeniable. Once widely considered an eCommerce-proof vertical because of consumers’ basic insistence on seeing and handling fresh produce, that conventional wisdom has dissolved through a steady drumbeat of innovations by several...

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PC Market Notches First Year Of Growth In Years
January 14, 2020

As Microsoft concludes its support for Windows 7 and companies need to upgrade their legacy devices, the PC market has reportedly had its first year of growth since 2011. Windows 10 was installed on 900 million devices as of September 2019, The Verge reported. Get...

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As Retail Tech Advances, Associates Become More Important
January 14, 2020

Retail is about more than the products being sold or the technology being used. Increasingly, store associates are becoming more important to the mix. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Crafting eSpecialty Food Boxes For Avid Home Cooks
January 14, 2020

Before Ben Simon began sending handpicked pantry essentials and delicacies from around the world to his customers with his eponymous Ben to Table boxes, he spent time working on food systems as well as sustainable agriculture. He dedicated years of his life to Greenpeace, and he wondered...

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OYO Reduces Hotel Room Count, Begins Layoffs
January 14, 2020

As it encounters pressure from SoftBank, its largest investor, to cut back on operating losses, budget hospitality company OYO is quickly scaling back. The firm has cut hotel rooms in the thousands, pulled out of cities, begun laying off workers and reduced other costs, The...

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NRF Retail Show Highlights Importance Of Amazon, Data And Store Workers
January 13, 2020

Creativity and making better use of consumer data are among the early but big ideas to emerge from the ongoing NRF convention taking place in New York City, an annual event commonly called “Retail’s Big Show.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...