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Finding The Beauty In Ugly Produce
February 01, 2018

As a matter of logic, what food looks like shouldn’t matter, since humans eat with their mouths — not with their eyes. And yet — as an multitude of Instagram food pictures proves — eating, particularly in the digital era, is a visual adventure as well as a...

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H&M Plans To Shutter 170 Stores This Year
February 01, 2018

Fashion retailer H&M plans to shutter more than 170 of its brick-and-mortar locations this year through its largest store closure program in at least 10 years, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Jan. 31). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Farfetch Looks To Mobile To Improve Shopping Experience
February 01, 2018

Online marketplace Farfetch is planning to launch new mobile technology that will allow shoppers to flag items with their phones as they shop in stores. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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H&M To Slow Store Openings
January 31, 2018

Facing the shifting preferences of consumers, H&M has announced that 2018 will feature fewer brick-and-mortar store openings as it moves to adapt to increasingly digital shopping patterns. The move comes after years of rapid growth from the fast-fashion giant, which now finds itself struggling somewhat...

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Ninety-Two Percent Of Checkout-Savvy Merchants Use Reviews To Drive Conversions
January 31, 2018

In 1995, Amazon started allowing its users to post reviews on its site. Since then, their review platform has become a big draw. Fifty-five percent of shoppers start their buying research on Amazon, according to a BloomReach survey. Furthermore, half of shoppers said they rely...

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Building A Delivery Market For Cannabis … Carefully
January 31, 2018

With varying shades of marijuana legality online in nearly 50 percent of all states and 61 percent of polled voters expressing support for full legalization, Americans have, by and large, turned a corner when it comes to their feelings on cannabis. There remain dogged detractors,...

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While Some Malls Are On The Decline, Other Malls Bring In Billions In Sales
January 31, 2018

A year after General Growth Properties’ (GGP) Providence Place opened in 1999, the mall boasted 120 tenants, including a slew of upmarket retailers, seven restaurants and two cinemas. The building, which was built at a cost of half of a billion dollars, contained nearly 1.3...

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With Online Marketplaces, Making Shipments A Bit Fleeter
January 31, 2018

The import-export game is not an easy one to play, and sometimes logistics can be anything but logical — especially for smaller firms that go the traditional route. These groups use middlemen known as freight forwarders, acting as agents who work with service providers like trucking...

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The High-Touch Digital Future Convenience Commerce According To 7-Eleven
January 30, 2018

Amazon’s entry into a new market is rarely considered good news in the world of retail. 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...