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Thinking Outside The Box: Is Creative Packing The New Craze In Retail?
July 11, 2016

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Nordstrom Looks To Improve Online Order Management
July 11, 2016

Retailing giant Nordstrom has bought a minority stake in supply chain software outfit Dsco. 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 newsletter, PYMNTS...

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Why Target Is Letting Kids Design Their Clothes
July 11, 2016

“Children are our future” is one of popular culture’s more favored cliches. Whitney Houston sang a song about it, and “The Simpsons” has spent the better part of 30 years parodying the sentiment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Pop-Up Shops Are Breeding In The Hamptons – And Here’s Why
July 08, 2016

The Hamptons, the swanky summer vacation locale for the wealthy and the preppy, has become absolutely teaming with pop-up shops in recent summers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Samsung Showing Smartphone Market How To Do It
July 08, 2016

While the smartphone market is going down, Samsung appears to be one of the few companies still going up, and it appears to be largely thanks to the debut of its new Galaxy S7. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Do Startups Need To ‘Follow The Rules’ To Succeed?
July 07, 2016

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Pier 1 Imports Hoping New Data Collection Network Will Be Enough To Stave Off Customer...
July 07, 2016

Pier 1 Imports, the posh home goods retailer, is hoping its newly completed omnichannel shopping experience, which blends its online, mobile, email, loyalty rewards customers and brick-and-mortar shopping divisions together into a seamless data collection network, will be enough to stave off a continued decline...

Etsy Payment Glitch Causes Kerfuffle
July 07, 2016

If you’ve been trying to buy something off Etsy, the online marketplace that bills itself as “a world of vintage and handmade goods” with “more than a million independent sellers,” but not having any luck the past few days, calm down, because you’re not alone...

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JustFab Daring To Be Different (Again) And Heading For An IPO?
July 06, 2016

The problem with the next big thing and the next big fad is that they are almost impossible to tell apart in real-time. Sure, in retrospect the iPhone was obviously a world changer and the pet rock was obviously something people would later refer to...