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Knight Dragon Turns To Rental Units Amid Sluggish London Market
March 11, 2020

Amid London’s sluggish home sales market, billionaire Henry Cheng Kar-Shun’s firm intends to create its inaugural rental homes at an East London development. Knight Dragon has teamed with Texas-based Lincoln Property Company and MGT, the British real estate investor, to create 500 rental apartments, Bloomberg...

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street
March 11, 2020

Wall Street is a tough master, especially for eCommerce companies. Just ask Carvana, the leading online automotive seller and a major force in changing the way people buy cars. Its fourth-quarter earnings report, released at the end of February, showed a revenue jump of 88...

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Discount Retailers Move Away From eCommerce
March 11, 2020

If it weren’t for a certain pandemic that is dominating most news, the two biggest stories in retail over the past week would have been stunning at any other time. Both of them came from companies that rely on a decidedly old-school business model: brick...

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Service-Based Retailers Surpass Product-Focused Merchants
March 11, 2020

Storefronts that provide services have exceeded the number of those offering clothes and other merchandise. Per a JLL report, the number of service-based retailers rose 20.5 percent between 2002 and 2017, coming in at 1.2 million spaces, while retailers offering goods declined 4.5 percent to...

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PepsiCo To Expand Energy Drink Share With Rockstar Acquisition
March 11, 2020

With an arrangement that would strengthen its commitment to energy drinks, PepsiCo will buy Rockstar Energy in a $3.85 billion deal. Pepsi has had a distribution agreement in North America with Rockstar as of 2009. The move comes as Pepsi and Coca-Cola have both been...

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How Amazon’s Cashierless Tech Will (Or Won’t) Change The Physical Retail Landscape
March 11, 2020

The advance of Amazon’s cashierless technology is not a new story to the retail beat as of 2020.  Since the first AmazonGo retail location opened in early 2018 with its much-hyped walk-in, walk out retail technology designed to make the line at checkout a thing...

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Dick’s Sporting Goods Stops Selling Guns In More Stores
March 10, 2020

Dick’s Sporting Goods said another 440 stores would no longer sell guns this year, as the company moves to purge firearms from its retail stores, reports indicated Tuesday (March 10). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Bringing Supply Chain Expertise To Office Furniture
March 10, 2020

Furniture is a tough business. In January eCommerce leader Wayfair had to thin its employee ranks to meet profit targets, and just this week regional Midwestern home furnishings retailer Art Van Furniture filed for bankruptcy with minimal customer notice. So when Branch Co-Founder and CEO...

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Walgreens Brings On-Demand Delivery To Additional Cities With Postmates
March 10, 2020

Walgreens and Postmates are bringing their on-demand delivery collaboration to 13 more cities. Shoppers in San Francisco, Chicago, Charlotte and Phoenix, among other cities, will be able to receive health and wellness products, as well as other convenience items, sent to them through Postmates from...