Some geographies are coping with the upheaval in retail better than others, as vacancies in U.S. shopping malls reach an eight-year high. Reis data indicates that the proportion of units sitting empty in some cities – with the inclusion of Birmingham, Alabama and Indianapolis, Indiana...
IKEA is making big moves into the smart home ecosphere with its biggest investment in decades. 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...
It looks like the biggest mall operator in America is officially deciding if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. Simon Property Group has announced that it is teaming up with online shopping site Rue La La’s parent company, Rue Gilt Groupe, to launch a new...
Men’s underwear is rarely thought of as grounds for advanced design or reinvention. Arguably, that last big innovation in the field was somewhere between 25 and 30 years ago, when John Varvatos, head of Calvin Klein’s menswear, first came up with the idea of the boxer...
To help consumers rent clothing for a special occasion or everyday life, online platforms are connecting borrowers with those looking to rent out clothing through emerging peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. RentMyCloset, for instance, allows consumers to share their fashions with the world and borrow clothing from...
To provide on-demand delivery for shoppers looking for health and wellness products, Walgreens and Postmates have announced a collaboration. Postmates will deliver hundreds of the pharmacy retailer’s items from 174 Walgreens and Duane Reade locations in Brooklyn and Manhattan, the companies said in an announcement....
To enhance user experiences by bringing additional features to a navigation engine, dining technology platfrom Dineout has collaborated with Google. Users now have more options to look at in Google Maps by coming across dining options close to them, reserving a table for the date...
Everyone loves pizza, save, perhaps, for communists and nihilists. Okay, that’s not the best joke ever from the PYMNTS Bureau of Stand-Up Comedy, but the point is that the popularity of pizza constitutes a driving force for ongoing retail innovation – and we have proof....
In their newest collaboration, Google and Levi’s are announcing versions of Levi’s Trucker Jacket that are Jacquard-enabled. The jackets, which include the Sherpa Trucker and Classic Trucker in men’s as well as women’s versions, will retail at $248 for the Sherpa Trucker and $198 for...
