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Poshmark Buyout Reflects Hidden Value Within Battered Resale Industry
Poshmark Buyout Reflects Hidden Value Within Battered Resale Industry
October 04, 2022  |  Retail

After months of declines that have seen investors fleeing and crushed valuations, the sudden outside interest of South Korea’s largest eCommerce group in acquiring Poshmark...

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Earliest Holiday Shopping Events Pit ‘Christmas Creep’ Against ‘Sales Fatigue’
Earliest Holiday Shopping Events Pit ‘Christmas Creep’ Against ‘Sales Fatigue’
October 03, 2022  |  Retail

The so-called “Christmas Creep,” where holiday shopping and sales events start earlier and earlier each year, has become so entrenched in retail circles that it...

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Walmart Touts Low-Cost Basics as Amazon Flaunts Sales and Tech Upgrades
Walmart Touts Low-Cost Basics as Amazon Flaunts Sales and Tech Upgrades
September 30, 2022  |  Retail

After a week of rolling out more than a dozen device advancements, smart home technology upgrades and new out-of-the-box connected gadgets, Amazon SVP of Devices...

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Nike Promises ‘Decisive Action’ on Inventory, More Investment in D2C
Nike Promises ‘Decisive Action’ on Inventory, More Investment in D2C
September 30, 2022  |  Retail

“We face a new degree of complexity,” Nike CFO Matthew Friend told analysts Thursday, in the wake of the athletic shoe, apparel and equipment maker’s...

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Want to Stop Crypto Hacks? Make Them Reversible
Want to Stop Crypto Hacks? Make Them Reversible
September 29, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

What if an immutable and irreversible cryptocurrency transaction wasn’t? That’s the idea trio of Stanford University researchers proposed this week as a way to combat...

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PF Chang’s Tests Subscription Commerce Waters, Free Delivery
PF Chang’s Tests Subscription Commerce Waters, Free Delivery
September 29, 2022  |  Subscriptions

As restaurants seek creative ways to drive loyalty, a handful have been exploring the potential of subscription commerce. Chinese-inspired casual dining chain P.F. Chang’s, for...

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Peloton Goes Instore With Dick’s Sporting Goods
Peloton Goes Instore With Dick’s Sporting Goods
September 29, 2022  |  Retail

In a pre-holiday push aimed at boosting sales, membership and subscribers, Peloton announced Thursday (Sept 29) that it was launching 100 branded store-in-store locations in what...

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Luxury Retail Follows Money and Shoppers to the ‘Burbs
Luxury Retail Follows Money and Shoppers to the ‘Burbs
September 28, 2022  |  Retail

There was a time not long ago when fashion fiends living in the hinterlands made trips to “the city” to shop the most glittering brands...

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Expanding Crypto Lender Nexo Secures U.S. Banking Charter
Expanding Crypto Lender Nexo Secures U.S. Banking Charter
September 27, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

A day after being sued by eight state attorneys general who claim it violated securities laws, crypto lender Nexo unveiled that it has purchased a...

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