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EconomyUS Retailers Added 249,000 Jobs In August
Last Friday’s (Sept. 4) jobs report brought good news to the nation’s retail sector...
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Loyalty & RewardsGO Time: Stop & Shop Polishes Loyalty Program
The average American consumer belongs to 18 loyalty programs. And they only use eight of...
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SMBsSix Months Into Pandemic, Taking The Pulse Of Main Street...
Summer wanes, Labor Day is here, and — as prodded by the name of...
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RetailNew Jersey’s $5B American Dream Mall To Reopen In October
The wait is over for shoppers who have missed the $5 billion American Dream...
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RetaileCommerce Drives Big Action For Sporting Goods
Sporting goods retailing has emerged as one of the bright spots during the pandemic,...
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RetailIndie Bookseller Says ‘We Must Take A Stand,’ Abandons Amazon
To celebrate Independent Bookstore Day this year, a third-generation family-owned bookstore has declared its...
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RetailWine Humans Unite! Boston Shop Brings Natural Attitude And Expertise...
It would certainly be understandable if Kimberly Scott considered herself a wine snob. After...
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RetailAuto Parts Sales Take Digital Ride With Used Cars
As the economy continues to show the fits and starts of an uneven recovery,...
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RetailFoot Locker Opens California ‘Power Store’
Bucking the trend away from brick and mortar stores, Foot Locker Inc. opened what...
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Payments InnovationWhat Overcoming Inertia Tells Us About The Future of Physical...
By now, you’ve no doubt heard the story about how Isaac Newton turned quarantining...
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Payments InnovationThe Vicious Circle Of Physical Retail Meets The Virtuous Circle...
If your business touches retail in any way, it might pay to follow a...
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RetailAT&T Says It’s An ‘Essential’ Retailer – And GameStop Does,...
The watchword in retail right now is “essential.” It is a critical issue for...
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Commerce ConnectedThere’s More To The Store With Connected Commerce Innovation
Here’s something: Spending in brick-and-mortar stores actually grew at a rate of 4.2 percent...
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Today In DataThe Evolution Of Brick-And-Mortar Retail And Loyalty Programs
Physical retail is evolving to meet the needs of shoppers who expect the same convenience and...
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Today In DataThe Brick-and-Mortar Strategy Of Discount Retailers
Businesses that rely on the old-school, brick-and-mortar business model are turning away from eCommerce. Burlington,...
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RetailDiscount Retailers Move Away From eCommerce
If it weren’t for a certain pandemic that is dominating most news, the two...
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RetailWhy Consumers Are Firing Traditional Retailers
“Jobs to be done” – a theory popularized by the late Harvard Business School...
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RetailIKEA Plans Urban Megastore With No Parking
As the retail landscape adjusts to more online shoppers, traditional brick-and-mortar retailers are reacting...
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EarningsTarget Posts Surprisingly Sluggish Same-Store Sales Growth
Retailers having a less than festive holiday season saleswise has become an increasingly repetitive...
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RetailCan Sports And Entertainment Really Spark Mall Revivals?
Long live physical retail. That’s the thought one gets when reading news via Bloomberg,...
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RetailTapping Into The Power Of Pop-Ups To Help Those In...
There are all kinds of pop-up shops that have, well, popped up over the...
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RetailBehind The Drive To Bring Better Consumer Experiences To Physical...
Providing a top consumer experience is becoming more important and is a rising trend...
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RetailIs ‘Walking In A Live Instagram Account’ The Future Of...
Remember those first giddy days of eCommerce? If so, one can probably remember the...
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Payments InnovationWhy Search And Logistics Will Shape The Future Of Retail...
The two most powerful forces shaping the future of retail payments have nothing to...
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OmnicommerceMaking Sense Of The New Omnichannel Experience
As far as buzzwords go, one must tip their hat to the enduring power...
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RetailKiosks Flourish In International Markets
Kiosks are gaining more power in retail, especially as it becomes ever more obvious...
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RetailHow Neighborhood Goods Is Breathing New Life Into The Department...
For physical retail, and department stores in particular, it’s both the best of times...
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RetailAlibaba Bids For Metro Brick-And-Mortar Stores In China
One of the hottest battlegrounds in eCommerce these days — and that includes global,...
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eCommerceFresh Holiday eCommerce Data: Another Nail In Physical Retail’s Coffin?
Online retail and mobile commerce had their shining moments over the 2018 holiday shopping...
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Today In DataToday In Data: The Global Digital Commerce Reset
With the new year now up and running, it’s becoming obvious that a few...
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RetailMystore-E And An AI Assistant For Physical Retail
Creating the correctly personalized in-store experience is much easier said than done in most...
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Payment MethodsWhy The Physical Store Model Is Dead
It looks like we can finally have a serious conversation about the impending collapse...
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Payment MethodsWhy QSRs Like Amazon Pay
Quick-service restaurant (QSR) managers are a conservative bunch when it comes to payments, new...
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Mobile CommerceWhat Black Friday Tells Us About The Future Of Retail
The verdict is in. Black Friday was a boon for online retail. Nostalgia still...
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RetailWhy Sam’s Club Expanded Its Instacart Footprint
A recent deal that expands Instacart’s same-day grocery delivery for Sam’s Club members stands...
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Alternative FinancesHow Affirm Wants To Push 'Honest Financing' Into Physical Retail
Despite the nearly continuous drumbeat of doom and gloom from the world of physical...
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MatchmakersJOOR CEO: Why Digital Wholesale Ordering Is Fashion’s Latest Trend
What’s more fashionable than efficiency? Yet, until recently, it wasn’t a trend the luxury...
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RetailCanada Goose Outerwear Company Is Flying High
The Canada Goose is migrating. Canada Goose Holdings Inc., a premium outerwear brand known...
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MatchmakersAppear Here And How Brands Can Rethink Physical Retail
“We want to saturate the cities we are in, in terms of number of...
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The Not-So-Sweet Smell Of Brick-And-Mortar
With physical retail taking a hit in so many areas from eCommerce, some brick-and-mortar...
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The Mystery Of The Vanishing Retail Staff
Why employees of major retail chains are disappearing in large numbers isn’t the mystery...
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Brick-And-Mortar Vs. Brand Names
Online commerce has made it a heck of a lot harder than it once...
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Former Saks CEO Says It's Omnichannel Or Bust For Physical...
He may no longer be the Saks chairman and CEO, but Steve Sadove still...
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eBay's Retail Tech Patent Spree
Recent patent filings by online retailer, reseller and auction mega-site eBay have pundits guessing...
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Macy's CEO Says Death Of Physical Retail Exaggerated
Macy’s Chairman and CEO Terry Lundgren recently sat down with CNBC's "On the Money"...
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CoolServing This Generation’s 'Tweener'
Men between 20 and 30. Rising professionals. Refined sense of fashion. That’s this generation’s...
