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Visa Sees the Cloud as Cornerstone of Retail’s Digital Transformation

Visa Sees the Cloud as Cornerstone of Retail’s Digital Transformation
Visa Sees the Cloud as Cornerstone of Retail’s Digital Transformation
January 20, 2022  |  Retail

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Target Launches First Brand-Owned Organization System With Brightroom
Target Launches First Brand-Owned Organization System With Brightroom
January 06, 2022  |  Retail

General merchandise chain Target, the eighth largest retailer in the U.S., is rolling out its first brand-owned organization system called Brightroom, intended to offer affordable...

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Bain Said to Eye Takeover of Boots UK From Walgreens
Bain Said to Eye Takeover of Boots UK From Walgreens
January 02, 2022  |  Retail

Walgreens Boots Alliance might be looking to sell its Boots pharmacies in the U.K., with private equity firms likely being the recipients, a Saturday (Jan....

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Consumers Returning to In-Store Shopping Drives up Costco Earnings
Consumers Returning to In-Store Shopping Drives up Costco Earnings
December 09, 2021  |  Earnings

Retail chain Costco’s quarterly results for Q1 2022, released Thursday (Dec. 9), were better than initially expected, with quarterly revenue rising 16.6% in the quarter...

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Malls Face Foot Traffic Exodus, and Footprint Revamp, as Big-Box Firms Gain Ground
Malls Face Foot Traffic Exodus, and Footprint Revamp, as Big-Box Firms Gain Ground
December 09, 2021  |  Retail

The latest spate of earnings reports, across the retail sector, and across the payments space (are there any companies left to report?!) all show variations...

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Today in Retail: Farfetch CEO Talks Reinventing Luxury Retail; Commerce Gets More Social
Today in Retail: Farfetch CEO Talks Reinventing Luxury Retail; Commerce Gets More Social
November 19, 2021  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, Farfetch CEO José Neves told analysts on a conference call that next year will be a critical moment for the...

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TikTok Fueling ‘Reading Renaissance,’ Increased Sales of Physical Books
TikTok Fueling ‘Reading Renaissance,’ Increased Sales of Physical Books
October 26, 2021  |  Retail

In June 2020, national book retailer Barnes & Noble started seeing surges in sales of certain trade paperbacks and couldn’t figure out why — until...

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New Study Finds Self-Service Checkout Options Gaining Favor Across Demographic Groups
New Study Finds Self-Service Checkout Options Gaining Favor Across Demographic Groups
September 23, 2021  |  Retail

Anyone who’s gone into a grocery store in the past year — as most grocery shoppers have — has no doubt noticed more and more people...

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80% of Consumers Interested in Self-Service Checkout, Two-Thirds Prefer It
80% of Consumers Interested in Self-Service Checkout, Two-Thirds Prefer It
September 14, 2021  |  Retail

As commerce skews ever digital, as we all get ever more used to doing things on our devices (by ourselves), the interest in trying something...

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