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Retail Pulse: Amazon Grows 4-Star Footprint; Forever 21 Files For Bankruptcy

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Online retailers are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints – and using feedback from eCommerce customers to inform the selections in their new stores. A data team from the eCommerce retailer determines what is sold at the locations, Amazon Physical Stores Director Drew Sheriff told MetroWest Daily News.

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Dollar General Introduces 'popshelf' Store Concept

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As an extension of its non-consumables strategic plan, Dollar General has unveiled its new popshelf retail store concept. Plans are in place to have roughly 30 locations in different markets before the conclusion of fiscal year 2021. In separate news, ALDI plans to open more than 70 new stores by the end of 2020.

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NEW REPORT: Hibbett Sports (Finally) Steps Up To The eCommerce Plate

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But while most merchants are embracing omnichannel strategies as the market continues to evolve, some established retailers are still looking to get the eCommerce ball rolling, dot-com-style. In 2017, are such belated efforts too little too late? About The Tracker.

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How Food Delivery Platforms Can Move Beyond Big City Takeout

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But he realized that there was something lacking in small markets like his at the time — big food delivery players such as Grubhub. Then he moved to another smaller market — Lake Charles, Louisiana — and realized there was a potential for food delivery outside big cities. In all, he identified 422 cities as potential markets.

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Will Finally Going Online Be An eField Of Dreams For Hibbett Sports?

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Despite years of revenue reports indicating that online stores had become vital lifelines for retailers in every segment from furniture to fashion — accounting for more than 10 percent of retail purchases, and bringing in more than $105 billion in the first quarter of 2017 alone — some businesses have resisted selling their inventory online.

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TGI Fridays, Fast Casual Food To Cater To Millennial Expectations

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Whole Foods and other retailers capitalizing on the at-home health food craze were able to get out in front of millennial eating trends — or, at least, start riding at the crest of the wave. Look no further than TGI Fridays’ experimental store redesign for a new location in Corpus Christi, Texas, that opened on Monday (March 7).

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The Whole Paycheck Tracker: Bringing SNAP Recipients Into The Digital Fold

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The big news of the week, the USDA’s decision to start officially moving forward with digital ordering and delivery capacity for 38 million or so Americans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ), hit both retailers, as they are two-thirds of the grocery participants in the initial New York-based pilot round.

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