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Retail Pulse: Floravere Opens NYC Store; Target Debuts Everspring Brand

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Direct-to-consumer wedding brands are opening stores in real life — and personalizing the customer experience within them through digital technology. At the same time, the brand seeks to create personalization through every one of its touchpoints. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News. percent and 1.0 percent, respectively.

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Digital Bespoke Platforms Can Provide Brands With Valuable Data

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To take on the dress shoe market, Echevarria decided to partner with a factory in England that produces shoes for top fashion brands and form his own brand, Blackstock & Weber. Additionally, through the platform, Blackstock & Weber will be able to manage data and see what people design. The Path Ahead.

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Report: ABG May Buy Bankrupt Ann Taylor Parent Firm Ascena

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Authentic Brands Group ( ABG ), the New York-based brand management company, could be the latest potential buyer of Ascena Retail Group , the recently bankrupt parent firm of Ann Taylor, Footwear News reported. The New Jersey-based company operates about 3,000 stores, mostly at malls.

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Megamalls Like Mall Of America And American Dream Face Mega Problems 

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One of Triple Five Group’s biggest creditors, Chicago-based investment manager Nuveen, told The Wall Street Journal this week that “we do not anticipate writing down the investment and believe the bond structure supports investor value.”. It has yet to reopen even though New Jersey state officials have cleared it to reopen.

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Bond Lands $15M To Enable Quick Delivery For eComm Firms

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The startup’s mission is to provide eCommerce companies with delivery and distribution center services — it has developed infrastructure and tech to let direct-to-consumer brands quickly deliver products, and more efficiently accept returns. In addition, Bond has begun opening physical locations around New York City.

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Reinventing Retail’s ‘Anchor Store’ For The Omnicommerce Age

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If that sounds easier said then done, it is, Chopp said, but something that his new retail concept, Anchor Shops , is attempting to do. Anchor Shops has a different model for the brands that are in its stores. From there, he noted, they hope to build an additional 12 stores in the Philadelphia and New Jersey region.

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Billtrust Taps Green Dot For New CFO

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. “I am pleased to join Billtrust’s leadership team and look forward to guiding Billtrust’s financial operations as they continue to transform the accounts receivables landscape for the world’s leading brands,” said Shifke. Billtrust was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.

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