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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are taking small-format, inventory-free locations to big cities: Nordstrom , for instance, is bringing its Nordstrom Local concept to the Big Apple. One store opened in New York City’s Upper East Side, while another is set to come to the West Village later in September.

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AUGUST 1, 2016

It’s also, arguably, the heart of New York City’s economy and the City That Never Sleep’s greatest tourist attraction. out of every dollar spent by visitors to New York City is spent in Times Square. out of every dollar spent by visitors to New York City is spent in Times Square.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Magazines have been testing the waters of brick-and-mortar retail by opening temporary stores in major cities, and New York Magazine is no exception. They will include home goods and skin care products, among others, from brands such as home goods company East Fork and luxury bedding company Parachute.

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JANUARY 4, 2019

Digitally native retailers are opening stores to bring their virtual experiences into the real world, and Zola is one of the latest merchants to test out the brick-and-mortar waters. The wedding retailer opened a store in New York City’s Flatiron District that is billed as a “one-stop-shop for wedding planning.”.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

billion in financing, a big vote of investor confidence for the toy and game retail brand which had recently declared bankruptcy. With the newly invested funds in place, it seems there will be a Christmas this year at the nation’s largest specialty retailer of toys and games for children.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

We’ve listened to our community and their requests for different payment options – more and more retailers are offering this as an option. Beautycounter has retail stores in New York City and Denver, eCommerce capabilities and approximately 45,000 sales consultants across North America.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Matt Taylor, co-founder and CEO of running apparel brand Tracksmith has found himself and his company a little slice of Boston’s running history. Taylor said marketing activities reflect his current scale as a small D2C brand. So Tracksmith was born and now thrives as a D2C brand. Yes, we will draw a crowd at the store.

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JULY 1, 2016

The accepted wisdom of the current retail reality is that no formerly brick-and-mortar brand can operate in a vacuum from the destabilizing effects of online sales. It would seem as if the cosmetics industry has found a corner of the retail market that Amazon can’t touch – though it’s not for lack of trying.

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MAY 18, 2017

Short-term retail rental startup Appear Here , a company whose marketplace was built to serve the growing ‘pop-up’ trend in retail, just recently raised some $12 million in a Series B venture funding round. as well as internationally, breaking into Paris and more recently New York City.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

In a recent trend, eCommerce mattress brands have been moving into the world of brick-and-mortar retail by opening their own stores and pop-up shops to help let customers test-drive their products in real life. And, in the same year, Casper decided to open its first brick-and-mortar store in New York City.

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MARCH 23, 2016

While the eCommerce giant has managed to narrow this window to one or two days, an unlikely brand is saying that it should take no longer than an hour. “One- or two-day shipping is no longer an option; we are creating entirely new customer expectations.”

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JANUARY 18, 2017

New York City-based subscription model and B2C eCommerce enabler startup OrderGroove recently raised $20 million in a Series C venture funding round led by National Securities Corporation. OrderGroove has yet to disclose its valuation for this current round.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

The online and mobile food ordering and delivery marketplace, as well as its Seamless brand, will be the national delivery partner of Shake Shack, with direct-to-POS integration for order submission as well as menu syncing, the burger chain said in an announcement.

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JULY 27, 2018

All of the items in a Five Below are $5 or less (hence the name), and the customers it draws in are those looking to spare their budget, but still purchase items of a certain branded quality. are just some of the tony new stores that Five Below will share the street with, and the move has left many market watchers scratching their heads.

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AUGUST 1, 2019

With upgrades to its mobile app and new product offerings, Dunkin’ Brands grew its digital and delivery platforms while rolling out menu innovations with broader customer appeal in the second quarter. The quick-service restaurant (QSR) brand added 46 net new Dunkin’ locations in the U.S., Dunkin ’s U.S.

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JUNE 4, 2016

Today, in McLean, Virginia, guests of the local Hilton can have their questions answered 24/7, 365 days a year by what is likely the world’s first robot concierge, Connie (named for Conrad Hilton, the patriarch of the Hilton brand), which is powered by IBM’s Watson AI. Some believe the rest of the nation should be following that example.

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JULY 22, 2019

Much of the excitement surrounding automated retail — aka cashierless retail — has been driven by Amazon Go, but the enthusiasm for “just-walk-out” technology has been tempered by the stores’ limited locations. The next wave of automated retail might be heralded by U.K.-based New Developments. Retailers vs. Customers.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

We are strong believers that the future of grocery retail involves getting customers the best quality food, exactly when they want it, with the best customer service. Under the terms of the deal, FreshDirect will keep its brand name, be supervised by a seven-member board and continue its independent operations in New York City.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

Food trucks have been around since the 1970s, when taco trucks began making the rounds in New York City, but didn’t become a national sensation until 2008 when two events coincided in such a way as to make a long extant — but largely niche — subsegment of the restaurant game into a mass market phenomenon.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Thanks to The North Face and its new immersive, experience-centered stores, the rugged and outdoorsy now have a chance to get out and get active — from the safety of New York City’s downtown. So, how to get immersed in nature in the nation’s most urban area?

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs), fast casual eateries and fast-food drive-thrus keep dominating headlines throughout the pandemic as a nation is understandably obsessed with staying fed on lockdown and after, when breathing the open air still feels oddly risky. In New York City, still considered the epicenter of COVID infection in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

A common problem tends to crop up when it’s time to move: perfectly good furniture and home decor won’t fit a new space. And so, Brown decided to build one — originally out of her Upper West Side apartment in New York City in the early days of the business, when she was establishing a proof of concept.

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JULY 30, 2018

Blue Apron opened up an experiential pop-up retail location in New York City, which featured cooking classes and celebrity chefs. Last month, Blue Apron hired a new chief supply officer to help the company figure out the most efficient way to get its omnichannel distribution strategy together.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The company processed more than 20 million on-the-go orders in Q4, which Dunkin’ Brands CEO Dave Hoffmann said in a recent call with analysts is “a new milestone for us.” Showcase Ads, another offering, enables national brands to highlight new menu items, seasonal offers and temporary promotions. through Yelp ads.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

While drive-thrus can be a source of retail innovation , traditional operations aren’t what they used to be. According to a new study , customers spent an average of 255 seconds from speaker to order window in 2019, about 20 seconds longer than in 2018. and Canada, allying itself with other brands and services.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

Instead of trying to sell their product to consumers writ large, they focused their recruitment efforts on independent coffee shops and baristas, believing that with the right brand ambassadors, they could convert consumers to the wonders of oat milk. “It in 2016, with a handful of high-end New York City coffee shops offering its product.

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MAY 4, 2019

Digital innovation is keeping brands competitive — but really standing out requires an additional level of outside-the-box thinking. They’re a limited edition and are only available in Austin, Seattle, Miami, Los Angeles and New York City. Really outside the box, as it turns out.

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APRIL 19, 2019

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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MAY 24, 2019

While Amazon’s search of a new HQ location at some point became like a national edition of “The Bachelor” where only U.S. cities could compete, Walmart’s construction of a new HQ in Bentonville Arkansas has been a comparatively quiet affair. ” If passed, the measure would require the retailer to consider its 1.5

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APRIL 24, 2018

Research BRIEFING: Surviving the Retail Apocalypse. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. And that’s just since February. However, this isn’t the whole story.

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MAY 11, 2018

There were problems in the $7 billion industry — markups could go as high as 100 percent because the playing field was dominated by a handful of highly consolidated manufacturers and retailers. We’re looking forward to exploring the future together,” Target noted of its new relationship with the company.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

National Geographic says that the first Thanksgiving was not a thanksgiving at all, but simply a celebration of the pilgrims’ first successful harvest. The settlers feasted for three days straight with the Wampanoag tribe that helped them learn how to bring forth bounty from the rocky New England soil. Making It a Holiday at All.

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JUNE 4, 2019

GET the 54-page retail TRENDS report. Download the free report to learn about the biggest emerging trends in retail and strategies to watch for 2019. Fueled by social media, consumers want to get a hold of the latest trends as quickly as possible, and retailers must rapidly increase production to meet demand.

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MARCH 11, 2017

New York City Mayor Bill DiBlasio allowed himself to be seen in public eating a piece of pizza with a fork and knife — and caused an outrage among his constituents. Domino’s is already a recognized industry leader in digital innovation,” said Robert Schwarz, managing director for Nuance Enterprise in Australia and New Zealand.

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JULY 17, 2018

New restaurant concepts are redefining how we think about food, pushing established brands to reinvent themselves, spurring entrepreneurs to be creative with visual platforms like Instagram and recipes like pea-based protein, and paving a new way forward for the idea of casual dining itself. That’s not a new development.

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MARCH 6, 2019

A healthy culture of dissent may have helped the company focus on its product issues before they became a national scandal, but workers who raised red flags were ignored and, if they persisted, asked to leave the company. Three months later, Amazon contributed to a $50M funding round earmarked for promoting the Pets.com brand.

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JUNE 17, 2020

Retail: Shopping goes even more online as grocery joins the e-commerce revolution. Meanwhile, brands that were already virtual-first have seen dramatic increases in adoption during the crisis. Sales of the interactive at-home fitness brand Mirror doubled in the weeks following Covid-19’s arrival in the US. 3D printing.

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