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Smart Retailers Inspire Confidence Via Cleanliness

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The list of positive retail brand attributes goes on and on, but one new post-pandemic value has become more important than all the others: cleanliness. Fitting rooms have been strictly regulated or even shut down by some retailers. Red Roof isn’t far behind on the branding front with its program, RediClean.

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Economic Nexus Laws’ Unexpected Impacts On Restricted Substance Retailers

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These laws were meant to make online sellers face sales tax requirements similar to those for retailers with on-the-ground locations, putting both types of businesses on equal footing. Retailers in high-tax states have largely not been able to build themselves up or expand online beyond their local markets to the same extent, Rogers said. .

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Payless Pops-Up For The Holidays

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And New York is just the starting point — Payless is all-in on pop-ups this season, with locations planned for Whittier, California; Alpharetta, Georgia; Paramus, New Jersey; Limerick, Pennsylvania; Clarksburg, Maryland; Hagerstown, Maryland; Hickory, North Carolina; and El Paso, Texas. The trend holds for permanent retail locations, with 41.3

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NJ Online Gaming Revenue Set To Grow 66 Pct This Year

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Approximately 20 brands of online casinos are vying on a reportedly small field. In separate news, reports surfaced in September that mobile sports betting is quickly growing to a point where New Jersey is close to topping Las Vegas as the biggest market in the nation. Geofencing makes sure that mobile apps stay within each state.

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WEX Extends Fuel Card Contract With Sheetz

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announced a 10-year extension of its fleet fuel card contract with convenience chain retailer Sheetz, Inc., WEX supports the Private Label, Universal and Tri-Brand fleet cards available at Sheetz, which can be used to purchase gasoline at store locations. On Wednesday (Oct. 18), payment solutions company WEX, Inc., billion range.

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Is New Extreme Value Grocery Store Latest Biz Disruptor?

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The company also opened its first brick-and-mortar location, called Mill Street Merchants , in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, both as a way to expand its brand presence and to offer the solution of an affordable grocery store in a town not serviced by very many options. Mill Street Merchants opened in early July after John Gabriel Sr.,

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Shipping Inconsistencies Plague Nonessential eCommerce

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Nonessential retail is highly dependent – in some cases, completely dependent – on eCommerce during the COVID-19 crisis. For example, a Walmart distribution center in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania has been hit by nine COVID-19 infections so far, and workers have complained to local press. “As Therein lies a serious problem.