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Caesars Entertainment announced that it has reached an agreement to offer DraftKings , the leading sports-tech entertainment brand in the country, providing market access for its online gaming products. In New Jersey and Mississippi, DraftKings Sportsbook mobile and retail allows players to bet for major U.S.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

Online mattress firm Casper appears to be the latest startup taking the brick-and-mortar plunge and launching 15 pop-up shop locations nationwide, according to reports from retail news source Chain Store Age. The first stop on the retail tour was Ponce City Market in Atlanta, Georgia, the Wednesday (Oct.

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Women’s clothing retailer Christopher & Banks Corporation has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, according to a Thursday (Jan. Moreover, the retailer foresees shuttering many of its physical retail locations, or potentially each of them.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

Online furniture retailers are stepping further into the world of physical retail with permanent brick-and-mortar stores. The new location comes with a digital innovation, the Wayfair Home Bar, which helps customers visualize how Wayfair’s products fit into a room. “For In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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JUNE 23, 2016

Adore Me , the online lingerie retailer that sells monthly subscriptions to bra and panty sets, recently announced that it will be selling its products in five Nordstrom stores in California, Colorado, New Jersey and Washington state. It’s not a shift in strategy, our DNA remains online,” Klapka said.

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JULY 31, 2020

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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DECEMBER 30, 2019

That Amazon is a widely lionized yet simultaneously imitated force in retail is not surprising. Ever since Amazon introduced a one-click checkout, a loyalty program that people willingly paid for, two-day shipping that has compressed to same-day delivery, attempts at reinventing retail by everyone in it have been never ending.

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JUNE 15, 2018

It’s been a week of experimentation in retail, with many big names opening new types of stores to — as the saying goes — see what sticks. It seems more likely that these brands will uncover their key rather than some universal master retail key that can solve the brick-and-mortar challenge across the board.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Which brands will blow it? Will Tom Brady turn in his jersey after the game for an AARP card and hit the celebrity golf circuit? For payments and commerce , there’s another uncertainty that hangs in the air: Will legal online sports betting keep going forward, despite a recent decision by the U.S. Gambling Landscape.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

The Vitamin Shoppe, a nutrition product retailer, has teamed up with LA Fitness to open shops inside the fitness centers, according to a release. So far, the health retailer has opened nine locations inside LA Fitness chains. The company has 700 retail locations around the U.S.,

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JANUARY 27, 2020

The Vitamin Shoppe, a nutrition product retailer, has teamed up with LA Fitness to open shops inside the fitness centers, according to a release. So far, the health retailer has opened nine locations inside LA Fitness chains. The company has 700 retail locations around the U.S.,

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AUGUST 9, 2019

Outdoor apparel retailers are reinventing their brick-and-mortar spaces to connect with customers by making stores into destinations that offer experiences. In the updated retail space, the company said, customers will “immediately feel The North Face heritage and experience the brand’s values.”

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OCTOBER 7, 2018

Deliverr has ten warehouses in states including Texas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New Jersey. Deliverr said it will use the funding to grow its team and ink more partnerships with more online retailers. The report noted that the startup keeps its packaging brand neutral so that any marketplace can use its services.

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MARCH 8, 2019

Amid growth in its eCommerce sales and online selections, Costco Wholesale Corporation beat analysts’ estimates for earnings , but fell short on top-line revenues for the second quarter. He also noted the company plans to offer the first of several Sony-branded products. The warehouse chain reported revenues of $35.4 billion and $1.69

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The Century 21 brand provides a trusted destination for name brand apparel, accessories, home goods and more,” Hilco Streambank Executive Vice President David Peress said in the announcement. Offers to buy the retailer’s intellectual property assets have to be in by Nov. 16, and an auction is scheduled for Nov.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

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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APRIL 5, 2018

retailers (or any foreign players) to establish a strong presence in the Chinese market. Meanwhile, although many products around the world bear the “Made in China” stamp, that doesn’t necessarily mean Chinese brands have had an easy time setting up shop away from home. Historically speaking, it has not been easy for U.S. Sam Edelman.

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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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JULY 2, 2020

On both sides of the Atlantic, the news was nothing short of devastating for icons like the U.K.’s a veritable “who’s who” of retailing legends, including Macy’s, Nordstrom, JCPenney and Sears. Industry observers woke Wednesday morning (July 1) to the news that John Lewis, the U.K.’s Not every bit of news has been as tragic.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Long live physical retail. That’s the thought one gets when reading news via Bloomberg , which reported “when shoppers visit the long-awaited American Dream mega-mall in New Jersey this spring, they can expect to see it crammed with stores, restaurants and entertainment activities.”. Overall retail sales from Nov.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Reports from Seattle and California say the company is adding a new format and expanding beyond its Amazon Go and Whole Foods brands. Although Amazon hasn’t commented, the strategy seems to be aimed at getting Amazon aligned with a more mass market customer segment than its other retail brands. billion in 2019.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

After testing out pop-up shops last year, digital furniture retailer Wayfair plans to open the doors to an outlet store in Kentucky. As it stands, Appriss Retail data indicates that merchandise returns have led to $351 billion in lost sales.

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

Embattled toy and game retailer Toys R Us may close 100 U.S. Store sales for the Wayne, New Jersey-based firm have declined 15 percent this holiday shopping season compared to last, and the number of brick-and-mortar toy stores shuttering after the holidays could reach as high as 200. “Any Toys R Us received a $3.1

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

cities this year, with big brands testing retail concepts “in real life” with temporary spaces. And, in some cases, brick-and-mortar retailers brought these concepts to their sales floors with their own takes on pop-up shops. Big Brands Turn To Pop-Ups. Pop-up shops welcomed consumers in malls and major U.S.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Deserve offers credit cards to nontraditional consumers and sells its cloud-based platform to companies wanting to launch their own branded cards. In October , Deserve partnered with the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to offer a branded card to its student body and alumni. “We

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Online sales were up 108 percent during the quarter. In late October , Cincinnati-based Kroger announced its “Restock Kroger” program — which aims to improve shipping, distribution and the links between its online and offline businesses — would be a major boost for shareholders. Meijer Signs On With Instacart. 3) press release.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

In a refrain that ought to sound a bit familiar to anyone who has looked at the reasons the poor pay more for financial services, the reasons the poor pay more for food and other retail goods are complex and widely argued about. SNAP online . Is there any way out of that? A problem it is hoping the digital age can help it address.

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AUGUST 16, 2018

Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers are rolling out omnichannel options. To that end, Home Depot has been installing lockers in many of its locations to allow customers who place online orders to easily pick up their merchandise at the store. Seven in ten — or 70 percent — of consumers have purchased packaged goods online.

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MAY 25, 2017

Other tenants in the retail space include Whole Foods Market, Coach, Michael Kors and pricey restaurants Per Se and Masa, noted the report. Amazon will also sell its devices in the store, including the Echo, Fire tablets, gift items and AmazonBasic branded products, such as cables and batteries.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

The brick-and-mortar experience of Toys“R”Us most millennials remember from childhood — with its massive supply and aisles upon aisles of toys — is looking likely to become a relic of a bygone era in retail. The selection at Walmart and Target is not as big.”.

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MARCH 6, 2018

His concept would become Spirit Halloween Superstores , which he later sold to New Jersey-based Spencer Gifts. Everyone sells Halloween costumes, from Walgreens to Walmart , but among the specialty retailers, they’ve been winning share.”. There’s so much creative stuff going on with new ideas and new concepts.”.

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APRIL 15, 2019

To help build customer loyalty, eCommerce and brick-and-mortar retailers have a myriad of tools on hand: Cashiers can sign customers up for loyalty cards at brick-and-mortar stores, and eCommerce sites can send customers special offers and coupons by email. We love shrinking down, and bringing the design and technology a whole new flavor.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

Earlier this month, Wayfair announced that it is opening two pop-up shops at the beginning of November: One of the stores will be located at the Natick Mall in Massachusetts and the other will be at the Westfield Garden State Plaza in New Jersey. “We

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MARCH 11, 2019

Amazon’s expansion into physical commerce was a similarly non-linear progression: news that the retail giant was expanding its grocery efforts beyond Whole Foods came right before the firm announced plans to scale back its pop-up shops. A similar law recently passed in New Jersey, and it seems New York is on the way to following suit.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Nonessential retail is highly dependent – in some cases, completely dependent – on eCommerce during the COVID-19 crisis. Some states, such as New Jersey and New York, have granted distribution centers “essential” status, so they can remain open. And eCommerce success is dependent upon shipping.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

In October, the company had to lay off about 6 percent of its workforce, while in November, it admitted that its new fulfillment center in Linden, New Jersey was hurting its profits. The company has an $8 billion addressable market, and that number will only grow as more consumers turn to online grocery ordering.

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JUNE 15, 2016

The retailer announced yesterday (June 14) that they will be buying home furnishing seller One Kings Lane. The deal allows the business based in Union, New Jersey, to further push their corporate pivot toward the furniture and decorations category. The firm’s design studios were housed in San Francisco and New York.

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