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Pop Up Grocer Checks All The Pandemic Retail Boxes

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As retailers contend with the continuing COVID-19 crisis and the inevitable resettling of the business, one of the most popular pieces of advice has been to reformat existing stores. After launching 10-day and month-long installments in NYC’s Soho last year, Pop Up Grocer opened in Los Angeles in February.

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How Digital Innovators Capitalize On Subscription Businesses

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To serve a wide range of consumers in the digital age, innovators are rolling out subscription offerings ranging from news content to gaming. With subscriptions gaining ground in areas such as digital media and gaming, according to the PYMNTS Subscription Commerce Tracker , telecom firms are capitalizing on the popularity of these offerings.

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When QSRs Think Really Outside The Box In The Innovation Race

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The realm of quick service restaurants (QSRs) is and actually always has been a pretty innovative space. In the modern digital era of QSR, it is almost impossible not to mention Starbucks and its myriad contributions to innovation — including the first really successful launch of a mobile wallet product in the U.S.

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Facebook To Open Small Biz Pop-Up Concept In Select Macy’s

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The move will bring 100 popular small businesses and digital brands on Facebook and Instagram into retail stores — just in time for the holiday shopping season. And the retailer is flexible on timing: brands can stay for as short a time period as a month. Compared to traditional pop-up stores, Macy’s own staff services the brands.

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Wall Street Woes Take The Retailer’s Eye Off The Customer

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And several of them are affecting the retail industry. And judging from the continuing proliferation of videos on social media, the ability for retailers to enforce even the minimum safety standards of mask-wearing is risky business for employees. That line of thinking also leads to the counter-currents of retailing.

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Digital Spaces As Virtual Makeup Studios, Augmented Reality Style

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To help improve the retail shopping and shipping experience, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) is catching on with big-box retailers in the U.S. AR could be on the cusp of having its moment, as a large brick-and-mortar retailer has fresh plans to appeal to shoppers willing to test out the technology.

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What Evine’s Surprisingly Dramatic Journey Means For The Future Of Home Shopping

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Its areas of focus include cable TV, telecom and retail, and many analysts have said STARTEK is exactly the type of firm a player planning to go into cable home shopping might buy. It has been a fairly dramatic piece of the retail landscape for the last few years — albeit a quiet one. real estate. Evine is getting ready to expand.