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Saving Main Street From Its Downward Pandemic Spiral

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It’s why recommendations are consistently ranked by consumers as one of the most important features a merchant can offer an online shopper, why merchants gladly oblige and why brands strive to make products that are consistently ranked high by consumers. Saving Main Street. Even more of them are closing.

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Retail Pulse: Nike Opens Atlanta SNKRS Pop-Up; FAO Schwarz Plans London Store

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Big brands are opening pop-up shops chock full of digital commerce technology and experiences for fans, and Nike is no exception. Items available for sale will range from the Air Force 1 drops to The Ten Collection — items that Nike said in an online post are “specific to Atlanta’s vibe.” In Other Brick-And-Mortar News.

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Protein Bar And Kitchen Customers Earn Loyalty Points No Matter How They Pay

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The new app is powered by LevelUp , a mobile payments platform created by Boston startup SCVNGR and the force behind PYMNTS’ mobile order-ahead tracker. We’re a dietary-sensitive brand,” said Rettker. Our online ordering really makes that easy for the guest to make sure they’re getting exactly what they want.”.

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Uber Of X: Paintzen, On-Demand Home Painting

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Based in New York, the business is now in seven other cities — Boston, Washington, D.C., So we founded a marketplace for home cleaning called MyClean in 2009. You go online and give us really simple information about your home. Chicago, Dallas, Portland, Los Angeles and San Francisco — and growing to more. Got a good story?

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Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

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Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then. Additionally, many of these physical retailers have lost the cache they once had as new direct-to-consumer brands with a hyper-focus on specific products have taken off.

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In Favor Of Delivery: The Growing Omnichannel Store-To-Door Ecosystem

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However, as smartphones ascended to ubiquity – and on-demand sharing services like Uber (launched in 2009) became the norm – new options began to emerge. Also, Mintel’s Foodservice Trends 2016 report found that 77 percent of Americans said they would use online food delivery services. That’s a hearty slice of the delivery pie.

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Surviving The Retail Apocalypse: The Technologies And Trends That Can Help Brick-And-Mortar Thrive Again

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E-commerce sales growth is pulling ahead of total retail sales ( 17% vs. 6% for year-over-year in Q4’17), and Amazon is controlling upwards of 40% of online sales in the US, according to the US Department of Commerce and Slice Intelligence, respectively. ” — Alistair Davidson, CFO, Ikea. Its membership fee revenue grew 12.6%

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