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Another major step in the Home Depot 2014 breach case has been settled. But the retailer did not provide any forecast about just how widespread the breach scope could reach at that time. The malware was believed to have been present between April and September 2014. Home Depot also agreed to pay $6.5

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18) it will be exiting from its retail business to focus on becoming a technology and industrial company. The company has decided to completely withdraw from consumer retail, according to published reports. Adayroi was founded in 2014 to compete in the e-commerce space and for the company to remain competitive in retail.

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JUNE 25, 2020

But realistically, she sells adventure with every one of her aviator watches, which actually got their start back in 2014 when she appeared on Shark Tank. Current sales are split at 70 percent through the Abingdon site and 30 percent via retail partners that include Amazon and the AAFES , which is the Armed Forces’ retail network.

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MARCH 12, 2020

Quick: Who’s the biggest retailer in the U.S.? In terms of sheer size and locations, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is the biggest retailer in the country, with 31,000 locations covering pretty much every town. Now, a new report is asking a good question: What if the post office expanded its retail offerings?

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JULY 5, 2020

Federal workers, through partnerships with several online retailers, will now be able to purchase equipment like desks or office supplies through an eCommerce network for the first time, The Washington Post reports. Leaders at Overstock said the new GSA initiative would help them with their retail operation.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Overstock is gearing up to sell its retail business, with a deal taking place in the next few months as it focuses solely on its blockchain initiatives. Overstock has previously announced plans to sell the retail business so that it can focus on blockchain technology. The unit has been burning cash since launching in 2014, noted CNBC.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

It looks like we can finally have a serious conversation about the impending collapse of physical retail in the U.S. All it took was a 160-year old retailer and a $34 billion kick in the stomach to the retail sector to get everyone’s attention. retailer, Sears, which found itself standing at Chapter 7’s front door.

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MARCH 11, 2019

With a rise in discretionary spending and building materials purchasing, retail sales in the U.S. At the same time, however, it was noted that retail sales fell by 1.6 During the month, mail-order and online retail sales notched their largest gain as of December 2017 at 2.6 increased by 0.2 percent in January.

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JULY 22, 2019

Retailers are feeling the heat from high rent costs. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal , while commercial retail rents are down, rent costs still remain higher than prerecession levels in many prime shopping areas, including Manhattan, Los Angeles and Dallas. The retailer fought the rent increase but lost.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Apple announced that its retail chief, Angela Ahrendts, is stepping down, while Deirdre O’Brien is taking on an expanded role as senior vice president of Retail + People. She joined the company in 2014 from Burberry Group, and was in charge of revamping Apple’s stores and boosting employee morale.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2019

In a season where tradition is key, retailers are setting new ones with the help of emerging products and services on this Black Friday. You may have missed our coverage of a few of the retail innovators that are summed up below, arranged in no particular order, or perhaps you’ll want to revisit them anew.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

retail ecosystem are showing results. This is the first time since the company’s 2014 launch that its U.S. Afterpay’s efforts to embed itself in the U.S. The point-of-sale lender announced this week it has more U.S. customers than customers in New Zealand and in Australia, where it is headquartered.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Retail furniture giant Ikea’s recent acquisition of handyman site TaskRabbit shows that it’s aware of competition from other online-only furniture retailers, and their push of services like installation and delivery, according to a report by Reuters. percent in 2014 and much lower than its share in Germany, at 12 percent.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

Subscription commerce is attractive to entertainment platforms as well as retail businesses because it locks in revenue streams, and customer data can help with planning and forecasting. Subscription commerce isn’t immune to the retail data breaches that have become widespread, though it does have different payment issues.

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APRIL 10, 2020

Fruit Street – a virtual one-stop-shop specializing in digital diabetes diagnosis and treatment – has partnered with vegetarian meal kit purveyor Purple Carrot to add a retail angle to its health advisory service. In fact, the $17 million raised by the company since its founding in 2014 has come strictly from those physicians, not VC funding.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

In its third-quarter earnings release, the upscale retailer said it will be making a number of operational changes moving forward. Nordstrom acquired the business in 2014. Announcing that it is taking a $197 million write-down on Trunk Club, Nordstrom reps said future growth and profitability are lower than initial estimates.

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JUNE 19, 2019

The connected vehicle ecosystem is taking shape, and that brings new opportunities to retail. Some of the latest developments from the retail side of the ecosystem come from the world of QSRs. Domino’s had already enabled in-car ordering with Ford’s Sync AppLink back in 2014.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Close the door and buckle up – retail automotive sales are getting an upgrade. million vehicles were purchased in 2014. Jonathan Smoke, chief economist of Cox Automotive, cited high non-housing debt, diminished retail spending and rising defaults as concerns. Some of the changes are coming via artificial intelligence (AI).

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JUNE 21, 2019

These hubs for travel retail, which are providing an audience of on-the-go travelers as U.S. However, the company’s luxury unit is continually on the uptick — and travel retail is said to be partly responsible. The New York City Soho men’s store, which opened in 2014, was consolidated into a nearby larger format location.

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JULY 25, 2019

Recent days have brought new evidence of the importance of robust loyalty and rewards problems in retail, an areas of ongoing innovation, and a way for merchants of all types to stand apart in a fiercely competitive industry. Retail Card Programs. The move adds to Trax’s stable of retail tech.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is feeling pressure as many small retailers and traders — a key bloc for his reelection hopes — view his recent curbs on eCommerce as not doing enough for them, according to a report by Reuters. That group, comprising of about 25 million small business owners, mostly supported Modi in 2014.

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JUNE 13, 2018

Amazon is replacing some of its retail veterans with software that predicts what shoppers want and how much merchants should charge for it. The shift to automating retail team jobs started several years ago with an initiative called “hands off the wheel.”

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AUGUST 10, 2016

Supermarket chains dominated a list of hottest retailers in 2015, according to information released by the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) STORES magazine. The NRF released its annual list of Hot 100 Retailers on Aug. domestic sales with sales of at least $300 million based on figures compiled by Kantar Retail.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

Listen closely to recent news — including news coming out of the ongoing NRF retail show in New York City — and you’ll hear ample talk about omnichannel commerce. It became clear that we shared the same vision of how technology can improve local retail businesses. “It The acquisition comes amid increasing focus on omnichannel retail.

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JUNE 7, 2019

Single consumers are a force of nature as well when it comes to retail. Single people, often neglected by many retailers – at least based on complaints and stereotypes found online – seem to be getting fresh attention in this era of online and mobile shopping, and shopping clubs. Take Costco, for instance. Singles’ Day.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

retail ecosystem are showing results. This is the first time since the company’s 2014 launch that its U.S. Afterpay’s efforts to embed itself in the U.S. The point-of-sale lender announced this week it has more U.S. customers than customers in New Zealand and in Australia, where it is headquartered.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

These are the top stories in retail for Tuesday (Nov. Founded in 2014, SA Company has evolved with the pandemic and is on its way to getting a capital investment and operational expertise from one of its venture capital and marketing partners, TZP Group. Wayfair, Home Furnishings Sector Looks Past COVID Winter.

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MAY 24, 2016

American retailers are showing a voracious appetite for global real estate expansion as they build their footprint overseas. The rapid expansion has a hit a new high with American retailers opening more stores abroad than retailers from any other country, findings from a new CBRE report say. The closest competitor to the U.S.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

This holiday season, consumers are boosting their expectations when it comes to their eCommerce retail. Cloud-based operations solution provider Voxware released consumer survey data that points to the increased standards consumers are holding online retailers to during the 2016 holiday shopping season. percent in 2014.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers, as well as online merchants, are offering consumers all sorts of products and services through the subscription business model, from movies to tea. And retailers are offering innovative subscriptions for all sorts of products. per month.

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JUNE 19, 2019

The connected vehicle ecosystem is taking shape, and that is bring new opportunities to retail. Among the latest developments from the retail side of the ecosystem comes from the world of QSRs. Domino’s had already enabled in-car ordering with Ford’s Sync AppLink back in 2014.

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MAY 16, 2016

The retail sector in the region grew by 209 percent from $4.4 billion in 2014, more than tripling in fewer than five years. Others, including the Confederation of Indian Industry and reporting firm Deloitte, predict the online retail sector in India will reach $1 trillion by 2020. billion in 2010 to $13.6

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MARCH 7, 2018

To help merchants and other service providers convert more consumers at the point of sale, LendingPoint has unveiled LendingPoint Merchant Solutions, a platform that will provide fully integrated one-stop retail financing, the company said in an announcement.

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APRIL 3, 2018

Retail giant Walmart announced today the launch of a global money transfer service called Walmart2World. based money transfer service, it launched in 2014, where customers could transfer money at lower fees. The Walmart2World service is extension of its U.S.-based

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MAY 29, 2020

Both Walmart and Amazon made some big add-ons and/or acquisitions this week as they attempt to widen their sphere of retail influence in a post-pandemic world. They can also get free shipping from Walmart with a minimum $35 order and make returns at retail locations. The retailer had been negotiating with ThredUp for about a year.

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MARCH 8, 2016

When it comes to gender parity at the highest echelon of retail companies, it appears that the mark is being missed in the U.K. As The Independent points out, a new study — the latest annual Retail CEO Tracker by recruitment firm Korn Ferry — shows that the number of female CEOs appointed to U.K.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Retail technology is undergoing big changes in the restaurant world, and that includes the drive-thru. The latest development in retail camera use comes from the drive-thru lanes of the fast-food industry, according to the Financial Times. Domino’s had already enabled in-car ordering with Ford’s Sync AppLink back in 2014.

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