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MAY 24, 2018

Some landlords announced new deals for residential uses, while retailers and real estate owners in general seemed to be collaborating more closely to keep shopping centers alive. You don’t have to fill retail with retail anymore,” remarked Greg Maloney, head of JLL’s America retail business, at the event.

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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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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Fashion retailer Forever 21 revealed that it has suffered a data breach at some of its stores. According to news from Fortune , customer payment card information was compromised at certain point of sale devices in stores when the encryption on those devices was not operating.

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APRIL 26, 2019

Floravere Co-founder Denise Jin said in an announcement , “With our New York Flagship, we’ve created a retail experience that reflects how our bride actually shops: from IG to IRL. Beyond Floravere, other wedding retailers have opened up brick-and-mortar stores in New York City and its greater metropolitan area.

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APRIL 13, 2018

It was a record-breaking first quarter for retailers in the U.S. According to a report issued by Moody’s earlier this week, the retail sector managed to notch a record number of defaults during Q1 2013, with nine retailers defaulting on their debt. As a result of the series of retail fails, the default rate of high-risk U.S.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

29) that it has inked a long-term partnership with Fanatics, the sports fan brand that makes team and player merchandise and operates NFLShop.com, NBAStore.com and MLBShop.com. A few months back, Walmart inked a deal with Lord & Taylor in which the department store operator sells its apparel on Walmart.com.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Schools and universities will be allowed to continue to operate, but all bars and restaurants must close except for takeout and delivery. Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, expressed concern that the latest round of U.K. According to the study, bridge millennials engage in 14.1 How We Shop Now .

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APRIL 25, 2019

Most estimates for 2018 are around $900 million. These are particularly popular among Gen Zers, the up-and-coming generation that is starting to nudge millennials out of the headlines. These are particularly popular among Gen Zers, the up-and-coming generation that is starting to nudge millennials out of the headlines.

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DECEMBER 24, 2018

Text messaging, social media, Pinterest and memes have all been offered up as avatars of destruction — and the general consensus seems to be that the death of conversation is a direct result of the digital age and probably has something to do with millennials. The art of conversation is far from dead.

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JULY 13, 2020

From telehealth to new financing options for patient treatments to big retailers like Walmart , Walgreens and CVS mashing up retail with healthcare, everyone from startups to incumbents are using the pandemic as an opportunity to disrupt — and reinvent — healthcare. Here’s a look at some of the latest developments. We’re in healthcare.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Give a deep and welcoming hello to the newest form of window shopping — a consumer behavior that will help to shape retail in 2019 and beyond, and a trend that stands as an increasing part of shopping, one that promises to impact brick-and-mortar merchants as they decide how to innovate. That’s not to say physical retail is dying.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

L’Occitane said the acquisition of the Elemis brand — which is popular with millennials and Generation X consumers — is intended to strengthen its global growth as it expands its market, particularly in Asia where high-end skincare is a rapidly growing area of interest and spend for consumers. billion euros ($2.5 The firm reported 1.3

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Some operations like Chipotle are even rolling out store designs that feature pick-up windows to let order-ahead diners collect their items without having to enter the restaurant. based QSRs draw millennials consumers, with half of this age group reporting that they place more deliveries now than they did two years ago.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The report noted that Samsung operates 2,100 stores in India via franchise partners. According to Koh, the company plans to bring cutting-edge features to the lower-end models, with the first of the new devices slated for later in 2018. Koh said the idea is to cater to more millennials with the lower-end phones. “So

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MAY 28, 2019

million buyers who operate in industries such as website development, logo design and blog writing. billion – of funds were lost to card fraud in 2018, up from $1.4 IC3 Chief Donna Gregory said in an announcement, according to reports , “The 2018 report shows how prevalent these crimes are. Just under $3 billion – or $2.7

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

Startups targeting retail and commercial banking have been emerging globally, spurred by favorable tech regulations, an uptick in mobile adoption, and shifting customer demographics. One of the biggest challenges these companies face is that many operate without a bank charter or license. why profitability won’t come easy.

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DECEMBER 22, 2018

Going into the 2018 holiday shopping season, there were worries about a shortage of live Christmas trees — as is the case with all agriculture, farmers who grow trees are under often relentless pressure to sell their land for development — but that does not seem to have materialized. Christmas Tree Landscape. consumers bought some 27.4

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The company says 56 million women bought secondhand items in 2018, up from 44 million a year earlier. For See You Tomorrow, Yerdle will power all backend operations including cleaning and repairing of product, inventory processing and fulfillment, pricing and authentication. Nordstrom is taking a multichannel approach. It says some 57.5

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

While much of physical retail struggled in 2017 from rapidly realigning consumer shopping habits, the team at Home Depot had an incredibly solid year, with same-store sales growing each quarter and a stock price that surged 42 percent. Despite retail’s slump, the stock market did well in 2017.

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APRIL 19, 2018

At 159 years old, it officially counts as a retail institution — one that hasn’t spent much of the last few years looking too healthy. In retail as in sailing, the bigger the boat, the harder it is to change direction. A lot has been written in recent years about everything that has gone wrong at Macy’s. A turnaround is no easy feat.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The youngest of the bridge millennials – those 30- to 40-year-olds who today represent the first generation of connected consumers with spending power – will be having their mid-life crises at the age of 50. In a world where, as the Census says, 90 percent of retail sales still happen in the physical store, cards rule. The Big Shift.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

The program is operable immediately. To expand gently used gear to more members across the country, REI launched its online reCommerce business in 2018, supplementing its members-only Garage Sale events in its stores. The reCommerce trend continues to gain momentum. eBay announced on Wednesday (Oct.

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APRIL 17, 2019

At the Shanghai Auto Show earlier this week, the eCommerce operator and digital payments provider reportedly said it is “developing apps for connected cars that will let drivers find restaurants, queue up and make reservations at restaurants, order food and eventually complete a plethora of other tasks using voice, motion or touch control.”

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JULY 6, 2018

Though millennial parents were hit with nostalgia, when it comes to the world of toy sales going forward, market watchers of all kinds have been asking themselves the same question for weeks: Now what? Geoffrey the Giraffe is, sadly, no more. Pop-Up Toy Stores. “That’s a big, big void that we’re hoping to fill up.”

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MAY 24, 2019

Google has recently upped its game in the food service area of retail, further proof that innovation is heating up when it comes to restaurants – and another signal of how the connected vehicle ecosystem is developing. Food Retail Innovation. For instance, commuters in 2018 spent some $62.3 Those consumers also spent $43.9

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

For its three years in operation, Brandless generated no shortage of buzz with its concept of “private label for less” and the idea that the best brand is no brand at all. Facing a growing cash crunch — and trying to streamline its operation — Brandless laid off 13 percent of its staff last March.

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JUNE 28, 2019

According to the new Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker , the volume of food and beverage orders placed via mobile apps grew by 130 percent between 2016 and 2018. More than one-third (38 percent) of all restaurant visits are enhanced by mobile devices, while for millennials, mobile devices were used by the majority (53 percent) of respondents.

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JUNE 6, 2019

The 2018 Boston Pride parade reportedly saw more than 750,000 spectators and over 55,000 marchers. Kim typically sells at street and craft fairs, churches, schools, retail settings and ticketed events. She also noted that millennials are unlikely to carry any and women seem more likely to prefer using cards.

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MARCH 15, 2018

Toys R Us vs. The Retail Death Spiral . When Toys R Us first announced its bankruptcy a little under six months ago, it was with an almost upbeat tone: The move would allow the firm to refashion both its capital and operating structures and hit a reset on the business. Winner: The Retail Death Spiral.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

Consumers have been using internet technology for everything from nonessential health services to ordering from restaurants in the last few years, especially shopping more frequently online for retail products and groceries. Instant payment availability is particularly low for income- and earnings-related payments at less than 6 percent.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

That was on top of news that Walmart’s increased profit-margin pressure was pushing an annual revenue estimate for 2018 that missed investor expectations. McMillon assured investors that 2018 should see an average eCommerce sales growth rate of 40 percent. We had a few operational issues from an inventory replenishment perspective.”.

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JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. Rumors had Walmart wanting to buy Blue Apron — the retail chain, after all, was and still is engaged in an existential struggle with Amazon, and was trying to pump up its eCommerce offerings.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

has its own Open Banking initiatives coming into force in 2018, too. Open Banking will make a transformational change to banking for personal customers and small businesses,” said Alasdair Smith, the CMA’s chairman of the retail banking investigation, when the group announced its findings earlier this year.

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JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. Rumors had Walmart wanting to buy Blue Apron – the retail chain, after all, was and still is engaged in an existential struggle with Amazon, and was trying to pump up its eCommerce offerings.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

7), the transit-as-a-service operator is offering car and truck owners looking to offload their vehicles a deal: Sell those vehicles via online retail service Carvana and get in return $250 worth of Lyft credits, plus three months of free membership in Lyft’s new Lyft Pink membership subscription program.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Over a year of research, development and beta testing, Shopkick Grocery was found to increase consumer basket sizes to $59 in grocery, drugstore and retail spend per trip versus the $32 national average. Retail brands and partners for Shopkick include Best Buy, Clorox, Nestle and Starbucks, among others. supermarket like Kroger.

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JUNE 11, 2019

From automakers to retailers and online platforms, companies around the world are tapping into connected commerce technology in automobiles and mobile devices. The increase in the number of customers using apps to order foods and drinks between 2016 and 2018 was 150 percent.

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