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APRIL 6, 2020

Brands Inc. , The policy relates to the just under 50 stores owned by the company in the most industrialized nation in Africa, while the other restaurants on the continent are franchisee-operated Bloomberg reported. South African attire retailer The Foschini Group Ltd. Wheatley and Yum!

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Some operators, such as Chipotle , are even launching store designs that showcase pick-up windows. And in retail, Essentia is ready for its un-Casper-like closeup. The sleep brand ’s locations are thriving, and a few more are planned for this year. meal delivery market controlled by DoorDash in October of 2019.

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JULY 19, 2019

Iconic brick-and-mortar retailers are sometimes reinvented, and return to the world of retail with smaller-format concepts. The parent of the Toys R Us brand, Tru Kids , plans to bring stores under the legendary name to the United States for the 2019 holiday season. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

banks accounted for 81 of the 500 most valuable and strongest bank brands around the world on Brand Finance’s Banking 500 2019 list, released this week. Led by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world’s most valuable banking brand (at $79.8

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AUGUST 7, 2020

For retailers, it’s better to be hot in 2020 than top. The National Retail Federation (NRF) said on its blog this week that the Hot 100 Retailers, while vulnerable to mergers and acquisitions, as a group is more stable than the Top 100 Retailers ranking, as stores are impacted by the unpredictability of COVID-19.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Despite the fact that many retailers are creating their own versions of Black Friday, the traditional one that happens the day after Thanksgiving will still occur as a retail event. That’s the take from Edited , a retail tracking platform that advises brands on pricing and merchandising strategies.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

Indochino , the digitally-native made-to-measure menswear brand, has plans to expand in 2019. Vancouver-based Indochino, which currently operates 38 showrooms , said six locations will open this year in the Northeast, including Brooklyn, N.Y.; Greenwich, Conn.; Manhasset, N.Y.; and Paramus, N.J.;

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JULY 8, 2020

As it does during the first week of every month of the pandemic, attention turns to retail leases. This week found that one of the crisis’ most troubled retailers — Nordstrom — will only pay half of its rent for the balance of 2020. Retail Properties of America, Inc. It, along with Authentic Brands Group owns SPARC Group.

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MAY 21, 2020

Shortly after Macy’s warned investors Thursday (May 21) of a probable $1 billion first-quarter operating loss , Jeff Gennette, the iconic store’s chief executive officer, spoke with J.P. Morgan Analyst Matt Boss about the future of retail. You see certain brands today that are either going to Chapter 13 or Chapter 11.”.

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APRIL 16, 2020

As retailers look for a way out of an unprecedented cash flow crunch, many are slashing prices online and offering free shipping. The move is good for consumers, but for the retailers involved discounting is a double-edged sword. It’s the age-old argument for retail. retailers is down 64 percent over 2019.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

Amazon’s relationships with big brands on their platform is looking quite a bit less healthy than it once was, while Walmart has seen grocery services lose some ground in terms of consumer appreciation, according to a recently released ranking. Big News of the Week: Another Big Brand Break-Up. Another one bites the dust. online spend.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

It’s going to be a very vocal year when it comes to retail. Voice is the killer app of the connected commerce experience, according to the How We Will Pay: 2019 Edition study. Houndify is one-of-a-kind in that it is the only platform that allows brands to remain in complete control of their data and their brand.”.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Change came from various areas for retail in 2019. Retail merchandising was, at best, a hit-or-miss system in its heyday, Nextail CEO and Co-Founder Joaquin Villalba told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Analytics, too, was another hot spot for retail change in 2019 and will continue to be for the 2020s.

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MARCH 25, 2019

To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. They can also help capture the ages, genders and emotions (in some cases) of shoppers.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

G-III Apparel Group , whose owned brands include DKNY and G.H. Bass brands suffered. Bass and Wilsons Leather share of the company’s retail operations segment were $38.2 million in the same timeframe in 2019. “We The company said it is reorganizing its retail operations segment, as announced in the past.

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MAY 14, 2020

The latest to report, Wine.com – which bills itself as the nation’s leading online wine retailer – earned $165 million in revenue and saw 25 percent growth for fiscal 2020, ending March 31. The $33 million revenue increase over fiscal 2019 is the biggest in the company’s 15-year history. With sales of $3.2

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JUNE 6, 2019

Look to China, and look some more — that’s one of the main messages in mid-2019 for luxury retailers, at least for ones not based in the U.S. According to a report from Bloomberg , the luxury brand’s CEO, Michael Burke, “gave a rosy view of its China business, easing concerns about the effects of a trade war with the U.S.

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APRIL 9, 2019

Amazon, in the announcement released today, said that it “spends billions” on tools and services to help SMBs grow their operations and sell more online. According to the Amazon Small Business Impact Report , 1 million U.S. “We

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AUGUST 23, 2019

For a glimpse at how innovation is playing out in the retail world, it always helps to take a look at recent developments in the world of quick-service restaurants, or QSRs. Brands, the owner of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, reported an overall year-to-year revenue gain in the second quarter of 2019 of about 10 percent, to $1.31

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JULY 16, 2020

RetailMeNot , the Texas-based company that operates coupon websites, announced “Rebound with RetailMeNot,” a four-day event featuring deals from a variety of popular stores. Some brands will offer as much as 20 percent cash back, RetailMeNot said. Census Bureau reported the nation’s retail sales increased 7.5

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Brands reported that worldwide system sales excluding foreign currency translation increased 10 percent, with Taco Bell at 13 percent, KFC at 11 percent and Pizza Hut at 7 percent. Brands Chief Executive Officer David Gibbs reported that KFC U.S. Pizza Hut U.S.,

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JANUARY 23, 2020

And retail and commerce-related payments are certainly a big part of that trend. It’s not just the direct selling of products to consumers that matters when it comes to cross-border retail. Several retail and retail-related trends are at play with this funding announcement. Importance of Logistics and Payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019

A little more than a year ago, PYMNTS started tracking the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck between the two retail behemoths that have been expanding their respective ecosystems in the process: Amazon and Walmart. percent of consumer retail spending in the U.S., percent of consumer retail spending in the U.S.,

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MAY 5, 2020

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. Here’s the basic business model: Schildt selects a location and alerts local beverage, food and wellness brands about the installation’s launch.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

According to Bloomberg , the retailer’s current website showcases a store locator, gift cards and some photos and other features – but no merchandise for sale. While most retailers have seen sales suffer due to the rise of Amazon , TJX’s chains Marshalls and T.J. The company’s other retailer, T.J.

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MAY 1, 2019

While the CEO of the country’s biggest mall owner thinks that retail store closures will slow down this year, he added that he “can’t guarantee it.”. “I His latest comments come after Simon admitted in February that he was “nervous” about additional retail bankruptcies happening during the first quarter.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

Iconic modern retailer Gap officially stated this week that they will keep the Old Navy brand and will not spin it off into another standalone company, according to a release. The plan to separate was rooted in our commitment to value creation from our portfolio of iconic brands,” said Robert Fisher, Gap Inc.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

These are the top stories in retail for Tuesday (Nov. percent in Q3 2019. A lot of direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands are being funded these days, as the digital-first economy continues to gain traction. Wayfair, Home Furnishings Sector Looks Past COVID Winter. Included in those results is the fact that “repeat shoppers made 71.9

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In today’s top retail news, Spiceology aims to shake up the D2C realm, and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face decisions of how — or whether — to compete with Amazon’s October Prime Day event. The 7-year-old D2C hybrid brand has just received $4.7 13 and 14 in this year of unpredictable and unprecedented retail happenings.

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JUNE 16, 2020

Reports circulating Tuesday (June 16) have Authentic Brands teaming with mall landlords Simon Property Group and Brookfield Properties teaming up to purchase the troubled retailer, which filed for bankruptcy on May 15. The current Authentic Brands portfolio is a mix of licensed fashion brands and retail.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

billion compared with the same period in 2019. Consumer sales grew 14 percent compared with the first half of 2019 and the brand’s global market share increased. Operating profit was $3.9 billion, an increase of 11 percent compared with 2019. During the first half, it opened 46 retail stores, 30 of those in China.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Rival retailers could be the biggest beneficiaries of the demise of Sears Holdings. And analysts believe that JCPenney could be the biggest winner as a result, as the retailer has a store within a quarter mile of around 47 percent of Sears’ locations, Gordon Haskett analyst Chuck Grom said in a note to clients, according to CNBC.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

It could be argued that for the retail industry to pull off a 3 percent uptick for holiday sales this year was an astonishing feat. Some predictions pre-holiday ranged as high as a 5 percent increase over 2019; some called for flat spending. percent of overall retail sales — up from approximately 13.4 percent in 2019.

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JULY 1, 2020

billion compared to 2019. billion in 2019. GlobalData analysts say the closure of a number of luxury-branded stores across Asia Pacific makes a short-term recovery unlikely. GlobalData analysts say the closure of a number of luxury-branded stores across Asia Pacific makes a short-term recovery unlikely.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

anticipates that eCommerce demand for the fiscal 2020 fourth quarter will jump 90 percent to 100 percent in contrast to the fiscal 2019 fourth quarter, according to a Monday (Jan. million in the fiscal 2019 fourth quarter. million in the fiscal 2019 fourth quarter. Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. 11) announcement.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The legal cannabis industry is large as of the start of 2019 – and, according to most experts, it’s on track to get even larger. Somewhat less apparent, however, are the complexities that the “legalish” status of cannabis consumption creates for retailers that one might not immediately associate with legalized marijuana.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

and Authentic Brands Group LLC for $81 million. The retailer will ask for court approval of the arrangement that will place the companies as the stalking horse or lead bidders at an auction, The Wall Street Journal reported. Authentic Brands, for its part, has scooped up licensing rights to many sportswear and clothing brands.

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