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How Retailers Could Turn Smart Vending Into A $15B Market By 2025

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In the unattended retail space, vending operators are also becoming more aware of the shifting behaviors of their shoppers and the need for swift and digital payment options. The estimated value of the global intelligent vending machine market by 2025 is $15 billion. And digital disruptors are putting a new spin on vending machines.

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Fashion Retailer rue21 Strikes Deal To Retire Debt

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Fashion retailer rue21 (r21 Holdings, Inc.) The retailer modified its asset-based credit facility to bolster availability to $155 million due 2025 headed up by Bank of America, N.A. The retailer also opened three new physical retail shops, with another 15 in the works for 2021. million members.

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Report: Instacart Is Mulling IPO

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8) that it had received $200 million in new capital from existing investors Valiant Peregrine Fund and D1 Capital Partners, boosting Instacart's valuation to $17.7 Instacart states in promotional materials that it has relationships with 500 retailers that have 40,000 locations in the United States and Canada.

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Macy’s Recognizes $3.1B Charge As Pandemic Reshapes Outlook

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billion non-cash goodwill charge before tax, as the retailer’s long-haul forecast and market capitalization shifted, mainly due to the coronavirus health crisis. The department store retailer also recognized an $80 million long-lived asset impairment charge, according to a first-quarter financial results announcement.

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Kohl?s Leans Into Digital During Pandemic Store Closures

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CEO Michelle Gass said in a Tuesday (May 19) first-quarter earnings call with analysts that the retailer amplified its digital marketing efforts and revised its online site content. The retail executive said home was the most formidable category, with digital sales rocketing over 50 percent for the quarter. billion and $1.75.

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Bed Bath & Beyond Bolsters Liquidity With $850M Credit Facility

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The ABL facility, which takes the place of the retailer’s existing unsecured revolving credit facility, expires in June of 2023, according to a statement. The retailer said it has put measures into place to make its financial position and liquidity more formidable amid the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic. billion credit facility.

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Starbucks Launches $100 Million Fund To Support SMBs

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12) that it is investing $100 million from now through 2025 to support small businesses located in minority neighborhoods. The aim of the Starbucks Community Resilience Fund is to support SMBs in areas “with historically limited access to capital,” the release said, to promote racial equality and environmental resilience.