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Retail Pulse: Amazon Grows 4-Star Footprint; Forever 21 Files For Bankruptcy

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Online retailers are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints – and using feedback from eCommerce customers to inform the selections in their new stores. Amazon , in one case, has added a suburban Boston location to its roster of Amazon 4-star stores, marking the fifth location of its type in the United States.

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Chase Plans Expansion In Top US Markets In 2019

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Chase has announced it is expanding its retail footprint into nine of the top American markets, as well as opening dozens of new locations in the greater Washington, D.C area, Philadelphia and Boston. Chase said it will also open branches in locations close to major universities in Auburn, Alabama and Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Tide Launches Omnichannel, On-Demand Laundry Service

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There are currently boxes in Dallas, Boston, Cincinnati, Nashville, Denver, Washington D.C. Tide also has boxes located at supermarkets and upwards of 20 college campuses, including the University of Alabama, Southern Methodist University and Indiana University. The app will notify customers when the laundry is ready.

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Playing Chess With Amazon: Target’s Competitive Strategy

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That is, can several small deliveries serve a store better than one big truckload — even when the store is playing dual roles as a physical retail distribution space and a fulfillment center for digital orders? Can the same logic be applied to shipments? Bricks In The Wall. A True Contender In The Race Against Amazon.

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What Will Drunk Shoppers Buy On St. Patrick’s Day?

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Finder says Idaho, which leads the nation in weekly alcohol purchases at $54 per person per week, though Alabama, Rhode Island, Arizona and Iowa weren’t far behind. And just where are these plastered purchases happening? Inebriated impulse shoppers are certainly no crucible of economic activity, but that argument could apply to St.