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Retail Pulse: DSW Expands In-Store Experiences; L Brands Plans Store Closures

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Brick-and-mortar fashion retailers are developing in-store experiences to encourage customer loyalty. markets, aiming to generate repeat visits as part of its experiential retail efforts. Austin, Texas; and Dublin, Ohio. They also create repeat visits to the DSW brand, where an exciting footwear assortment awaits.”.

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Welcome To The New C-Store Innovation Game

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Retail innovation labs – incubators or tech hubs – aren’t confined to operations run by the likes of Amazon or Walmart. A new lab store from 7-Eleven underscores the innovation wave that is taking place in the convenience store sector of retail – a sector ripe for change, disruption and growth. Innovation Lab Growth.

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Retail Pulse: Walmart To Boost Supply Chain In China; JD Sports Rides Athleisure Popularity

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Retailers are bolstering their supply chains in China as they seek to enhance their service and offer customers fresh products. The post also pointed out that the retailer invested over RMB 700 million – which is approximately $100 million – to create the South China Fresh Food Distribution Center. Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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Creating Cookware For A Generation That Doesn’t Cook

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Do millennials cook? One study indicates that the answer is not really — millennials cook two fewer meals per week than their baby boomer counterparts and choose pre-packaged/pre-prepared foods 18 percent of the time, compared to 5 percent for baby boomers. The brand grew 11.6 But the data is a bit more complicated that this.

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Thoughts from American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015

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This last week the American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015 was going on in Austin, TX. The retailer combines the in-store and app experience to enhance the customer buying process. A regional bank poll of millennials found that not one could name a community institution in their area.

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Mastercard, Pine Labs And The Global Buy Now, Pay Later Explosion

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Pine Labs , which started as an offline retail payment provider in 1998, has since evolved to become a payment acceptance, stored value and in-store customer credit company that enables consumers to opt into installment payments plans online or at the point of sale in a physical store. The Frictionless Flow .

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Why Nordstrom Brought Pop-Ups To SXSW

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Luxury Daily reports that the high-end retailer debuted its millennial-targeting pop-up — or Pod — at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, from March 17–19, and plans to continue featuring it at similar events. Nordstrom is popping up at music festivals, in the form of a pod.

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