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The Retail Pulse: ‘Eat Fresh’ Goes Stale

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Store count isn’t everything,” CEO Suzanne Greco told The Boston Globe. It’s just not what people want anymore,” Bob Phibbs, CEO of New York consultancy The Retail Doctor, told The Washington Post. “If The retailer said it has secured $725 million in debtor-in-possession financing as the case proceeds through bankruptcy court.

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Bringing Luggage Storage Into The Digital Age

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At the same time, he saw innovation and growth in the Airbnb short-term rental space. They can then select a host, which could be, say, a retail store or hotel, and enter their drop-off and pick-up times in addition to their number of small and/or large bags. It will serve the college student who is in Washington, D.C.,

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Dunkin’ Donuts Teaming With DoorDash In NYC

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“The ability to have Dunkin’ items delivered directly to you is something that our guests have been requesting for some time, and we will continue to evaluate a possible national rollout in the future,” Sherrill Kaplan, Dunkin’ Donuts VP of digital marketing and innovation, said in a statement.

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Cable Startup Layer3 Bets Against Streaming

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Jeff Binder, CEO of Layer3, was quoted by The Washington Post as saying, “We’re the first cable company in … 10 years to come that’s brand new. Consumers haven’t had a young innovative company to provide [pay TV] services to them since the mid-1990s, when Dish and DirectTV came on the scene.”. and has since rolled out to Chicago.

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Data Dive, Go Big Edition: Apple, Amazon And CloudKitchens

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The fee-free card is Goldman Sachs’ latest inroad into the retail consumer business after establishing its online Marcus brand in 2016, which makes unsecured personal loans. According to reports last week, Amazon will soon be heading to Boston to construct a $40 million state-of-the-art robotics innovation hub.

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Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

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Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then.

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The Mall Food Court’s Hall Transformation

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Mall developer James Rouse was known for many innovations, but his best known might have arguably been the food court. One Washington Post reporter remarked in September, “The pretzel-and-Cinnabon lineup was expressly designed for shoppers to carbo-load while resting their feet — sustenance to keep them shopping.”