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Retail Pulse: Wayfair Opens Mall Store; Banana Republic Unveils Style Passport

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Wayfair , for instance, opened a store at the Natick Mall in suburban Boston, where consumers can experience products firsthand before making a purchase, after debuting a pop-up shop there last year. After experimenting with the pop-up shops, it was reported in February that the company would be opening an outlet store in Kentucky.

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How QSRs Enable Digital Options With Rapid Order-Ahead Growth

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These are just some of the ways that companies are allowing consumers to place their orders for pick-up before they arrive at a brick-and-mortar restaurant location or for delivery by a driver via a digital platform: The mobile order-ahead market is expected to have a value of $38 billion by 2020.

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