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Can Big Brands Survive On The Store-Within-A-Store?

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Retailers as dependent on a brick-and-mortar footprint as Macy’s don’t always have the luxury of fixes to pick from if their stocks experience the continuous slide that the former tentpole brand’s has. The commitment to the store-within-a-store extends, ironically, beyond the physical.

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Big Lots Q3 Earnings Break Records, Blow Past Forecasts

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Discount retailer Big Lots reported a third-quarter profit of $29.9 The Columbus, Ohio-based chain has beat revenue forecasts three times over the last four quarters. The Broyhill brand and the Lot and Queue Line were also launched across 750 stores in the third quarter, with fast scaling of eCommerce proficiencies.

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Paytm Seeks BigBasket Partnership To Take On Flipkart, Amazon

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India-based eCommerce marketplace Paytm Mall wants to work more closely with regional retailers and team up with eCommerce grocery service BigBasket to compete with Flipkart and Amazon, according to recent Reuters reports. It is currently the third-largest company competing in the country’s retail space. “We

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In The Park. At A Kiosk. Using Digital Payments. Buying $1.6K Designer Jewelry.

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In response, unattended retail operators are finding new ways to embrace alternative payment methods, ranging from mobile wallets to cryptocurrencies. Around The Unattended Retail Space. For many retailers, vending machines have become a critical part of the customer experience. About The Tracker.

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The Limited Brand’s Days Could Be Limited

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After disappointing third quarter financial numbers, clothing retailer The Limited may be be going in another direction. According to Bloomberg , the brand pulled in Kirkland & Ellis to be its legal adviser and Guggenheim Securities and RAS Management Advisors for help with a debt restructuring and any asset sale.

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The Children’s Place Planning New Loyalty-Driven Credit Card Program

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The Children’s Place , the Secaucus, New Jersey-based retailer that is the “largest children’s pure-play specialty apparel retailer in North America,” revealed plans on Thursday (July 14) to team up with Alliance Data on a new loyalty-driven, private-label credit card program, the two companies announced in a joint statement.

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How Olivela Wants To Save The World Selling Luxury Items

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But Olivela Founder Stacey Boyd thought that perhaps it could be, and that retail philanthropy could have a future, if consumers could purchase things they really wanted – and could rest assured that what they were buying was not only enriching their own life, but the lives of others. Olivela is mostly an eCommerce operation today.

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