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Retail Pulse: Nike Opens Digital-Powered Flagship; Walmart Taps VR Tech For Training

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Big brands are opening big stores in big cities, but Nike is taking a decidedly digital approach with its New York City flagship: that is, the customer payment and shopping experience in the new space is powered by mobile technology. In Other Brick-And-Mortar Retail. billion fell in line with analyst estimates of $5.41

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Toy Fair Takes Business Into Its Own Hands

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In what appears to be an unprecedented move, an industry trade association is stepping in to help restart a retail community hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. These three virtual market weeks can help answer member and toy community needs. 14 to 20, all aimed at salvaging fourth-quarter buying decisions among retailers.

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Creating A Community To Create Really Personalized Commerce

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They are a closely bonded community of cosmetics fanatics, and Ipsy isn’t just where they go to buy their makeup — it’s also where they go to learn how to use it. In October, Pham announced that her company, Divinium Labs, would be acquiring EM cosmetics — an online brand heretofore owned by Ipsy. In 2015, Ipsy had 1.5

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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 conference was full of community bankers discussing evolving business models and the pressures its placing on their ability to gather deposits. The retailer combines the in-store and app experience to enhance the customer buying process.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

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Hats off to Thomas Shara at Lakeland and Tony Labozzetta of Provident for architecting the new $25 billion super-community bank in New Jersey. All of this while knocking out a stellar 1.35% ROA and leading industry, community, and philanthropic efforts everywhere. The New Name for Community Award. merges with Lakeland Bancorp.

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Alexa Fund Selects Nine Cos For Alexa Accelerator

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The finale of Accelerator will be Demo Day in October 2018, where the selected companies will showcase their progress in front of investors, leaders from Amazon and the Seattle tech community.

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Tapping Into The Power Of Pop-Ups To Help Those In Need For The Holidays

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Pop-up bars, pop-up candy shops, pop-up hairdressers, pop-up sleeping pods, pop-up museums – since 2015, one can basically take any retail-connected noun, pair it with the word “pop-up” and have a better than 50/50 chance of finding a match somewhere in an American city. But what worked 10 or 20 years ago, Scaretta said, just won’t work now.

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