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JULY 11, 2017

Penney is launching a new loyalty program that allows points to roll over from month to month and gives cosmetics brand Sephora customers the chance to double-dip on rewards. ” The retailer is also rebuilding its salon business under a co-branding agreement with InStyle Magazine and has put new management over women’s apparel.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

Retailers are aiming to help consumers manage chronic diseases as well as their overall health and wellness through new brick-and-mortar experiences. Through HealthHUBs, consumers are at the center of an unmatched retail health experience. CVS Health, however, is not the only retailer to bolster its health offerings.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

IKEA’s newest retail concept got its first test run at a Dallas store opening. I think, for us, it was taking the next level and trying to educate consumers and [draw] potential guests to the store,” said Kelly Cronin Niszczak, IKEA North America’s media project manager.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Tide, the laundry brand owned by CPG Detergent, is introducing a service called Tide Cleaners, an on-demand dry cleaning and laundry service, at 1,000 locations in cities across the country, according to reports. There are currently boxes in Dallas, Boston, Cincinnati, Nashville, Denver, Washington D.C.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

Dallas-based Wingstop is has arranged it so gamers on Amazon’s Twitch live streaming service can use their Wing Calculator within the platform before placing their order. stores so that managers can get a complete view while customers track their orders online. Domino’s has GPS tagged 400 U.S. Human or Robot … You Decide.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

President of Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard Brands Peter Boutros said, according to Chain Store Age : “This service presents an entirely new way to get a filter conveniently that will save time, reduce the number of trips to the store and help keep families healthy by maintaining sanitary, filtered water.”. during the next few weeks.

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

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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JUNE 13, 2018

“Amazon customer reviews have been very positive and we are two months ahead of schedule,” said Sears Automotive Vice President and General Manager Mike McCarthy in a statement. We’re thrilled to expand our assortment of this iconic brand to include passenger tires on Amazon.com.”.

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AUGUST 16, 2017

Kenny previously served as senior director of private brands, deli and bakery at Walmart. Target looks forward to leveraging his deep merchandising experience in food and beverages and strong retail operational leadership background. cities: Los Angeles, Atlanta and Dallas. Sort of like Walmart. In Other News….

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JUNE 8, 2017

The 30-year-old QSR brand has plans for aggressive growth in 2017 , and Tripodes will spearhead the effort. Saladworks also plans to plant corporate stores in key markets in Atlanta, Georgia and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas over the next six to 12 months. The company currently has about 70 franchisees.

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MARCH 11, 2020

billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. That is the most organic growth of any automotive retailer ever in the U.S. For example, as reported by Forbes, auditor Grant Thornton wrote that “management believes” it can meet its financial obligations through February 2021. In 2019, we increased GPU by $750. New Markets.

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JULY 13, 2016

Brick-and-mortar retail will forever remember the day that Nintendo released Pokémon GO , a mobile game that has caused millions of millennials to suddenly discover outside again. However, some retailers prefer to play cards of the kind as close to the corporate chest as possible. Bankruptcies. Store Closures. ” Layoffs.

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MARCH 6, 2018

“Home is a category we continue to evolve, and being Anthropologie’s partner will allow us to introduce dynamic home [products] with a regular cadence,” said Gemma Lionello, executive VP and general merchandise manager, Nordstrom. “We We look forward to providing our customers with another way to shop one of their favorite home brands.”.

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MARCH 15, 2017

Without a doubt, 2017 has been a difficult year for department store brands. Two of the largest retail players in the luxury department store space – Neiman Marcus and Hudson’s Bay – may soon be joining their fortunes. Macy’s, Sears, and J.C. So Are The Talks Real .

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MARCH 9, 2020

The internet “and its many apps, online reviews, and socially viral communication speeds will continue to disrupt restaurant industry traffic, revenues, brands, and survivability even more over the next decade,” Christopher Baron of RedBaron Consulting, told Modern Restaurant Management.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

It’s even still referred to in media descriptions as a “cult” beauty brand, a “darkhorse” disrupter and “stealth strength center” in the rapidly expanding beauty category. But Glossier is a growing concern for other beauty brands, and a rapidly growing one at that. based cosmetic firm would be launching it’s first U.K.

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APRIL 19, 2016

” Retailers have come to recognize the incredible marketing opportunity presented by the multi-weekend music festival in Southern California. We want to make them even bigger superfans of the brand. Palm Springs, Orange County, San Francisco, New York and Dallas). Coachella is a good way to do that.”. Is it though?

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The players are many — but in the last year and a half, Walmart, Amazon and Kroger have managed to pull ahead in the earliest rounds of the race in terms of the breadth and depth of their enhanced offerings for consumers. For food, they want to see the brands and the products and confirm they will be fresh and quality. Kroger Stumbles.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

New” joins “Top Brand” as new badge markers is adding to goods to help draw consumer interest — they join classic favorite like “Amazon’s Choice” and “Best Seller.”. The new Walmart Health center in our Dallas, Georgia, store will provide low, transparent pricing for key health services for local customers.

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DECEMBER 31, 2019

A little more than a year ago, PYMNTS started tracking the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck between the two retail behemoths that have been expanding their respective ecosystems in the process: Amazon and Walmart. percent of consumer retail spending in the U.S., percent of consumer retail spending in the U.S., population.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Amazon’s advertising space currently sells space for brand logos, photos and descriptions of products, which are basically the equivalent of static billboards. New York-based eCommerce research firm Marketplace Pulse found shoppers aren’t any more inclined to buy the Amazon brands , even when the company highlights them in search results.

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OCTOBER 5, 2019

That lost library book we had almost managed to convince ourselves no longer existed. Paul, Minnesota; Dallas, Texas; and Oakland, California – in what has become known of late as the library fee amnesty movement that has been quietly (they are libraries after, all) picking up steam in 2019. The first being Amazon, of course.).

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JANUARY 6, 2019

The impending “death of retail” has been projected for decades. But, in an increasingly digital world, brick-and-mortar retail shops are embracing new ways to disrupt the system and get an edge on customer attention. One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Get the 54-page retail report. Founded: 2015.

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

Chicago, Dallas, Portland, Los Angeles and San Francisco — and growing to more. When you look at the actual business model, we’re investing in the brand experience, building logistics and software and pricing technology. Based in New York, the business is now in seven other cities — Boston, Washington, D.C.,

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APRIL 24, 2018

Research BRIEFING: Surviving the Retail Apocalypse. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. And that’s just since February. However, this isn’t the whole story.

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MARCH 1, 2018

What they have not managed to do as of the second decade of the 21st century is figure out how to consistently craft women’s clothing that fits them properly. Kit aims to fix that — from its Dallas headquarters — by taking customers’ measurements and actually sewing their outfits to fit just right. “At ” How It Works.

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MAY 31, 2019

The idea can seem a bit out of the box, but it should be noted that Lilium is far from alone in the quest — Uber , Airbus , Rolls-Royce Holdings (the aircraft engine manufacturer, not the luxury car brand) and Volocopter are all working in some capacity to create the flying cars of the future.

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