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MAY 5, 2016

Absolutely no need to panic, then — unless the topic is retail bankruptcies , which increased year over year by 24 percent. Such is the double-edged sword of a retail industry swept up in innovation. For every new path cut through the market, the retailers standing in the way are cut down. January — Wet Seal. As of Feb.

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MARCH 15, 2019

As it stands, mobile ordering is available at the chain’s Denver, Boston and Houston locations — and more markets are said to be in the works for this year. The retailer reported net income for the fourth quarter of $102.6 To keep tabs on the latest retail trends, check next week’s Retail Pulse. million compared to $323.4

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Startups in the eCommerce space have long enabled their customers to experience their products in real life (“IRL”) through temporary retail shops, and now, digitally-focused brands belonging to major retailers are taking a similar approach. Fashion retailer Charlotte Russe , which has over 500 stores in the U.S.,

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

With its brands Zero (nicotine addiction), Roman (men’s health and erectile dysfunction) and Rory (women’s health) it has taken more than $160 million in funding off the table over the last year. The ePharma space will not be limited to pure plays or the biggest retailers like CVS.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

Richardson started noodling on the concept of fusing retail with hospitality in some capacity. The idea led to her experiential hospitality startup, The Sursy, which offers consumers shoppable stays in a Denver home share. (A Richardson works with small independent brands to support local makers and artists. The Market.

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JUNE 10, 2016

Randy Newman probably doesn’t get a lot of play in boardrooms around the retail sector, but that doesn’t mean that companies haven’t taken the message behind his hit “You’ve Got A Friend In Me” to heart. Uber will experiment in the Phoenix area, while Lyft will get going in Denver.

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JULY 14, 2016

Brick-and-mortar merchants are far from being free from the problems that plague their particular brand of retail, but even they have to look at online retail rising rents for warehouse space with a little bit of mirth. Of the 57 major retail markets studied, 37 of them posted decreases to warehousing availability.

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MARCH 17, 2016

The Wall Street Journal reported that the beleaguered sporting goods retailer filed over 160 lawsuits in bankruptcy court on Tuesday (March 15), naming a wide variety of its soon-to-be former suppliers as defendants. Under normal rules, the retailer’s suppliers — like running apparel brand Asics America Corp.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Those five cities are: Phoenix, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Denver and Charlotte, North Carolina. However, the retail giant is taking the program one step further, by allowing loyalty members to select a local nonprofit to donate to. Since March, Target has been quietly testing a new loyalty program for its members in Dallas.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Arizona Beverage Company has made a deal with Dixie Brands Inc., a cannabis company in Denver that manufactures and sells weed vapes, drinks, tinctures, topical creams and candies in five different U.S. The deal will also give Arizona the right to purchase up to $10 million in stake in Dixie Brands. percent in 2013 to 16.2

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AUGUST 11, 2017

Amazon is exploring a cutting-edge food technology for home delivery, as the online retailers continues to find new ways to get into the $700 billion U.S. It is being brought to market by a venture-backed startup called 915 Labs, based in Denver. grocery business. The new technology— first developed for the U.S.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

head of restaurant brand marketing, told USA Today. The promotion rolled out in Austin, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, Sacramento and Washington D.C., “This gives eaters more flexibility in how they access food and provides them [with] the option to order through Uber Eats and collect the food themselves,” Elspeth Rollert, Uber Eats U.S.

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APRIL 25, 2018

As of today, according to an announcement from Amazon , three more cities are joining the Prime Now grocery delivery lineup: Denver, Sacramento and San Diego. The move comes as Amazon is moving to consolidate more of its Whole Foods offerings within its parent brand.

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MARCH 6, 2020

Ells started the chain in 1993 when he brought the first store to the University of Denver vicinity, and then expanded the concept to over 2,000 restaurants. I am especially grateful to the employees and our valued customers over the last 27 years who helped make Chipotle the unmatched brand in fast-casual dining it is today.”.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

Earlier this month, the company said it was launching digital convenience stores, branding the service DashMart. The service launched in Atlanta, Chicago and Denver. And in mid-July, DoorDash and Walgreens announced a home delivery partnership covering many non-prescription items.

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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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JUNE 8, 2016

For anyone who has yet to pay their respects to the dearly departed Sports Authority brand, there’s still time. However, as so often happens in retail and in life, the end of one story only means the beginning of another. But it’s a lot harder to see someone come in and say, ‘Yes, we want all 450 stores.’”.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

That’s what a recent piece from The Denver Post argues, as the coffee giant’s mainstream and Main Street appeal might hinder efforts to go high-end and appeal to a more discerning consumer. So, what other retailers do optimistic consumers tend to gravitate toward? But has Starbucks’ ubiquity rendered the chain too basic?

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JULY 29, 2020

The retail news is full of companies that have made brilliant and sometimes dramatic pivots to catch up with the shift to Digital 3.0. Last week, it announced that its products would expand beyond the Twin Cities to Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago and (in September) Denver. “I But sometimes the pre-pandemic plans work out just fine.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In some ways, sleep and bedding retailer Essentia has the perfect Hollywood story. Not the bottled water brand, mind you – the sleep brand. Like other brands, it has a memory foam base, but instead of polyesters, it uses hevea milk mixed with other essential natural and organic ingredients. An epic one, actually.

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JUNE 3, 2016

And ever since Amazon stole the top retailer in the world by market cap crown, the going has been tough for Walmart. And so, Walmart has gotten creative, and it looks like it is about to get even more so as it pilots a program with ridesharing services Uber and Lyft to bring its own brand of online grocery delivery to the masses.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

This growth represents new customers going to brick-and-mortar retailers that our network is driving,” Cardtronics CEO Ed West told analysts on a conference call. West noted Cardtronics has several new ATM relationships , including Bank of the West, which will brand 140 ATMs at Walgreens stores in Denver and Sacramento, starting in September.

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APRIL 28, 2016

Small Business Administration (SBA) will recognize and honor the critical and life altering contributions of America’s moms and pops, manufacturing enterprises, Main Street retailers and entrepreneurs during National Small Business Week. Tune in all week for live-streaming , beginning at 7:30 p.m. Every business starts small.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

When goods are sold, FedEx will manage packing and shipping the goods in customized and branded boxes. Boxes will be branded to the retailer, not FedEx). We’re focused on the retailer and doing what’s right for the retailer in helping them grow their business,” Kelly told CNNTech. “I

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MAY 31, 2019

The company saw the need for the best of both worlds and, to tackle this challenge, it is “evolving into a 21st-century tech-enabled hospitality brand,” DePinto told PYMNTS in an interview.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

CPG corporates like PepsiCo, Coca Cola, Kellogg’s, and Campbell, for example, have invested in and acquired a number of brands focused on healthy snacking , while personal care incumbents like P&G and Unilever have backed natural and organic beauty brands. As consumer demand rises, businesses are buying into the trend.

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APRIL 24, 2017

Take the clothing and accessories brand TOMS , for instance. Bext360 is a fair-trade coffee supplier for retail coffeehouses that uses social commerce to give back to communities from where the coffee is sourced. These are challenges that Daniel Jones, who founded Bext360 in 2016 and serves as its CEO, is all too familiar with.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Last year’s Super Bowl alone, a 24-10 victory by the Denver Broncos over the Carolina Panthers, drew the third-thighest Nielsen rating in TV history, an average of 111.9 First, the Super Bowl is traditionally the most watched, talked about television event in the U.S. million viewers tuning in. But that audience spiked to 115.5

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MAY 4, 2019

Digital innovation is keeping brands competitive — but really standing out requires an additional level of outside-the-box thinking. With Real Meals, the Burger King brand celebrates being yourself and feeling however you want to feel,” Burger King went on to say in the statement. Really outside the box, as it turns out.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Under the terms of the agreement, USAT is now the company’s single cashless payments provider for all credit, debit, mobile and loyalty services for its vending, coffee and micro-market kiosks throughout the Denver region. The challenge going forward for these vending brands is really seeing the full reach of the opportunity.

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JULY 20, 2017

Colorescience , a chemical-free skin care brand, ranked third with a $15M investment. Within branded cosmetics, startups focused on skincare have attracted the most deals. In May 2017, L’Occitane added its second portfolio company in LimeLight by Alcone , a makeup and chemical-free skincare brand. Series A in March.

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