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How BNPL Is Helping BlackCool Boost Brand Awareness And Availability

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a lifestyle brand that offers apparel, accessories and fragrances as well as spirits and hand-rolled cigars. Registering And Extending Brand Appeal . Williform said he conceived BlackCool as a brand inspired by the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s that brings about a positive change for Black culture.

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Path To World Series Brings Changes To Online Gambling

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It’s not exactly high time for legal online gambling yet – that comes in early 2020, with the Super Bowl and then the NCAA college basketball tournament – but the betting season is certainly heating up on more ways than one. And that new fuel comes as the legal online and mobile gambling industry in the U.S. Payments Innovation.

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Retail Pulse: Kohl’s To Curate Brands With Facebook; Domino’s Rolls Out eBike Tie-Up

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Kohl’s , for instance, will bring emerging brands to over 50 physical retail locations and online starting in the fall through Curated By Kohl’s. Its next assortment of brands that will be chosen in conjunction with Facebook will be available next spring. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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eCommerce Shift Helps Fuel Strong Sales At Pier 1 Imports, Dressbarn

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Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV) , the incubator that relaunched Pier 1 Imports and Dressbarn in 2020, noted that the migration to eCommerce in addition to trends such as the “quest for comfort at home” fueled formidable sales at the two brands, according to an announcement. And like Jeff Bezos did, they start with low-risk items.

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Walmart Aims To Build Décor, Clothing Business

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Walmart is still seeking the right combination of fashion and home, while its online shopping initiatives have been rewarded with an eCommerce grocery purchase boon. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, for his part, also promoted the firm’s formidable brand stable but noted that the retailer wants to sell more home goods as well as clothing.

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Retail Pulse: Luxury Brands Eye Airport Retail; Panera Bread Tests Dinner Menu

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Airports are providing luxury brands with access to consumers with extra time on their hands who want to buy unique and unusual items they can’t find near their residences. shopping malls are on the decline, are also becoming locations where brands are innovating with products. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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Barneys, Pier 1 And Other Iconic-But-Bankrupt Retailers Are Coming Back To Life 

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Barneys became the latest brand to rise from the dead recently when the retailer reopened as “ Barneys at Saks ,” a store within a store at the flagship Manhattan site of its former rival, Saks Fifth Avenue. “We The launch of Barneys at Saks is a seminal moment to reignite the brand for the future.”.

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