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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In a bid to increase loyalty, merchants are driving innovations in their stores. Retailers are taking new approaches to the way they attract customers. J.Crew , for instance, has a new loyalty program that offers standard perks such as a store credit when customers hit a certain spending threshold.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Apparel used to be mostly a brick-and-mortar retail experience, but that has changed drastically over the last few years – and has been one of the main innovations when it comes to commerce related to the clothes we wear. Customers on Walmart.com can access styles from brands like C&C California, Butter Super Soft, Puma and BCBG.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Cashierless stores aren’t just for mega retailers like Amazon to sell prepared food from their kitchens or products from other producers: Beverage brands, among other companies, are getting into the action and choosing this checkout experience for stores that showcase their own products IRL (“in real life”) as a marketing tool.

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AUGUST 25, 2019

Hudson Yards is a New York City neighborhood that’s quickly establishing itself as a must-visit destination as Manhattan’s retail influence heads west, bringing with it a technological edge, Forbes reported Sunday (Aug. Himmel, president and Chief Executive Officer of Related Urban, told Forbes.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

The first Influencer Fraudnomics Summit in New York City on Tuesday (Sept. Like with all new innovations, there are going to be some hitches to it,” Cavazos said. 17) will discuss the fraud problem stemming from influencer marketing.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Amazon has poached former Uber manager Alex Vickers and Justin Ginsburgh , known for starting New York's Citi Bike bikeshare service, to helm its eBike delivery team, CNBC reported. The move shows Amazon potentially moving more into last-mile delivery innovations, with the bikes a possible source of deliveries.

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JUNE 21, 2019

Luxury fitness brand Equinox is set next month to open its first hotel in New York City, “with more on the horizon in Seattle, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Santa Clara, Calif.,” As well, the furnishings brand RH, formerly known as Restoration Hardware, plans to open RH Guesthouse in New York in the fall.

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MAY 4, 2019

The realm of quick service restaurants (QSRs) is and actually always has been a pretty innovative space. In the modern digital era of QSR, it is almost impossible not to mention Starbucks and its myriad contributions to innovation — including the first really successful launch of a mobile wallet product in the U.S.

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MAY 5, 2020

Even though its business model was centered around food discovery and the novel experience of shopping at new locations, Pop Up Grocer also has the digital shift covered. For a business built on a nomadic and innovative business model, the two-year-old firm has reacted quickly and expertly to an unforeseen crisis by pushing into eCommerce.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The move will bring 100 popular small businesses and digital brands on Facebook and Instagram into retail stores — just in time for the holiday shopping season. The Market @ Macy’s helps both emerging and established brands reach new audiences by showcasing them in a physical space inside Macy’s.

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JULY 22, 2019

While not exactly an empire yet, the online retailer launched its 13th store in New York City last month and it features the ability to use cash, answering a complaint that’s been lodged at unattended retail generally. New Developments. The next wave of automated retail might be heralded by U.K.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

As Hershey’s Brand Publicity Lead Anna Lingeris told CNN, “as the #1 Halloween candy (with over half of candy buyers purchasing Reese’s), Reese’s has come up with a solution: Give us your unwanted candy, and we’ll give you what you actually want – Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.”. and run until 9:00 p.m.

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APRIL 5, 2017

In the age of e-commerce and discounts, it’s becoming harder for brands overall to compete. Consumers seek deals and discounts and care less and less about brand loyalty. Earlier this year, we reported the fashion brand’s departure with its CEO, Stefan Larsson due to creative differences.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

“We emerge from Chapter 11 as a stronger, more innovative retailer, brand partner and employer.”. At the conclusion of this process, I remain profoundly impressed by the strength of Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, the commitment of our associates, the unwavering support of our brand partners and the loyalty of our customers.”.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

The North Face , for instance, is opening a new experiential retail store in the New York City’s SoHo neighborhood as it plans to make existing stores into “basecamps for exploration.”. Beyond The North Face, other outdoor apparel retailers are innovating with their brick-and-mortar stores.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

New York City's shelter-in-place measures profoundly challenged rotating retail concept store Showfields , a business offering an immersive shopping experience for digital-first and digital-only retailers. I think what we’re seeing is there is a sort of spectrum of comfort levels right now in New York City,” Hunt said. “We

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

20, which is the day that the brand is expected to announce a foldable phone and the Galaxy S10, Apple Insider reported. The outlet reported that the first Samsung stores will be at Roosevelt Field on Long Island, The Americana at Brand in Los Angeles and The Galleria in Houston. The company will reportedly open three stores on Feb.

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JULY 13, 2017

Like many innovators starting out, BarkBox cofounder and CEO Matt Meeker was a man looking to solve his own problem. I have a Great Dane named Hugo, which is fairly rare in New York City. And his problem was a Great Dane named Hugo. “I And every day I thought about what I can do to make this enormous dog happy.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Blue Apron has introduced a brand-new offering called Knick Knacks, which are specialty recipe ingredient kits that let people combine a chosen protein and produce. Jet is the first to have a slew of different Knick Knacks for same-day or following-day delivery across the New York City area.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

But with consumer spending holding steady, it’s important for retailers to grasp the opportunity to create innovative ways to get, keep and grow customers. According to a recent report from Forrester and Adobe , brands defined as “experience-driven” grow at a clip of 19 percent per year, compared to 13 percent for others.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Never to be outdone when it comes to innovation, Chipotle is testing a new concept that lets OTE customers pick up their orders at a convenient window without entering the location. At its heart, mobile ordering and delivery is part of a consistent, positive brand experience,” he noted. The Shape of Eats to Come.

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JULY 11, 2018

CNBC said The Steinberg Group , which operates under the name dOMAIN, and a production management company in New York City agreed to submit altered invoices and bills to hide the scam. Falkowski was sentenced to 30 months in a federal prison for being the brains behind a $1 million fraud scam.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Sainsbury’s , in one case, unveiled a new c-store format in London called On The Go to deliver “big innovation in small spaces for local shoppers” and used data to create the Mansion House store to meet the needs of busy city workers. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News. billion by 2024 from £18.5 billion last year per IGD.

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JUNE 11, 2020

The Walmart warehouse club brand has been piloting curbside pickup at 16 clubs. Starbucks has announced it will be closing about 400 company-owned locations, though USA Today reports that the plan is to open an additional 300 new stores by the end of the year. The brand has about 15,000 U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Among the defining endeavors of our time — at least for the worlds of payment and commerce — has been to bring brick-and-mortar retail stores into the new century. It’s an ongoing effort that has probably seen more failures than success stories, but that’s certainly not keeping people from betting on new innovations.

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JULY 9, 2019

For one, the pace of innovation keeps speeding up – and that holds true for all types of retail niches, from apparel to grocery to others. That’s a view recently expressed by Dealerscope in a report on the activities of CE Week 2019 , which took place in New York City in June.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

“It’s clear the main reason Amazon wanted to be here was the availability of a skilled tech workforce plus the synergy with related industries,” said James Parrott, an economist at the New School. And New York City still retains that attraction.”. Alphabet also signed a lease earlier this year for 1.3

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AUGUST 9, 2019

The retailer’s Power locations are said to be four times larger than its usual mall locations, and one is set to open this weekend in New York City, CNBC reported. The new store in the city’s Washington Heights neighborhood has kids’ and women’s merchandise downstairs and men’s items upstairs.

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APRIL 5, 2019

In addition to the current Hudson Yards location, additional New York City locations are planned to roll out this year). The 188,000-square-foot space was to host three levels of luxury fashion and dining, stocking iconic and emerging brands as well as exclusive products.

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MARCH 26, 2018

A press release announcing Landsman’s new role explained that she will be focusing on “consumer technology and commerce” and will be based in the company’s New York City office. “I The move comes less than 18 months after Walmart acquired Jet.com for $3 billion.

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MAY 8, 2020

New York City fashion boutique Nili Lotan has a client list that reads like the front row at Fashion Week (back when such events were still held). With the pandemic, clienteling has gone decidedly upscale, with brands like Salvatore Ferragamo and Harrods kicking up new practices just over the past few weeks.

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

WeWork, a New York-based company providing flexible, coworking workspaces, has inked a deal to acquire space in department store chain Lord & Taylor’s flagship Manhattan location for $850 million. According to a report in Fortune, the deal will lower HBC’s debt levels and give WeWork a new headquarters in New York City.

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MAY 7, 2018

As it tests out new retail concepts such as pop-up shops, Macy’s has acquired a retail store in New York City that has a rotating selection of items called STORY. With the change in theme, the store offers a new selection of inventory — and a reason for consumers to keep visiting the store.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

McDonald’s and Grubhub have announced a new partnership to begin expanding McDelivery to approximately 500 restaurants in the NYC and tri-state area. We’ve been a part of New Yorkers’ lives for over 20 years, and we know a beloved brand like McDonald’s will be a welcome addition to our diners’ daily options.”.

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MARCH 20, 2020

Fast casuals, quick service restaurants (QSRs) and table service operations all have long been working to innovate their ordering services. The pandemic-related increase in demand will now give food brands a larger chance to test and demonstrate their new order-to-go technologies and approaches.

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JUNE 26, 2019

Here are just some of the ways these merchants are providing influential consumer experiences in their brick-and-mortar locations and online with the help of digital technology and retail innovations: About one-quarter – or 26.8 Customers on Walmart.com can access styles from brands like C&C California, Butter Super Soft, Puma and BCBG.

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