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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. These hubs for travel retail, which are providing an audience of on-the-go travelers as U.S. percent to attain $76 billion last year.

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Labor Day Weekend 2020: Where The Kentucky Derby, Dragon Con And Burning Man Go Virtual

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For example, the Kentucky Derby will be run on Saturday (Sept. And for those who want to have their own derby party, NBC Sports has released a “Kentucky Derby at Home Party Pack” for downloading. 5) for the 146th time this weekend after being postponed from its normal May. Dragon Con . That seems doubtful.

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The Habit Restaurants Now Owned By Yum! Brands

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Brands, which also claims Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and other luminaries of American fast food under its belt, according to a release. has counted a fast-casual brand among its arsenal of eateries. Franchisees will have new opportunities with another brand added, he pointed out. CEO David Gibbs.

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Why Brick-And-Mortar Merchants Are Tapping Into Unattended Retail

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To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. The number of Kentucky Fried Chicken locations to adopt kiosks by 2020 is 5,000.

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Kroger, Walgreens Pool Resources In Retail Procurement Alliance

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Kroger and Walgreens are expanding their partnership to create a new group purchasing organization (GPO) called the Retail Procurement Alliance, which will pool resources to cut costs and advance innovation, the companies said in a press release on Wednesday (Dec. and reinvent critical components of our sourcing practices.”

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Retail Pulse: Wayfair Opens Mall Store; Banana Republic Unveils Style Passport

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Online furniture retailers are stepping further into the world of physical retail with permanent brick-and-mortar stores. Retail furniture is no stranger to the brick-and-mortar world. After experimenting with the pop-up shops, it was reported in February that the company would be opening an outlet store in Kentucky.

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Fabletics Announces Brick-and-Mortar Expansion

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Activewear brand Fabletics , which was co-founded by Kate Hudson in 2013, announced plans for a retail expansion across the U.S. The company confirmed that the new locations will bring the brand’s total retail store count to 30 locations throughout the U.S.

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