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AUGUST 28, 2019

The answer may hold lessons for other retailers eager to do more in the Chinese market. The paper reported that “Costco will be targeting China’s affluent growing middle class, who know the brand from traveling abroad.”. As well, other foreign retailers have stumbled on the general path Costco seems to be taking in China.

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JULY 15, 2020

While he and his friends were attending their final semester at the Yale School of Management , they had a plan. They looked at the marketplace and saw an opening for a new kind of spiked seltzer, this one with tequila instead of the malt liquor used in most seltzer brands. The original business model for Onda was to launch at retail.

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APRIL 3, 2019

Retailers are turning to voice assistants to make it easier for customers to shop for groceries amid strong competition. Shoppers can also manage their shopping carts on the go, as the technology is available on a host of devices, such as Android phones. The feature allows consumers to use voice commands to shop for groceries.

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MARCH 23, 2016

While the eCommerce giant has managed to narrow this window to one or two days, an unlikely brand is saying that it should take no longer than an hour. ” While Luedorf and American Apparel might be hitting the express delivery point hard, it only applies to a subset of 50 products the retailer is dubbing as “basics.”

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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. has an updated look and a new focus: the shopping needs of major metro consumers, particularly around grocery.

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JUNE 7, 2017

number one grocery delivery brand. The Alabama startup eliminates grocery store trips for 20 million families in 47 metro areas. That enables it to better manage logistics to keep service tight and efficient. David is taking on Goliath as Shipt, an online grocery delivery startup based in Birmingham, Ala.,

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AUGUST 14, 2020

In two massive hiring tranches, the headcount has almost quadrupled, making Instacart an even more desirable destination for traditional brick-and-mortar retailers looking to grow their customer bases on the back of digital.”. The move represents an aggressive brand extension for Kroger, but will not pose much of a threat to Amazon.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

And last week’s events managed to qualify it for “thrill-a-minute” status between the lofty and ambitious projects started, stopped and debated that made the headlines. The move puts Amazon in more direct competition with QVC and its parent brand, Qurate Retail Group, which in addition to QVC owns HSN, Zulily and five other brands.

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JUNE 8, 2017

Yes, last week, customers in many major metro areas — and the pedestrians on the streets outside their locations — were treated to the site of Lush employees stripped down to their skin but for their tastefully placed black aprons emblazoned with Lush’s equally subtle slogan: Get Naked! This time, it doesn’t seem Lush has.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Amazon is also looking to bolster its localization efforts around commerce, particularly in India where reports indicate it is looking to actively recruit brands and business to partners with its voice-activated platform. And there are already hundreds of skills for French customers from some of the most popular brands in France.”.

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APRIL 12, 2019

Robotics and automation were areas of focus for both retailers this week as they seek to upgrade their operations in an effort to capture more consumer spend. The move comes as cities and states are passing bans on cashless retail establishments, on the argument that such retail discriminates against unbanked consumers.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

metro for the last two years – the alternative milk of the moment is oat. Instead of trying to sell their product to consumers writ large, they focused their recruitment efforts on independent coffee shops and baristas, believing that with the right brand ambassadors, they could convert consumers to the wonders of oat milk. “It

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MAY 9, 2018

Extending the ‘Apple Store approach’ The Lloyds branch has many similarities with the approach taken by tech companies such as Apple in its retail branches. Allowing employees to get out from behind desks and counters and have a more laid-back discussion with customers helps brands connect more effectively with them.

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OCTOBER 5, 2019

That lost library book we had almost managed to convince ourselves no longer existed. This week, Chicago became the largest metro area to officially say no to library fines – joining St. It has happened to all but the most organized among us. The first being Amazon, of course.). “I

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MARCH 19, 2018

Despite the nearly continuous drumbeat of doom and gloom from the world of physical retail, there is, according to Affirm CRO Rob Pfeifer, something of a curious side phenomenon unfolding at the same time: Online brands – famous and famously successful online brands – are branching out into physical retail.

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JULY 25, 2017

Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, Five Guys and many other “fast-casual” chains are receiving orders from their clients’ phones (or desktops) in branded apps or websites. GOLO is currently operational in a number of Canadian metro areas, including Toronto, Quebec City and Montreal. But can small and midsized businesses (SMBs) follow suit?

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APRIL 23, 2017

Jeff Bank A: To our shareholders, Since our inception, we have used the word ‘‘Absolutely’’ as a part of our brand. Disciplined execution on our strategic priorities resulted in exceptional growth in organic loans and core deposits, which combined with effective expense management, collectively yielded net income of $xx million.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2018

Offered in conjunction with Postmates, the service will be available in the 40 metro markets in which Postmates currently operates. It’s all hands on deck,” Chapin Hansen, Lyft’s Twin Cities market manager, said. “We The team at Amazon retailer CreepyParty recently had a creepy experience of their own. Winner: Pizza .

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MAY 30, 2018

The goal, according to Desai, is for Heal to be in all 25 major metros, decisions that will largely rely on local partnerships with managed care providers, with additional consideration given to demand and doctor density. What’s Next. “But other innovations just blew past the worst part of that experience.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Offered in conjunction with Postmates, the service will be available in the 40 metro markets that Postmates operates in. “It’s all hands on deck,” Chapin Hansen, Lyft’s Twin Cities market manager. Amazon retailer Creepy Party toy recently had a creepy experience of their own. Winner: Pizza .

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

billion of assets under management. Hats off the Schools Financial’s board and management for acknowledging that even multi-billion dollar credit unions can drive value via merging with someone bigger. So many miles to go, retail bankers! SchoolsFirst Credit Union and Schools Financial Credit Union. Bank Acquisition of the Year.

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AUGUST 31, 2018

online grocery sales since 2017, the largest share of any single retailer and double its closest competitor. When linked to the Amazon Chase card, the cash-back makes the experience even more of a win, in addition to serving as a natural pull toward card/brand share shift. According to the Harris Poll, Amazon is the most trusted U.S.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

have a retail crisis — or a small business crisis? Which is why “fixing” retail must include giving SMB merchants the tools they need to compete in the very dynamic environment that now defines Retail U.S.A. Brookings reports that the 100 largest metro areas in the U.S. So, what does this all have to do with retail?

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AUGUST 13, 2019

The pop-ups are still part of the business, springing up in major metros throughout the year. But the brand’s focus has shifted to its permanent brick-and-mortar boutiques and large online business. The aim is for the system to be manageable and seamlessly accessible to its employees, particularly the ones on the ground in boutiques.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

The pop-ups are still part of the business, springing up in major metros throughout the year. But the brand’s focus has shifted to its permanent brick-and-mortar boutiques and large online business. The aim is for the system to be manageable and seamlessly accessible to its employees, particularly the ones on the ground in boutiques.

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