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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

To serve travelers from China who want to shop in-store and online, retailers thousands of miles away from Asia are accepting Alipay in brick-and-mortar stores and on the web. Alipay North America General Manager Yulei Wang said in the announcement, “This is a key strategic partnership for achieving awareness in the U.S.,

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JANUARY 28, 2020

The startup’s mission is to provide eCommerce companies with delivery and distribution center services — it has developed infrastructure and tech to let direct-to-consumer brands quickly deliver products, and more efficiently accept returns. In addition, Bond has begun opening physical locations around New York City.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

He has secured a distribution channel into the mainstream market for many retail brands, and will do so for many more in the future. Lopez’s approach to retail has involved buying up distressed brick-and-mortar retail brands like Modell’s, Linens ‘n Things, Dressbarn and Pier 1 Imports and giving them a new digital life.

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JULY 7, 2020

Fast fashion already claimed a victim this week as Lucky Brand filed for bankruptcy, and H&M announced it was shuttering 170 stores across the globe due to the pandemic-driven digital shift. “We We have increased our customer base online, and many of our customers — in-store customers — are now multichannel customers.”.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Country Manager Lars Petersson said in an announcement , “We recognize that we are in a rapidly changing retail environment, and to be fit for long-term growth, Ikea is transforming in a way that lets us meet our customers where they are. At the time, it was reported that Amazon had two new furniture brands. Ikea Retail U.S

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Uber Eats customers have stepped up at a tough time for restaurants and donated $3 million to help food service establishments using a new feature put on the app in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation app was tested first on April 1 in New York City, she said, to make sure tipping of delivery workers didn’t suffer.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

According to news from Bloomberg on Monday (Dec. 4), SoulCycle recently launched a line of workout clothing in collaboration with New York City-based streetwear company Public School. SoulCycle has had its own branded clothing for years, releasing up to 60 styles each month at each of its 80 studios and online.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The move paves the way for the Groupon Getaways travel business to work with more of the leading hotel brands around the globe, expand its ability to access room availability, see nightly rates and book reservations directly. New York City, Niagara Falls, Las Vegas, Orlando and Myrtle Beach are some of the top-selling destinations.

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JUNE 14, 2019

Online brands are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints: Online handbag marketplace Rebag , for instance, is opening a new store in Miami’s Design District with more stores said to come. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News. The two-story location will have an outdoor courtyard complete with Rebag Yellow furniture.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

While Foulkes doesn’t have fashion experience, her new employer was impressed that “she knows operations, she knows about brand building,” said a source. Currently, 48 million consumers fill their CVS prescriptions online. She will start her new position on Feb. We were looking for a transformational leader.”.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

The traffic generated by holiday returns holds significant opportunity for retailers to build better customer profiles and generate new opportunities for engagement by personalizing the returns experience,” said Jeff Warren, vice president of retail solutions management, Oracle Retail. Luxury retail is also playing a role.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Toys“R”Us has just managed to secure $3.1 billion in financing, a big vote of investor confidence for the toy and game retail brand which had recently declared bankruptcy. It has also opened a specialized concept shop for the holiday season in New York City’s Time Square, a separate Chain Storage Age news report noted.

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When Postmates Co-Founder and CEO Bastian Lehmann was asked if the catastrophe at Grubhub was a Grubhub problem, he said it was, and “the idea that bad management equals a bad market is a shoe that doesn’t fit the new breed of companies,” CNBC reported.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Extending that idea even further are the “ ghost kitchens ” popping up in American cities, which have no seating, signage or public-facing accommodations. One example is the online-only sensation Zoku Sushi , which is profiled in the OTE Tracker. They exist solely to feed the insatiable appetite for OTE. The Shape of Eats to Come.

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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.”. News surfaced last year that Canada Goose Holdings Inc. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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JULY 19, 2019

The parent of the Toys R Us brand, Tru Kids , plans to bring stores under the legendary name to the United States for the 2019 holiday season. Tru Kids has entered into a joint venture with the software-powered experiential retailer b8ta to offer a new store experience with curated toys in “highly immersive, smaller-format spaces.”.

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JUNE 8, 2018

As consumers shift their spending from brick-and-mortar stores to eCommerce sites, iconic American fashion and houseware brands are shuttering their flagship stores. That news comes months after it was reported that Lord & Taylor would sell the building to the WeWork for $850 million.) Changing Consumer Tastes. Rising Rents.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

One of the latest, ongoing trends is the rise of online luxury resale commerce. Not only that, but the luxury online consignment retailer opened a brick-and-mortar store on New York City’s famed Madison Avenue. But even without traditional physical stores, luxury retail is finding new homes — and not just online.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Hilton To Permanently Close Its Hotel In New York City's Times Square. In a filing with New York’s State Department of Labor, the managing director of the Hilton Times Square said the 44-story hotel will close permanently next month and 200 jobs will be lost. Here’s an inside look at how it works.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Some of that was on display at the NRF retail show in New York City earlier this week. Automated grocery systems like Alphabot can reportedly pick and pack orders an estimated 10 times faster than a person, which could increase order capacity as demand grows for online grocery services.

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DECEMBER 4, 2017

For years, Al ran a soup storefront in New York on 55th and 8th in New York City,” Joe Hagan, president of The Original Soupman company, explained. And, as it turns out, an international soup brand. We took over the company, buying it from the former management out of a bankruptcy situation.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

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. The consumer now has a candle with a personal brand. Other companies focus on activities that stay on brand. Minutes later, that photo is applied as a label.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

14) in New York City. Too few companies are deciding to make retail jobs good jobs,” said Zeynep Ton, professor of the practice at MIT Sloan School of Management, who interviewed Furner, according to that report. Increasingly, store associates are becoming more important to the mix. Better Experiences.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

The clock is ticking — holiday shipping deadlines are approaching and the last of the holiday shopping procrastinators are either rushing to order online or resigning themselves to a last-minute trip to a crowded mall or shopping center to tough it out in line with all the other procrastinators. Surprise of the Week: The Bad Santa Sweater .

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Bonobos, the men’s clothing brand that began life online and has now pushed into the physical realm, is betting on the tactile experience to boost sales. The personal service provides this and allows them to move beyond online to an environment where they can experiment more. Those associates are not paid on commission.

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MARCH 9, 2020

Currently exiting beta in New York City, Fahmy’s new company, DineVite, claims to put the discounts back where they belong — with the restaurant owners. The model for the DineVite online and mobile app is actually similar to social media.

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The Bank of America at 52nd Street and Park Avenue in New York City, in one case, ran out of $100 bills for a time due to large withdrawal attempts. It can be challenging for restaurants to manage multiple eateries and to keep them completely stocked as well as running smoothly in the best of times.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Dutch global grocery conglomerate Ahold Delhaize — the firm behind grocery behemoths Giant and Stop & Shop — has acquired a majority stake in supermarket delivery startup FreshDirect in an attempt to up the level of its digital grocery offerings amid the online shopping surge created by COVID-19. “We Farmstead Picks Up $7.9M

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Jamie Nordstrom, president, Nordstrom stores said in an announcement , “Nordstrom Local is about giving customers more access to brands and styles they love, to try on or take home in a fast and convenient way. Beyond New York City, Nordstrom Local has three locations out west in California — Melrose, Brentwood and Downtown Los Angeles.

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JUNE 20, 2019

And payments firms are helping restaurants with mobile orders: Square, for instance, is releasing new order management integrations for Square for Restaurants. The release also noted, “Additionally, restaurants will have a simplified look into their in-store, online, and delivery orders all in one unified location.”.

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JUNE 27, 2019

After that wave of complaints about gauging, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) began warning hotels and online booking sites against opacity in pricing — so the problem was rectified to the extent that most online booking platform at this point list both the base price and the total price with fees.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

It could put the Bentonville crew within striking distance of pretty much the whole country for grocery delivery – and could add some needed user-friendly technology to Walmart’s online grocery efforts. The move represents an aggressive brand extension for Kroger, but will not pose much of a threat to Amazon.

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JUNE 20, 2018

Steven Latham, the manager of the Box Kite coffee shop in New York, told Eater that the “bright and citrusy flavor” of quinine is a good match for the floral notes and brightness of some espressos. We plan on taking over New York this summer,” Lam said.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The loans themselves would reportedly be co-branded. In Amazon’s case, the value of logistics is about $1 trillion, which is the valuation the company reached again this week, after the firm’s results and investments managed to impress investors. The move is on-trend for both firms. The Expanding Range of Amazon Offerings .

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Online sales today are a speck on a pinhead, accounting for just $7 billion, or a little more than 1 percent of total grocery sales. Letting its Prime customers buy Bounty paper towels or Tide Laundry Pods or extra-large Milk-Bones online eliminated the hassle factor of having to go to the store to get them and then lug them home.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Currently in beta, the program allows consumers to use their Venmo debit cards in stores, online or as part of a mobile wallet. “We The Visa-branded debit cards are issued by Metropolitan Commercial Bank via Shift Financial, a YC-backed company that provides physical and virtual debit cards to payment providers.

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In New York City, the tab apparently averages out at around $82,299, while in Chicago the proper celebration of eternal love and fealty runs at about $61,265. So they decided to go all in and offer branded wedding gowns (starting at $150) along with a pile of accessories, shoes and a bit of everything wedding. “It

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