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OCTOBER 10, 2018

BuzzFeed is planning to open a toy store in New York City later this fall. New York Post reported that the store, called “Camp,” will be located in an 11,000-square-foot space in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. Freeman, senior managing director at GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group, recently said.

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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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FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Drive-through windows are a mainstay of the traditional fast food business, but tiny-footprint urban pickup windows that serve up digital orders is a new equation in restaurant real estate – and considering the high commercial rents around population centers, the trend will likely have legs. Order Size Pays the Freight.

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

News this week surfaced that FAO Schwarz is planning to have a flagship store in New York City once again – this time at Rockefeller Center instead of the Fifth Avenue location where Tom Hanks tapped out “Chopsticks” on a dance-on piano in the 1988 movie “Big.”. percent stake in Starbucks.

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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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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 non-licensed goods) by way of self-owned and operated channels),” says fashion trade magazine The Fashion Law.

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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. 18, 2017, with an overall goal of restructuring its operations and substantial outstanding debt, Chain Store Age reports.

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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. Operating hours span from 6 a.m. The store is said to also take cash for payment.

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JULY 1, 2016

The accepted wisdom of the current retail reality is that no formerly brick-and-mortar brand can operate in a vacuum from the destabilizing effects of online sales.

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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. In fact, with the Saks Fifth Avenue location in New York City worth $3.8 In fact, with the Saks Fifth Avenue location in New York City worth $3.8

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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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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. The new store will be opening at South Beach’s Lincoln Road. And Simon Property Group Inc.

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MAY 22, 2017

Of all expansion at city level, 21 percent was by U.S. retailers’ expansion abroad is aided significantly by their strong brands and execution, especially for food and beverage operators,” said Brandon Famous, CBRE senior managing director and retail leader, the Americas. But while the U.S.

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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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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 said in the release.

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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. The system uses fully autonomous bots that operate on three axes of motion, with the ability to move items horizontally and vertically without lifts or conveyors. Consumer Needs.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

The company said in an announcement that it offers the digital payment service in 3,000 stores in cities such as San Francisco and New York City, “where Alipay users travel the most.” Apparel brand GUESS?, boosting its brand among the rapidly expanding group of Chinese overseas visitors.”.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Through a pop-up store in New York City, consumers are able to browse and buy gear from official Olympic sponsors, such as Nike, Swatch and Oakley. Mall operator Simon Properties, for example, has been trying out a pop-up concept called The Edit, which allows a much shorter commitment — only one to six months.

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APRIL 10, 2020

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has advanced a plan to provide up to $75,000 in interest-free loans to businesses with fewer than 100 employees that experience at least a 25 percent drop in sales. “And A year of work and a completely new day. Several examples have shown up over the past week.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The upscale apparel brand, according to a recent report , is opening an “experiential store” in the Mall of America in Minneapolis on Wednesday (Nov. The new 19,700-square-foot space will feature a studio equipped for yoga and high-intensity interval training classes. The latest evidence comes from Lululemon. Better Discovery.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In a recent conversation with Karen Webster, Bhanusali — who’s also founder of the AIRE SkinStore platform for dermatologists and their patients — noted that cosmetic appointments in his New York City office are already booked out through January. Building A Virtual Dermatology Landscape .

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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. Big News of the Week: The Central Operations Restructuring.

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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 operative word is control. “I [Few] would argue that these services make life easy for the consumer.

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MAY 14, 2018

It made a largely unreported acquisition of a firm called STARTEK earlier this year, and although it may sound like an acquisition more appropriate for Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space exploration firm, the business is a call center operator and engagement outsourcing specialist.

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JUNE 28, 2017

“It could be the girl in the Midwest who vacations by the lake, it could be the girl in New York City who can’t get out to the beach and is lying out on her fire escape or on the rooftop.” Before taking on the CEO role and founding her own firm, Al-Khalil was the COO of the Reformation clothing brand.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Under the terms of the deal, FreshDirect will keep its brand name, be supervised by a seven-member board and continue its independent operations in New York City. Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close in Q1 of 2021, have not thus far been disclosed. To Boost Online Grocery Shopping.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Most of the workers are salaried, but the layoffs apparently included no warehouse workers, with improved fulfillment operations a continuing focus of Blue Apron’s future growth plans. These reductions included certain members of management,” CEO Brad Dickerson told analysts on Wednesday (Nov. New Partnership. percent from 16.3

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AUGUST 25, 2017

And for a small brand, Back to the Roots has made some fairly impressive progress. Earlier this year, the all-natural brand managed to quietly displace some cereals from titan Kellogg’s from their place on the menu of New York City schools.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

And, as always, the B-reel contained some rather intriguing watch-and-wait possibilities — in Amazon’s case a looming takeover of the shipping business, and in Walmart’s yet another turn in the life of its luxury Jetblack brand. But it isn’t the only major brand getting in on the action. We, of course, are holding out for Donald Duck.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

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. And Venmo wasn’t quite finished with the splashy announcements. Equifax: Blame It On The Software.

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JULY 28, 2018

Chinese consumers have a reputation for loving luxury that is well-earned, The New York Times reports – but they also really love a bargain, and Pinduoduo’s explosive growth in the eCommerce scene proves it. on New York City’s Fifth Avenue.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year. Anita Drentlaw , CEO, president and CFO at $190 million-asset New Market Bank in Elko New Market, Minn. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

“Restaurants are an extremely competitive business, and that’s only accelerating in the digital-first era,” said Brian Dugan, senior vice president and general manager of NCR Hospitality. There are also add-on tools to advance brand loyalty. We recently opened our first U.S.-based With NCR Aloha Essentials, it was all there.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Restaurants should respond accordingly, developing efficient, digital-based operations that help them focus on shoppers’ new priorities: quality meals at compelling prices. . A city like New York — where rents and minimum wages tend to be higher — forces restaurants to carefully manage their operational costs.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

Retailers are looking to labs and accelerators to provide new ideas, partnerships, and collaborations on some of the most pressing challenges in the industry. From supply chain and inventory improvements to new payment options, these brands are going all in on digital. The Home Depot — The Home Depot Innovation Center.

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MAY 13, 2016

On Tuesday (May 10) and Thursday (May 12), Sotheby’s conducted live, high-margin auctions of artworks from a dappling of famous names — Dalí, de Kooning, Pollock — all streamed through eBay’s site, alongside the in-person auctions being held by Sotheby’s agents in New York City. ” Angry Birds?

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FEBRUARY 16, 2019

After heavy speculation that not all was proceeding smoothly in the deal to put one-half of Amazon’s second headquarters in Long Island City, New York, Amazon announced via a blog post that the deal is indeed off. The Crystal City, Virginia HQ2 plans are still underway, as are plans for a new operations hub in Nashville.

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