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MAY 3, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are changing the way they manage their workforces in the age of Amazon: Walmart , for instance, is testing multiple versions of a new team structure called the “Great Workplace” in some of its locations. In terms of Walmart’s other efforts, the retailer is also focusing on features such as grocery pickup.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2018

Online brands continue their march into the offline world as Shopify and Warby Parker announce plans to open brick-and-mortar locations in the coming months. Warby Parker CEO Neil Blumenthal said, unequivocally, that he doesn’t believe retail is dead or dying — only “mediocre retail experiences.”

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AUGUST 28, 2019

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

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Allbirds has always been a somewhat unique company in the world of digitally-native brands attempting to take the world by storm. And as the buzz around the brand grew, so did its product line. metro areas. But it’s a jump the brands needs to make, Co-CEO Zwillinger noted. To date, there are 14 Allbirds stores in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Online retailers are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints – and using feedback from eCommerce customers to inform the selections in their new stores. A data team from the eCommerce retailer determines what is sold at the locations, Amazon Physical Stores Director Drew Sheriff told MetroWest Daily News.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

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 product and marketing plan were locked early in the year. The original business model for Onda was to launch at retail. Technically, “onda” means wave.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2019

Reuters , citing Reis, the real estate research firm, reported the vacancy rate in 28 of the 77 metro areas increased during the first three months of 2019. As the retail sector continues to undergo restructuring, a number of retail real estate markets face more vacancies and falling rents. New construction plummeted 53.9

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

From there, consumers are given a “large assortment of different tires to choose from,” including all of the major tire brands across all price ranges, Komal said. And it is not necessarily just a tire retailer – Komal said it is more of a logistics company that also happens to sell and install tires.

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PYMNTS

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!

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

To get more millennials on board, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer is rolling out offerings designed to attract younger, well-to-do consumes in urban areas. That service option ups the ante for speed and flexibility through Jet.com, as the retailer previously had a relatively early 9 a.m. Private Labels and Brand Resellers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2017

But, while more consumers are heading to mobile retail channels, the personal experience and ability to touch and preview items in-person offered by physical stores still holds allure for roughly 70 percent of shoppers. And the market is showing interest — and investing —in improved mobile tech.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

“Last October, Kroger introduced Home Chef retail meal kits, and we’re now expanding to add the easy-to-prepare recipes to hundreds of new locations, providing convenient access to the meal solution at more than 700 stores. .

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

In the longer run, the service will grow over the next several months to the grocer’s 570 retail locations throughout California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida. Prime members in more than 2,000 locations can also receive unlimited free, two-hour delivery from Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market on orders of $35 or more.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 8, 2017

America’s biggest banks haven’t seen much change to their market share in the last decade, and UK banks have just been getting bigger. That grew to 70% and, excluding the impact of mergers and acquisitions, the four largest banks have lost less than 5% market share since 2005.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 1, 2015

China UnionPay already entered into the South Korean market, and even a brand of my credit card issued in South Korea is UnionPay. China’s payment has entered into South Korean market in earnest and South Korean players have been getting into the game.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

has an updated look and a new focus: the shopping needs of major metro consumers, particularly around grocery. For food, they want to see the brands and the products and confirm they will be fresh and quality. Kroger released its Q2 earnings this week, and the market did not love what it saw. percent during the second quarter.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

In 2016, the company announced it had opened 23 “flex-format” stores — smaller stores less than 50,000 square feet designed for urban shoppers — in metro areas like Chicago, Philadelphia and Berkeley, California. According to Retail Dive , the project was allocated with $7 billion last March. ”

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JANUARY 5, 2018

market has changed, framed largely as a competition between Amazon and Walmart , with increasing pressure from discount chains like ALDI. The operator of over 2,000 grocery stores nationwide, the company is the second-largest physical retailer in the U.S., according to a National Retail Federation ranking. The Power of Size .

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2018

The pop-up store , in an era where retail is resetting rapidly all around, has become a popular option for all types of businesses, including eTailers looking to put feelers out into physical commerce without a big commitment, or even physical retailers trying to test-drive an expansion into a new market. ”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2018

When Amazon launched Prime Now delivery for groceries out of its Whole Foods Marketpalce subsidiary, the company turned some heads — and heard some minor complaints, since the service was only initially only available in four markets: Virginia Beach, Austin, Dallas and Cincinnati.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

12) that it is partnering with Instacart in four test markets. As such, it is a highly synergistic partnership that will benefit both companies once extended to a larger selection of markets. The move represents an aggressive brand extension for Kroger, but will not pose much of a threat to Amazon. Next: Walmart+.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

At the time, the move was written off to timing pressure — Amazon wants to get its products to the global market faster than it can conceivably teach Alexa to speak every human language. And there are already hundreds of skills for French customers from some of the most popular brands in France.”.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Amazon is hoping that the wider focus combined with its own in-house talent and content from brands developed in the Amazon Live Creator will find a wider and more engaged audience than its last attempt. retail feather in cap of Ant Financial-owned Alipay, it seems thousands of U.S. Creating a live stream is easy. With Walgreens.

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APRIL 8, 2016

The world’s most famous and recognizable jewelry brand Tiffany reported holiday sales down 5 percent — a reality the company chalked up to “restrained consumer spending tied to challenging and uncertain global economic conditions.” metro Area and one in Portland. million, or $0.90

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AUGUST 20, 2019

In more recent memory, soy milk began taking modern markets by storm in the early 1970s, growing steadily in sales and peaking in 2008 with annual sales of $1.2 metro for the last two years – the alternative milk of the moment is oat. What changed the game for Oatly specifically, and oat milk in general, was a different go-to market.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Instead, he decided to create his own, believing there was a better way to do luxury goods secondhand than what was already on offer in the market. million seed round, as the latest entrant hoping to capture the secondhand luxury market. metros in 2020 and beyond, though no specific plans have been announced yet.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2019

This week, Chicago became the largest metro area to officially say no to library fines – joining St. Incidentally, most people don’t actually know this, according to Equifax – which means they get a lot of questions from panicked library delinquents worried they are about to be booted from mainstream credit markets.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 23, 2017

Chairmen and CEOs alike spout undifferentiated bromides that tells me their strategy in their markets must be low cost. Jeff Bank A: To our shareholders, Since our inception, we have used the word ‘‘Absolutely’’ as a part of our brand. Our existing markets represent a significant growth opportunity for our company.

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PYMNTS

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 provides a very secure environment, with all the benefits we’ve come to expect of online markets, at a very low cost.”. Teachable Moments In Mobile Order-Ahead.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

Heal accepts all the major forms of insurance in the markets in which they operate, which today is 70 percent of California, Washington, D.C. If 10 years ago, I had told you retail was going to fully reset and all these brands were going to disappear, you wouldn’t have believed me,” Desai said. and Northern Virginia.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The chain was held as one of the pioneers of the so-called fast fashion movement that dominated retail, particularly retail targeted at young female customers, for approximately a decade and a half. It will close 187 of its 500 store locations — roughly 20 percent — while it will be fully exiting both the European and Asian markets.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The retailer also announced yesterday (Nov. as well as grocery delivery at about 600 locations in 50 metro areas. Amazon, by comparison, has grocery pickup at 22 Whole Foods locations in 48 metros. Amazon has a 48 percent share of the eCommerce market and controls 2.1 The retailer is also sticking with U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Walmart may be America’s biggest retailer and jockeying for a position as one of its biggest grocers, too — but millennials aren’t buying it. The big box retailer has ramped up its efforts to reach this generation — to little avail, so far. Walmart’s new strategy suggests it may be a question of branding.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. This was a terrific combination of two education-focused cooperatives across both Southern and Northern California markets. So many miles to go, retail bankers! ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.

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