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APRIL 22, 2019

Recess, a CBD-infused sparkling water company, has announced that it will be available on Uber Eats for delivery to customers in New York City, according to a report by Adweek. Eventually, the company plans to expand to other markets, including L.A. “We Dirty Lemon, another beverage brand, is also on the platform.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

We made the difficult decision to end operations in Mexico City as we focus on our continued growth in the U.S.,” Postmates co-founder and CEO Bastian Lehmann said last month that Grubhub’s dismal earnings report and one-day 43 percent stock plunge was not an indicator of the food delivery market.

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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 During this hard time, I’m trying to anticipate the market. New retail dynamics show that Garito is on to something.

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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.”.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

The online and mobile food ordering and delivery marketplace, as well as its Seamless brand, will be the national delivery partner of Shake Shack, with direct-to-POS integration for order submission as well as menu syncing, the burger chain said in an announcement.

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JUNE 11, 2020

The Walmart warehouse club brand has been piloting curbside pickup at 16 clubs. Sam’s Club members have been integrating technology into their shopping habits for a while with Scan & Go , samsclub.com and in-club pickup,” said Sam’s Club Chief Operating Officer Lance de la Rosa. “As The brand has about 15,000 U.S.

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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. Toys R Us had over 700 locations in the U.S.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

And things are getting much more mobile and digital – a trend that promises to play out in the new decade. Brands, the owner of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, reported an overall year-to-year revenue gain in the second quarter of 2019 of about 10 percent, to $1.31 That includes not only operations in the U.S. markets by year-end.

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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.

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MAY 22, 2017

s 10th annual study of international retail expansion surveyed 166 cities across 51 countries on how many international retailers had debuted in their markets last year. The results found that retailers’ expansion into new markets increased by 2 percent in 2016, down from 3.1 The CBRE Group Inc.’s But while the U.S.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Stockwell’s founder maintained at the time that the name was meant as an homage to the small (often immigrant-run) grocery shops and corner stores that dot urban neighborhoods in New York City. But the branding came across somewhat differently. The Washington Post branded Bodega the most hated startup in America.

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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. We’re confident this format will further strengthen our market-leading position in convenience.”.

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MAY 5, 2020

Cabinet, he told Karen Webster in an interview, offers 30 OTC medicines with Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved ingredients (and thus equivalent to brand names) individually or through curated kits. And I think in the direct-to-consumer space and with new brands in general, that is important.”.

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APRIL 13, 2017

A young logistics startup that gives eCommerce brands same-day delivery capabilities just scored a major chunk of venture funding. Brands without local inventory can use Darkstore’s storage space to ship same-day. The startup reportedly charges brands 3 percent per item that leaves a Darkstore storage space, up to a maximum of $20.

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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. It would seem as if the cosmetics industry has found a corner of the retail market that Amazon can’t touch – though it’s not for lack of trying.

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APRIL 4, 2018

The news comes as Warby Parker is expanding its brick-and-mortar portfolio to help gain exposure and customer insights. Warby Parker currently has 64 stores in markets that the retailer carefully chose. This year, the Adore Me brand plans to build between seven and 10 stores. by the end of 2018, CNBC reported. Pop-Up Shops.

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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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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Startups in the eCommerce space have long enabled their customers to experience their products in real life (“IRL”) through temporary retail shops, and now, digitally-focused brands belonging to major retailers are taking a similar approach. The four-room house, which is a mere 238 square feet, was built for the brand by Modern Tiny Living.

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JUNE 6, 2019

According to a report from Bloomberg , the luxury brand’s CEO, Michael Burke, “gave a rosy view of its China business, easing concerns about the effects of a trade war with the U.S. Luxury brands are selling more and more on Chinese eCommerce sites like JD.com and Alibaba, while still keeping their distance from Amazon, as PYMNTS has covered.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

a premium outerwear brand known for its goose-down jackets with fur-trimmed hoods, has announced that it plans to open three more retail locations in the fall: in Boston, Calgary and Tokyo. The Canada Goose is migrating. Canada Goose Holdings Inc., That’s in addition to previously announced standalone stores in Chicago and London.

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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 15, 2019

eCommerce brands are opening up pop-up shops in cities to test out brick-and-mortar retail, and Recess is using this platform to highlight its hemp-extract beverages in a temporary space in New York City that is dubbed the Take A Recess IRL Pop-Up. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News.

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JULY 23, 2018

The company decided to create the team after research showed that many consumers in the local market would not want to assemble furniture on their own, The Wall Street Journal reported. Beyond assembly services, the new location will also stock products that are geared toward the preferences of the local market.

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MARCH 20, 2020

The popularity of ordering in is not a new trend, however, with the number of digital food orders rising 23 percent between 2015 and 2019 alone. Fast casuals, quick service restaurants (QSRs) and table service operations all have long been working to innovate their ordering services. Starbucks expanded its ordering services in the U.S.

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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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OCTOBER 9, 2018

The pair-up will also see some private-label Kroger brands migrating onto Walgreens’ shelves. Partnerships are an important part of Walgreens’ performance plan going forward, because the retail market is changing and consumers are looking to navigate their shopping experiences differently. in early 2019. in early 2019.

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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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DECEMBER 14, 2017

In a press release , Kasisto said Oak HC/FT led the fundraising round, with participation from existing investors Propel Venture Partners, Two Sigma Ventures, Commerce Ventures, Mastercard and Partnership Fund for New York City. AI’s adoption in financial services has continued at a rapid pace.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Retailers are doubling down on toys amid a gap in the market left by the bankruptcy of Toys R Us. toy retailer Hamleys , for instance, is eyeing a potential New York City location for a flagship store. In the U.K., That is, a place that lets consumers try out products.). Retailers Step up Toy Selection.

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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. In addition to running Team USA’s pop-up shop — and eCommerce site — Fanatics is a major player in the licensed sports apparel market, selling fan merchandise for U.S.

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JUNE 6, 2019

JPMorgan Chase will roll out new Visa-branded contactless EMV cards this year. the payments landscape is often dictated by market forces, whereas in other countries, card brands operate according to mandates from member banks or the government. In the U.S.,

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JANUARY 16, 2019

Saks Fifth Avenue is one of the retailers falling into this trend with a new eatery called L’Avenue at Saks in New York City, which is the same locale where Lord & Taylor is closing to make way for a WeWork headquarters. Altman, which served tea sandwiches in its Charleston Garden, and opening their own restaurants.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

That may end up being a trend through next week as the world, watches for Walmart’s earnings report and the big rush of news that will come with it. The loans themselves would reportedly be co-branded. Loans were primarily issued to SMB merchants that sell on the site, and bank partnerships were leveraged in some foreign markets.

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JULY 24, 2019

The world’s most valuable brand is set to publish its second quarter earnings report on Thursday (July 25), which is expected to provide insight into how Amazon’s newest acquisitions are boosting the company’s revenue. and a cashierless Amazon Go store to New York City.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Big brands are opening big stores in big cities, but Nike is taking a decidedly digital approach with its New York City flagship: that is, the customer payment and shopping experience in the new space is powered by mobile technology. The rate of growth or the expectations were not disclosed.

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MAY 4, 2019

The drive-thru window, for example, first met the market in 1947 when it was introduced to the world by Sheldon “Red” Chaney, operator of Red’s Giant Hamburg in Springfield, Missouri. The concept was invented by a Guatemalan McDonald’s franchise operator, Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño, in the mid-70s.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

In September, McDonald’s and Grubhub announced a new partnership to begin expanding McDelivery to roughly 500 restaurants in the New York City and tri-state area. The brand also rolled out a new platform for online ordering that is said to have come out ahead of expectations. The number of U.S.

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