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OCTOBER 13, 2017

It can’t be easy for a brand that has literally made its name on the notion of brandless-ness, as a pure-play cosmetics supplier. The secret to what brandless offers, according to CEO Tina Sharkey, is the company’s elimination of what she calls the “brand tax.” The brandless consumer can even be loyal: Through the B.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Luxury retail is being revised — and in some cases, reinvented — and those trends are worth attention as the 2019 holiday shopping season approaches. Not only that, but the luxury online consignment retailer opened a brick-and-mortar store on New York City’s famed Madison Avenue. Indeed, in its recent U.S. has notched $300 million.

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JUNE 20, 2019

No, that doesn’t mean that PYMNTS takes sides in the struggle for retail supremacy, but only that we like to note when someone or some organization mounts a challenge to the eCommerce and logistical behemoth. High-End Retail. Not only that, but “Verishop is launching with roughly 150 brands — and growing — already signed on.”

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Worldwide legal cannabis products represented a $55 billion market in 2018, and most analysts estimate that it will have nearly tripled to reach $147 billion by 2025. the domestic market for legal cannabis in 2018 was $9.1 Here in the U.S., By 2025, estimates put it in the $15 billion range.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

There are many, many retailers and brands trying to outfit the world, and standing out in the crowd is difficult. The brand became the first to launch a website for U.S. The funds from sales generally do not flow back to Cuba, instead paying for marketing, taxes and payment for future printings. With its U.S.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

The Nike retailing model has shown itself again as The Gap announced Thursday that it will close underperforming stores, focus on the digital-first economy and exit its mall locations. As Macy’s CFO Felicia Williams told a retail conference in September: “Our intention is to change the composition of our store base.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

I recently interviewed Gary Johnson, a delivery director at Perficient who has worked with various automotive brands. From retail to consumer goods, online and mobile sales are up significantly. What about the tax incentives and credits? In our conversation, Gary shared how the automotive industry is faring during the pandemic.

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APRIL 5, 2018

retailers (or any foreign players) to establish a strong presence in the Chinese market. Meanwhile, although many products around the world bear the “Made in China” stamp, that doesn’t necessarily mean Chinese brands have had an easy time setting up shop away from home. Historically speaking, it has not been easy for U.S.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

15), “the City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing on a plan requiring new retailers in the area to designate at least 500 square feet of space to fresh food. As reported, the measure would apply to discount and dollar stores, often the main source of retail in so-called food deserts. The measure is expected to pass.”.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Last week, Sears CEO Edward Lampert got personal as he went into detail about the retailer’s continuing woes and the challenges it (and many other “old-line” retailers like it) face in a rapidly changing industry. The chain, which operates both the Sears and Kmart brands, reported a loss of $580 million in the quarter ending Jan.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

India has overtaken the United States to become the world’s second largest smartphone market. According to news from a report by Canalys , smartphone shipments in India grew 23 percent year over year in Q3 2017 to reach just over 40 million units, making the country the world’s second largest smartphone market after China.

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APRIL 21, 2017

Though much attention these days is given to the plight of retail in a digitizing world, in his fireside chat with Karen Webster at Innovation Project (IP) 2017, Paul Galant gave IP delegates a critical retail reality check. That doesn’t mean that retail hasn’t changed — or isn’t in fact changing as you read this.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

For many retailers, especially those focused on eCommerce, the next several weeks are crucial. Clearbanc , which provides growth capital for online brands, said on Wednesday (Nov. Increasingly, it looks like a bumpy holiday season for firms with supply chains that include Chinese vendors. China trade dispute.

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JANUARY 21, 2019

With simple packaging that is nondescript by design and an ethos that values simplicity and quality above all, Brandless has made quite a name for itself in the short time it has been on the market since it was founded in 2012. And then building direct relationships with the community we serve,” she told Retail Dive.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

billion merger deal with Switzerland’s tourism shopping tax refund company Global Blue , earning it a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the companies announced Thursday (Jan. Global Blue runs airport kiosks and storefronts that enable shoppers to get sales tax refunds when they return home.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

PepsiCo turned some heads with its quarterly earnings call announcement that it would take some of its tax reform windfall and reinvest it in improving the firm’s eCommerce efforts. And the numbers in this regard don’t lie: Physical retail is growing at a rate of about 3.6 According to PepsiCo CEO Indra K.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Looks like retail sales are back on the street. With direct marketing hit by robocall abuse and the National Do Not Call Registry , direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands and other not-so-usual suspects are looking into and in some cases reinstating door-to-door sales. It’s a niche market, but $28.7

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APRIL 19, 2016

The next president will have to grapple with far weightier tasks, among them sustaining job growth where it has been flowering and planting the seeds where the labor market has been barren. Taxes,” said one pizza shop owner near Penn Station, who asked that neither he nor his shop be named. It’s taxes that weigh on everything.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In the rare instance that a new market emerges, using the blueprints that other industries have created in supply chain management, logistics, procurement and other areas may seem like the easy path to take. Take, for example, markets like the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and medical supplies space.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

The news comes as a new Indian equalization measure came into existence in 2020 that puts a 2 percent tax on every digital transaction that foreign online shopping firms conduct. The eCommerce retailer has reportedly registered many entities in the country in recent times. DCN, a trade organization, serves media brands.

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JUNE 14, 2018

Sizzle of the Week: Retail’s 2018 Rebound. Retail has had a rough couple of years, as most players that aren’t Amazon have struggled to cross the digital, omnichannel chasm. On the whole, with some notable exceptions, retail has landed on our Fizzle list more often than the Sizzle list in recent memory. Retail sales are up 5.9

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JULY 15, 2020

It connects shoppers to more than 18,000 leading international and local brands. For brands and sellers,” the company says, “LazMall offers an opportunity to create a customized experience for their customers.”. It points out that the mall sector has lost around 48 percent in market capitalization since January 2020.

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APRIL 26, 2017

In an increasingly complex consumer landscape, creating a coherent retail strategy requires synthesizing hundreds of data points on industry, consumer and competitor trends. Other days, I spend looking at partners that, when combined with our services, could add something to the retail ecosystem that the world doesn’t even know it needs yet.

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MARCH 15, 2019

As it stands, mobile ordering is available at the chain’s Denver, Boston and Houston locations — and more markets are said to be in the works for this year. The retailer reported net income for the fourth quarter of $102.6 The grocer said it plans to use after-tax proceeds to decrease debt. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News.

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MARCH 6, 2019

The retailer said that it marked a goodwill impairment charge of $2.73 In 2015, the retailer bought the Family Dollar chain for almost $9 billion in stock as well as cash. As it stands, Dollar Tree plans to convert roughly 200 of those stores to its eponymous brand, while closing as many as 390 locations.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

Millennials, on average, are less brand-loyal than their parents or older siblings. They tend to like quality, have a strong preference for shopping online and enjoy a good bargain – but when it comes to buying from a specific brand? Not so much. They are packaged to limit waste and labeled for maximum transparency.

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MAY 13, 2016

It might have made sense, according to the rules of retail a decade ago, to keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but the pace of play and rising consumer expectations of 2016 make it obscenely hard for any company to go it alone. eBay’s High-Class, High-Speed Deals. “This is definitely not the last one.”

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Critics in India have alleged that companies, such as Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart , have employed unfair discounting efforts, and in some cases, have promoted exclusive brand launches on their platforms. That’s due in part to a sales tax boost that now has been hurting consumer spending. Spurring Electronic Payments.

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JUNE 22, 2020

million in funding, the startup is on track to bring a unique blend of artificial intelligence (AI) and anti-theft technology to market. The company currently markets four solutions, all aimed at grocery stores. It supports all types of pricing, promotions and tax rules. But with a recent $7.6

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MAY 4, 2016

With the focus on making cross-border commerce as fluid and intuitive for consumers as it can be for the retailers themselves, it can be more than a little jarring to be reminded that actual borders exist underneath it all. Like the retail economy that rests on it, potential geopolitical instability is a global problem.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

million pre-tax loss for the first half of this year. After acquiring the pan-Asian restaurant Wagamama , earnings took a dive, in part due to a £102 million impairment charge for its leisure businesses, located in cinemas, retail parks and shopping centers. Another seven Wagamama locations are planned for 2020.

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APRIL 1, 2019

H&M , the world’s second-largest retailer, reported a smaller than expected decline in profit for the first quarter. Pre-tax profit for the first three months of the year declined for the seventh quarter in a row, with profit coming in at 1.04 billion Swedish crowns ($112 million) compared to 1.26

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APRIL 14, 2017

After it became illegal in the United States through the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, the business of selling cannabis went mostly underground. One company that’s looking to capitalize on the cannabis market is startup on-demand delivery company greenRush. PYMNTS: What’s the story behind how greenRush started?

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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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JANUARY 14, 2021

The 2020 holiday shopping season is shaping up to be a tale of two kinds of retailers. By brand, comparable sales fell 12 percent at Anthropologie and 8 percent at Urban Outfitters. The company said “strong double-digit growth” in digital sales partly offset the weaker in-store performance, but failed to completely do so.

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JULY 6, 2020

The death knell for malls tolled loudly in the media during the Fourth of July weekend as retailers continue to assess their long-term prognosis from the pandemic damage. More bankruptcies both announced ( Lucky Brand ) and rumored continue to shake the format. Stores will still take up 90,000 square feet of Avalon.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

Taxes on items will not count toward the $10 purchase requirement. Small businesses eligible for this promotion are based in the country in which the promotion is taking place, and are registered with Brand Registry or participate in the Handmade program. brand owners and artisans that are small businesses.". “In

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