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APRIL 1, 2020

As mall owners start to face the reality of the COVID-19 crisis, they and every non-essential retail segment could use some good ideas for the future. Even in these toughest of times, a University of Maryland professor has taken the issue on and says the current chaos could be a catalyst for change. retail sector.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

With CVS Health on the path to meeting its goal of revamping more than 1,000 of its stores, the health retailer is reportedly seeing positive early results. Virginia, Maryland and Florida are also on the list to carry the new concept in the first half of this year. We’re really excited about what we’re seeing from the consumers.

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JUNE 28, 2019

Along with Boulder-based company Nite Ize , a maker of specialty lights and phone mounts under the STEELIE brand, the eCommerce giant filed a lawsuit on Wednesday (June 26) in a Seattle federal court, accusing a group of counterfeiters of selling fraudulent Nite Ize products. Amazon is continuing its fight against counterfeiters.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

A brand that wanted to take part in the program paid about $2 for each sample, in addition to the cost of the product. . Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

A brand that wanted to take part in the program paid about $2 for each sample, in addition to the cost of the product. . Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The company’s 1996 founder Kevin Plank is stepping down in January as chief executive officer (CEO) and will serve as executive chairman and brand chief. Plank was a University of Maryland football player when he founded Under Armour in his grandmother’s basement. for many years.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

announced a 10-year extension of its fleet fuel card contract with convenience chain retailer Sheetz, Inc., WEX supports the Private Label, Universal and Tri-Brand fleet cards available at Sheetz, which can be used to purchase gasoline at store locations. On Wednesday (Oct. 18), payment solutions company WEX, Inc.,

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NOVEMBER 6, 2017

For retailers, it’s the Hunger Games. largest eCommerce marketplace is that it can devalue merchants and entire brands by overly discounting their items. The move comes as Amazon is making changes in other areas of its sprawling retail business. For consumers, the holiday shopping season is the most wonderful time of year.

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JUNE 2, 2016

Retailers are entering that time of the year where high temperatures settle over just about every part of the continental U.S., brands like apparel retailer Austin Reed, though, the weight of all that financial baggage is too much to crawl out from under. For some U.K. Store Closures.

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JANUARY 8, 2018

Small but mighty, German discount grocer Lidl — a brand known for not only its low prices, but also its innovative store layouts and private labels, including clothing — has already gobbled up 3 percent of local market share since the chain came to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in June 2017. jobs in the next year.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

Seven in ten – 70 percent – of McDonald’s locations in Texas, Florida and Maryland have self-service kiosks available for customer use. Borrowing from the strategy of fast food restaurants, Dine Brands is working on a new order-ahead technology. With the addition of kiosks, McDonald’s is focusing on customer experience and choice.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Shopkick recently announced it had opened up Shopkick Grocery to brand and grocery partners, inviting participation in the upcoming consumer launch of Shopkick Grocery, currently slated for early April of this year. Additionally, some 60 percent of beta users tried new products or brands to earn Kicks. grocery stores. RFG’s “U.S.

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APRIL 19, 2019

The big news of the week, the USDA’s decision to start officially moving forward with digital ordering and delivery capacity for 38 million or so Americans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ), hit both retailers, as they are two-thirds of the grocery participants in the initial New York-based pilot round.

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JUNE 8, 2018

In addition, the app allows travelers to enjoy the simple pleasure of having a shower at an airport lounge, or a workout at airport gyms, such as ROAM Fitness at BWI Airport in Maryland. Currently, Sanctifly is onboarding its first customers and working with existing members to convert them to champions that can promote the brand.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Beverage brands are getting in the experiential retail spirit by crafting new spaces dedicated to encouraging libation aficionados to try out their products. The idea is to create a place where the brand can feature its products — and consumers can discover them. Shoppers may want evidence that they made the trip, after all.).

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Founded in 2014, the Maryland-based company has grown rapidly over the past few years. We’re their retailer in that way,” Cronin said. GE is a terrific brand to be aligned with for us and our manufacturing partners.”. industries. Then our algorithm chooses facilities capable of manufacturing a requested part.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

2 QSR in every state in the Southeast between Maryland and Alabama. While those limitations, according to a company representative, are non-negotiable and unlikely to change now or in the foreseeable future, the brand does not see itself as one stuck in the past or afraid of embracing change.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

In a refrain that ought to sound a bit familiar to anyone who has looked at the reasons the poor pay more for financial services, the reasons the poor pay more for food and other retail goods are complex and widely argued about. We look forward to bringing the online purchasing option to SNAP clients.”

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Bankruptcy claims a marquee name in tyke-focused retailing, as the Amazon effect continues. The slowdown in new businesses being founded in the 1980s and 90s was largely quarantined to certain segments – especially retail, where corner stores and regional brands were falling to larger national chains. Toys R Us: Toys Were Us?

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The Paris-headquartered retail chain of personal care and beauty stores has more than 400 shops across North America that feature nearly 3,000 brands, along with its own private label. The firm boasts 85 million customers and more than 200,000 retail partners worldwide. Florida and Texas. Founded in 2005, Klarna is valued at $5.5

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JUNE 28, 2019

The Prime Day countdown clock is ticking down, and with all the media reports about what Amazon is doing to prepare (and what everyone else in retail is doing to prepare for those preparations), it might be hard to believe that there is news to be had outside of the Amazon-invented shopping holiday. So where were the highlights?

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The company also contributed to scooter-sharing startup Lime’s $335M Series C round and announced its partnership with the startup, which will include co-branding the scooters and making them available through Uber’s app. Following in Uber’s footsteps, Lyft is also working on an offering of integrated transportation services.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

percent) of brands pick New York, with L.A. Payless shoes is offering a pop-up shop in Times Square already (with more pop-up locations planned for Whittier, California; Alpharetta, Georgia; Paramus, New Jersey; Limerick, Pennsylvania; Clarksburg, Maryland; Hagerstown, Maryland; Hickory, North Carolina; and El Paso, Texas).

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MARCH 11, 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand and former Maryland Rep. People have to either go in needing the product or loving the brand – and in this case, to love the brand, they have to get to know it first. Newman also noted the two announced candidates – Sen. John Delaney – who, so far, have no merchandise offerings. “But it’s not easy.”

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