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Retail Bedfellows Roundup: Staples Shares Space, Affirm Finances Life Experiences

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Omnicommerce usually refers to where and how retailers sell their products, not necessarily who they choose to sell them with. At the rate so many once-solitary brands are shacking up with other companies, though, maybe the definition of the term needs to be widened a bit. Staples Will Sell You A Desk — Or Let You Share One.

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Chapter 11 Watch: Hockey Chain Put On Ice, California Livin’ Goes Bust In Hong Kong

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Brick-and-mortar retail will forever remember the day that Nintendo released Pokémon GO , a mobile game that has caused millions of millennials to suddenly discover outside again. However, some retailers prefer to play cards of the kind as close to the corporate chest as possible. billion acquisition of Home Retail Group.

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Behind BJ’s Digital Double Down

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Headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, BJ’s Wholesale Club doesn’t always attract the same level of interest as its larger counterparts at Costco or Sam’s Club — mostly because those competitors are much larger. BJ’s is the smallest warehouse retail player in the business. A Unified Omnicommerce Focus.

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The Wonder Of Wegmans

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When its first Massachusetts store opened last year, 2,000 people lined up to get inside. They were aware of what millennials wanted before the millennials even got there and that ‘shopping’ didn’t mean filling your cart with canned peas; it meant hanging out, learning about food and eating it.”.

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From ACH To IoT: Looking Back On A Year Of Trackers

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From using virtual reality to overhauling the retail industry to shifting trends in cross-border payments, here are some of the highlights from our 2016 Trackers. Prpic and his team are hoping to use VR technology to transform luxury and high-end retail as we know it. DEVELOPER TRACKER.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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Instead, new millennial-inspired and tech-infused dining trends have been emerging across the US and internationally. Many of yesterday’s casual dining brands are dying, but not because millennials “don’t eat out.” Community initiatives: Loom (Massachusetts). Dining out. the Future of food report.

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24 Industries Other Than Auto That Driverless Cars Could Turn Upside Down

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Audi VP of brand strategy and digital business Sven Schuwirth has predicted that 20 years from now , many of these motel customers will instead choose to sleep in their driverless cars. Brick and Mortar Retail. A shift away from licensing can already be seen in the sharp decline in millennials getting licenses. Urban Planning.