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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Even with the liquidation of Toys R Us operations in the U.S., Now, the company is looking to restart the brand in places such as the U.S. consumers can engage with Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us again this holiday season.” consumers can engage with Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us again this holiday season.”

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MARCH 22, 2018

One retailer’s loss could be another retailer’s gain: Even though Toys R Us is facing bankruptcy, other retailers may benefit from the embattled toy retailer’s demise. Amazon could take over some of Toys R Us’ stores, which may be soon vacant as the retailer winds down its operations.

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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. The atmosphere comes as brick-and-mortar retailers have to differentiate themselves from their eCommerce counterparts.

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APRIL 26, 2019

Direct-to-consumer wedding brands are opening stores in real life — and personalizing the customer experience within them through digital technology. At the same time, the brand seeks to create personalization through every one of its touchpoints. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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MARCH 29, 2018

With several Toys R Us stores on the auction block, several national retailers have shown an interest in the embattled toy retailer’s brick-and-mortar locations. Other retailers interested in the locations include Ashley Furniture and Food Bazaar. Toys R Us stores are headed to auction.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Walmart is selling two of its online brands in a continuing goal to concentrate on its website. 27) that the Arkansas-based retail giant is scrapping Shoes.com and Bare Necessities, the intimate apparel brand. Also last year, Walmart shuttered its Jet.com eCommerce website and phased out the brand.

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JULY 8, 2020

The retail world was rocked by more bankruptcy news on Wednesday (July 8), as Brooks Brothers officially announced its long-rumored bankruptcy and women’s fashion icon Ann Taylor was reported to be preparing for a Chapter 11 filing. The filing in Delaware allows the retailer to stay open while it crafts a plan to emerge from Chapter 11.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

The hot new thing in “Big Retail” is offering in-house advertising on your website to your vendors – because why get paid only once on a purchase if you can get paid twice? In short, retailers get paid to place the ad, and then get paid again when the merchandise is sold. “We

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Despite the fact that many retailers are creating their own versions of Black Friday, the traditional one that happens the day after Thanksgiving will still occur as a retail event. That’s the take from Edited , a retail tracking platform that advises brands on pricing and merchandising strategies.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming up with social media platforms to curate labels for their stores and their websites. Kohl’s , for instance, will bring emerging brands to over 50 physical retail locations and online starting in the fall through Curated By Kohl’s. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

The digital shift may transform retail storefronts in Europe. To that end, in Europe, Czech firm Nulisec has debuted an online B2B marketplace focused on European retailers — geared toward improving sales and procurement processes. At the moment, retailers are hostages of their local suppliers,” he said.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

We’re charging forward on our journey to revitalize the chain drug store experience — store by store, community by community — and today we’re ready and excited to invite customers to join us on this journey,” said Rite Aid Chief Operating Officer Jim Peters.

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APRIL 2, 2018

As Toys R Us winds down its operations, it is no longer accepting eCommerce orders through its website. Instead, the retailer is directing customers to liquidation sales at its brick-and-mortar stores for both its namesake and Babies R Us brands, industry news source Chain St ore Age reported.

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APRIL 26, 2018

Bankruptcy may not spell the end for Toys R Us stores – at least outside of the U.S. The embattled retailer’s stores will get a second chance at retail life in Canada and Europe. Those stores might retain the Toys R Us name. Smyths could use the acquisition to grow its brand across Europe.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When Miami-based Retail e-Commerce Ventures (REV) recently announced that it purchased the remains of twice-bankrupt RadioShack , it wasn’t some one-off strategy to acquire distressed assets for pennies on the dollar. It’s a plan the company describes as “transforming well-known, distressed retail brands into eCommerce success stories.”

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MAY 8, 2017

The UK’s top retailers are facing tough competition online from U.S.-based s top 10 retail companies as ranked by unique visitors to their desktop brand sites. s top 10 retail companies as ranked by unique visitors to their desktop brand sites. The additions displaced U.K.

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MAY 8, 2020

It’s an opportunity to rethink our lifestyles: what works for us and what needs change,” she said in a statement on her website. “At Dispatching one of New York’s elite styling teams exemplifies the new face of “ clienteling ,” the retail practice of assigning sales associates to individual, high-value customers.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Major retailers are pitching premium baby care products at a less-than-premium price tag with the help of exclusive brands: Walmart is offering Hello Bello exclusively at its stores and its website (and that of the brand). It is also reportedly the inaugural brand rolled out under a platform called Launched.LA.,

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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. Sam Edelman.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The retailer said it voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware and is exploring a sale, Fortune reported. Before the announcement, Bon-Ton announced it would shutter 40 out of its 260 brick-and-mortar stores across its various brands.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Following the downfall of Toys R Us and Babies R Us, JCPenney is planning to carry additional baby products at its stores located near former Babies R Us locations. According to reports, JCPenney’s new strategy could boost brands such as Mattel’s Fisher-Price, which has seen its sales decline since Babies R Us’ downfall.

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JUNE 8, 2018

After news surfaced in May that Golden Gate Capital was considering a merger of Eddie Bauer and Pacific Sunwear of California , the private equity firm has created a new operating company comprised of the two retailers. Both brands have made great progress in the past 24 months and have generated strong performance.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Toys“R”Us has just managed to secure $3.1 billion in financing, a big vote of investor confidence for the toy and game retail brand which had recently declared bankruptcy. Toys“R”Us officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sept.

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JULY 15, 2020

Consumers were already changing their retail preferences before anyone had heard of COVID-19, let alone had their life utterly upended by it. This vastly accelerated retail realignment presents challenges — and opportunities — for retailers of all kinds, particularly those dealing in luxury goods, Molnar said.

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JULY 28, 2017

Over the last few years, chatbots have taken the retail space by storm, helping to automate several key aspects of customer service. With 100,000 branded chatbots and growing on Facebook Messenger alone, it doesn’t appear that chatbots have any intention of going away any time soon. Are they helping or hindering?

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JUNE 12, 2019

One example in retail and payments is tech incubators — specifically, those run by specific companies and brands, a trend that shows signs of growing even more in the 2020s (which, let us remind you, are only a few months away). Still, recent developments favor the idea that the future will bring more incubators, not fewer.

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MAY 5, 2020

As retailers contend with the continuing COVID-19 crisis and the inevitable resettling of the business, one of the most popular pieces of advice has been to reformat existing stores. Here’s the basic business model: Schildt selects a location and alerts local beverage, food and wellness brands about the installation’s launch.

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

It’s a tale of two kinds of brick-and-mortar retailers amid the rise of eCommerce: Some traditional department store chains like JCPenney and Macy’s are shuttering stores, as some retailers with other business models are more than surviving. TJX, the owner of off-priced retailers like T.J. Senior Brand Apparel Analyst John D.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

CBD has in short order become something of a retail fad. Short for cannabidiol, CBD is a chemical derived from cannabis plants that is increasingly favored for a whole host of medical and wellness related applications across the retail spectrum. Which is why, Horvath noted, the company found itself expanding into the U.S.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Some of us go through life humming tunes as we walk down the sidewalk, or with what amounts to a personal soundtrack always playing in our heads. But no matter the case, music is a big part of the retail world, and is helping to create new harmonies of innovation and disruption. Others don’t. New Partnerships and Services.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In today’s top retail news, Spiceology aims to shake up the D2C realm, and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face decisions of how — or whether — to compete with Amazon’s October Prime Day event. The 7-year-old D2C hybrid brand has just received $4.7 13 and 14 in this year of unpredictable and unprecedented retail happenings.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

It’s going to be a very vocal year when it comes to retail. For the third consecutive year, the use of voice-enabled devices and assistants to enable purchasing has increased faster than any other type of connected commerce. And in retailer news, there is an increasing push to integrate Alexa into the purchase path.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

The Carrboro, North Carolina-based chain has used its technology-first strategy to get, keep and grow its customer base – even while its stores were shut down early in the pandemic. Even now that its stores are open, the retailer has discovered that its eCommerce, curbside pickup and virtual fitting services remain popular with customers.

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

Embattled toy and game retailer Toys R Us may close 100 U.S. Toys R Us operated 879 U.S. Final decisions about our real estate portfolio will be done only after careful consideration about the best interests of our business,” said Toys R Us spokeswoman Amy von Walter. Toys R Us received a $3.1

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JUNE 25, 2018

The chain kicked off the week with the announcement that it will be opening about 50 Toy City pop-up stores this year as a bankrupt Toys R Us finishes shuttering its last stores this week. Toys R Us leaves a fairly large hole in the center of the market for toys — not to mention a fleet of large, empty store locations behind it.

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APRIL 19, 2019

Nor is there anything bad about the vodka, tequila and other liquor brands found in mainstream stores across the country. liquor industry), who has combined the ongoing consumer desire for online subscription retail with the rise of craft distilleries. We had to buy a retail store to fulfill this dream. Distillery Gains.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Luxury style and quality brands, offered at a more middle-class price point and sold directly to consumers, is increasingly crowded terrain in apparel retail. Or, perhaps more accurately, through tactics that are so traditional they are surprising to see in a modern retail context. We’re listening.”.

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