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Bright Spots For Retailers And SMBs

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Batteries Plus Bulbs , a Wisconsin-based nationwide retail chain, has arguably powered the consumer shift to digital. In retail, Q4 2020 is likely to see a media blitz that will make other years pale in comparison. Data: 1988: The year Batteries Plus was founded in Hartland, Wisconsin, where it is now headquartered.

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Tesla Tequila Sells Out On First Day Of Launch

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Produced by the South California brand Nosotros Tequila, Tesla Tequila is sold in a lightning-shaped bottle resembling Tesla’s logo. Known for launching oddball branded merchandise, the electric car company has sold mini red gym shorts, flame throwers, surfboards and more. Sales are limited to two bottles per person.

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The Retail Good News Roundup

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By and large, things are not great for retail (particularly of the brick-and-mortar variety). Indeed, it’s popular — dare we say, trendy, even — to postulate that retail as we know it is doomed. You know it. We know it. But that evolution is not necessarily a death sentence for players in the space, be they relatively new or old.

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Willy Street Co-op Thinks Small To Get Big Results

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Which adds up to a situation for food-related retailers looking to enter into the world of buying and selling sustenance. Enter Willy Street Co-op — a small retailer in Wisconsin perhaps making a big step toward bridging the gap between what customers want and what the grocery marketplace supports.

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Kroger Expands Home Chef Meal Kit Offerings To New Stores

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“Last October, Kroger introduced Home Chef retail meal kits, and we’re now expanding to add the easy-to-prepare recipes to hundreds of new locations, providing convenient access to the meal solution at more than 700 stores. .

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Kohl’s Kills Cafe Concept

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While we hear over and over again that retail isn’t just about the goods anymore, it is about the experience consumers have while shopping for them, it is easy to forget that offering the right retail experience for consumers is not as easy as just making a slight change to the existing format. told Retail Dive earlier this year.

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Batteries Plus Bulbs: Powering The Digital Shift – Literally

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If brick-and-mortar retail is fading, Batteries Plus Bulbs never got the email. Batteries Plus was founded in 1988 in Hartland, Wisconsin, where it is now headquartered. While some “essential” retailers have done well by capturing the consumer shift to digital, Batteries Plus arguably powers it.

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