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Retail Pulse: Chef’d Halts Operations; Gymboree Updates Brand

PYMNTS

The situation seemed to recently come to a head, as the company told employees that it was shuttering its operations. In addition, Chef’d announced in May that it had partnered with Byte Foods to bring its meal kits into 100 of Byte’s unattended retail locations in California. In Other Brick-And-Mortar Retail News….

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How Video Games Are Helping Retailers Grow And Innovate

PYMNTS

Video games are helping to drive retail innovation and growth, and that includes the hot area of subscription commerce. Video game manufacturers operated a different model of sorts: Create great games to get consumers to buy the hardware, then keep cranking out great games that would keep consumers on board and upgrading those devices.

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Today In Retail: Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Enters Deal To Sell Cost Plus; Authentic Brands Might Buy Arcadia Group and Debenhams

PYMNTS

In today’s top retail news, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has entered into a definitive deal to sell Cost Plus World Market to Kingswood Capital Management, while Authentic Brands is reportedly in discussions with Arcadia Group and Debenhams. Bed Bath & Beyond Strikes Deal To Sell Cost Plus World Market.

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Auto Marketing Will Support The Digital Shift

PYMNTS

In a time period dominated by retail sales declines, the hardest hit has been the automotive industry. While March retail sales dropped 8 percent overall, new cars dropped as much as 36.9 Second, it announced a special pricing program for essential California workers who need to travel during the crisis.

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Restaurant Operator Blames Bankruptcy On Wage Hike

PYMNTS

an eatery operator with 35 restaurants, has filed for bankruptcy and is blaming the misfortune on a recent minimum wage hike in court filings, according to a report by Bloomberg. As a large employer in the Seattle metro market, for instance, the company was one of the first in the market to be forced to institute wage hikes.”.

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Russia’s Trade Assoc. Accuses Visa, Mastercard Of Market Power Abuse

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Russia’s trade associations have accused Visa and Mastercard of abuse of market power in the country. In addition, it was alleged that both Visa and Mastercard charged different tariffs depending on the retail outlet, which the applicants assert is trade discrimination.

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Can fintechs enhance your bank’s marketing campaign?

Independent Banker

Kathy Strasser of IncredibleBank is evaluating marketing campaign management platforms. We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. Their ability to market and add banking functionality … is a natural fit.”.

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