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Esports Venue Coming To Mall of Georgia

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Allied Esports and Simon announced that the Mall of Georgia, located in Buford, Georgia, will host the companies’ initial esports venue, according to a press release. The two-level, 13,000-square-foot facility will be a destination for players and community members of all ability levels.

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NRF, RILA Debut Blueprint For Reopening Retail

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In a plan that frames a phased-in approach to opening retail again, the National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) debuted a Blueprint for Shopping Safe. The Blueprint for Shopping Safe outlines three different phases for reopening. Macy’s Inc. and TGI Fridays Inc.

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The Home Depot Ramps Up Distribution To Meet Demand From Remodelers

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4) that it is moving quickly to open three new distribution centers in Georgia over the next 18 months. Retail has changed more in the past four years than in our company’s 40-year history. The largest of the three new Georgia operations, according to Home Depot, is a 657,000-square-foot distribution center in Locust Grove.

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Instacart Collaborates With ALDI To Debut EBT SNAP Payments

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The initiative starts in the weeks to come throughout ALDI’s over 60 Georgia stores, while it will grow to over 570 retail locations throughout California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida in the months to come. percent of the population in Georgia and disproportionately impacts communities of color.

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Retail Pulse: Walmart Provides Health Career Path; Inspire Brands To Buy Jimmy John’s

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are expanding their efforts to provide customers with health and wellness services while taking steps to train their employees for healthcare roles. said in the announcement about the offering, “Walmart aims to be the market leader in providing retail workers a path to careers in growing fields like healthcare.

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Virtual Gaming Grows Into A Force For Tourism And Even Atlantic City

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retail and culture, but which these days are often clinging to life thanks to the rise of eCommerce and other factors (including the rise of at-home retail activities and connected commerce, both a recent and ongoing focus of PYMNTS research ). The gaming part of the mall will reside alongside some 200 retail stores there.

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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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