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US eCommerce Up 49 Pct; Curbside Pickup Soars 208 Pct Since April 1

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The number of orders placed online and picked up at stores surged 208 percent between April 1 and April 20 compared to a year ago, according to Adobe Analytics, CNBC reported. The latest data on customer behavior comes as the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) and National Retail Federation released a Blueprint for Shopping Safe.

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Kroger And ALDI Jump On Instacart

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In 2014, Amazon ’s Whole Foods became Instacart’s first national partner. But, following Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods, Amazon started offering its own two-hour delivery from stores in Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach in February. In March , it rolled out the service to Atlanta and San Francisco.

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J.Crew Joins The Pandemic Bankruptcy Perp Walk

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Madewell sells women’s apparel online and through brick-and-mortar stores with an emphasis on casual denim. It had slashed prices by 60 percent online this week. The companies with the thinnest margins are the most vulnerable,” said Hugh Ray , a bankruptcy attorney for the Dallas-based law firm McKool Smith. billion debt.

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Deutsche Bank, PNC Plan To Reduce Brick-And-Mortar Bank Branch Footprints

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The financial institution said per the report that it would shutter approximately 100 locations throughout the nation, which would shrink its domestic offices to roughly 400. The company has opened a minimum of 13 “solutions centers” in places such as Nashville, Tennessee and Dallas that provide an alternative to the usual bank office.

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Kroger Earnings Preview: Watch For Subscription Services

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Several reports say the new service is being tested in Dallas and Southern California, and could be rolled out nationally to include more loyalty perks, possibly tying in gasoline. households were active online grocery customers. Cumulatively, these have been aiding identical supermarket sales.”. million U.S. million households.

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Lord & Taylor Joins Retail Bankruptcy Watch

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According to the Dallas Business Journal , JCPenney had a turnaround plan before the pandemic hit. The Journal says that the online presence for Penney’s is lagging and it has already furloughed a majority of its employees. Speculation now moves to JCPenney, which was struggling before the coronavirus pandemic hit. billion in sales.

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Whole Foods Stores With Amazon Lockers See Rise In ‘Micro’ Visits

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For its report, inMarket looked at nearly 100 Whole Foods stores in markets such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Francisco metropolitan areas. According to CNBC , that amount is beyond the $13 billion it spent last year on the national supermarket chain. billion last year.