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55-Plus Group Lends Optimism To Travel Operators

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The paper cited positive data from a large swath of UK tour operators. Bus operator National Express reported a 185 percent increase in bookings for spring and summer trips compared with bookings made during the same period in 2020. The vaccine is definitely part of it,” said the chief executive, Henrik Kjellberg.

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Amazon Music Goes Ultra-High-Definition

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Thanks to a partnership with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, thousands of tunes on Amazon Music will be retooled to ultra-high-definition, Amazon announced on Friday (Oct. While Apple will operate the playlist, a startup label called UnitedMasters , founded in 2017, will provide much of the music.

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From Community Hubs To In-Store Theater, Retailers Double Down In Digital At NRF

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The National Retail Federation ’s annual convention may have come and gone but the sentiments, strategies and lessons learned from facing nearly a year of pandemic-led changes by some of the world’s largest merchants are going nowhere fast — especially when it comes to their embrace of increased digitalization. Stores As Social Centers.

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Conversational Commerce Finds Its Voice In Digital Retail

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Herrick expects that ReplyBuy and Airship will create a holistic ecosystem, allowing retailers to use its engagement technology to acquire customers and then use conversational commerce to retain them and grow their value. With ReplyBuy, we'll operate in two-way conversations into that experience. Herrick agrees.

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Omnichannel No Longer An Option For Retail

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Consumers shopping in droves via eCommerce channels is hardly a piece of breaking news — for the better part of a decade, that has been obvious to anyone watching the retail space. They are, Fiserv Senior Vice President of Retail Solutions John Nicola told Karen Webster in a recent conversation — and in great numbers.

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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

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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. It is expected that the business will keep operating as a stand-alone brand.

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Today In Retail: Bed Bath & Beyond Completes Sales Of Cost Plus World Market; Starbucks To Help Out Washington State With Vaccine Distribution

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In today’s top retail news, Bed Bath & Beyond said it has finished its sale of Cost Plus World Market (CPWM) to a private equity firm, while Starbucks will help Washington state with the distribution of coronavirus vaccines. said in December that it had entered into a definitive deal to sell Cost Plus to Kingswood.