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Walmart Focuses On Supercenters As Strategy To Take On Amazon

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Walmart President and CEO Doug McMillon said during a strategy meeting that supercenters are the focus of the company’s plan. The retailer also intends to create “edge computing” capacity in which data is processed nearer to where it is taken in. Clothes, groceries, televisions and camping gear are on offer.

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Barneys, Pier 1 And Other Iconic-But-Bankrupt Retailers Are Coming Back To Life 

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Plenty of famous retail chains have collapsed both before and during a pandemic that has slammed brick-and-mortar stores, but some iconic names like Pier 1 , Barneys New York and others are coming back – at least in some fashion. million in 2019, then cut a deal to bring the name back at Saks. “We The chain eventually closed all U.S.

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Team USA Launches Omnichannel Strategy For Olympic Retail

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Fanatics , a company that sells Team USA merchandise, has taken a novel approach to Olympic retail this year with a physical store in a major U.S. The store marks a milestone for Team USA: It’s their first in-person retail store outside the Olympic Training Center in Colorado. Retail Gold.

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Retail Pulse: Luxury Brands Eye Airport Retail; Panera Bread Tests Dinner Menu

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These hubs for travel retail, which are providing an audience of on-the-go travelers as U.S. However, the company’s luxury unit is continually on the uptick — and travel retail is said to be partly responsible. The company said in an announcement that the fleet from Nuro will serve some customers in Houston who make online orders.

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NCR Looks To Buy ATM Operator Cardtronics For $1.7 Billion

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Retail and hospitality technology firm NCR Corporation is looking to acquire ATM operator Cardtronics for $39 per share, or about $1.7 Cardtronics, based in Houston, Texas, specializes in managing ATMS and self-service financial kiosks. 11) press release. . “The 11) press release. .

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Retail Pulse: Kohl’s To Curate Brands With Facebook; Domino’s Rolls Out eBike Tie-Up

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming up with social media platforms to curate labels for their stores and their websites. Kohl’s , for instance, will bring emerging brands to over 50 physical retail locations and online starting in the fall through Curated By Kohl’s. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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Retail Pulse: Mattress Firm Mulls Bankruptcy; Walmart Plans Robotic Grocery Pickup

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Brick-and-mortar retailers have sought to reduce their retail footprint in hard times, and Mattress Firm, Inc. Now, Mattress Firm is reportedly pondering bankruptcy, and analysts say that might be a good strategy for the retailer: Peter Keith of Piper Jaffray & Co. is no exception.

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