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Walmart Forms Company To Sell Insurance Amid Healthcare Push

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The retailer is said to have active postings for licensed insurance agents and Medicare sales supervisors that read, “Yes, you read that right, Walmart now has an insurance agency.”. The retailer has also formed a collaboration with an upstart called Capital Rx that offers current information on prescription prices.

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Retail Pulse: Gap Teams With thredUP; Pier 1 Looks To Sell As It Closes Stores

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming with fashion resale platforms as they support the circular fashion economy. We’re thrilled to partner with thredUP in offering a sustainable and innovative way to shop for the closet of the future.”. The home décor retailer franchise said it filed for chapter 11 protection U.S. Gap Inc. ,

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Retailers Look To Digital Technologies After Beating The Street

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Retailers and retail landlords are reporting strong first-quarter earnings results, beating analysts’ expectations in many cases. As quick-service restaurants (QSRs) look to the future, digital innovations such as self-serve kiosks and delivery are on top of mind. billion, according to news from Retail Dive.

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Walmart Adds Two Global Governance Leaders To Support Financial Services

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Emma Waddell will join the company as vice president of financial services compliance, while Joe Rodriguez will serve as lead counsel of financial services, per news from the retailer. “As She earned her bachelor’s of arts in economics from Rutgers University and her master’s in business administration from the University of South Carolina.

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PetSmart Continues Brick-And-Mortar Expansion With More Store Openings

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Pet goods retail chain PetSmart announced Thursday it had opened 28 new brick-and-mortar storefronts in North America during the quarter that ended Nov. This quarter, for example, we launched The Groomery by PetSmart, our innovative new store concept focusing exclusively on pet grooming services.”.

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FedEx Mini-Stores Coming To 500 Walmart Stores

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FedEx is coming to Walmart in the form of internal shops that will help customers print, pack and ship out of 500 of the retailer’s locations nationwide. Retailers are looking at all the tools at their disposal,” Philips said. Target recently acquired Grand Junction and grocery delivery service Shipt to bolster its supply chain.

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Nordstrom Tempts Millennials With Snapchat Presence

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“Improving engagement” has become just another platitude in retailers’ back pockets as they figure out which channel of the increasingly fragmented online world they should focus on, but Nordstrom may have struck gold with a new Snapchat-centered production.