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APRIL 28, 2016

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JULY 2, 2020

As instances of the coronavirus quickly increase in a number of regions across the nation, Apple plans to shutter 30 more stores in the United States on Thursday (July 2) at the latest. The tech company, which has 271 retail shops in the United States, has recently closed 47 stores again, CNBC reported.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Case in point, Stockwell: a self-service retail venture that got off on a very wrong foot with customers by, among other things, choosing the wrong name. There are now over 1,000 Stockwell machines spread across the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Houston and Chicago.

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MARCH 31, 2020

Right now, the new OpenTable feature is being used by seven businesses throughout San Francisco and Los Angeles — six restaurants that are acting as pop-up markets and one grocery store. The company said it was in “active talks with other national grocers/retailers.”.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

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. The Economics.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

As the run-up to retail’s big season is getting ready to get underway, the nation’s retailers have a big, big problem at the ports. Cargo owners said rates from Busan, South Korea, to Los Angeles had risen to $2,300 a container by Thursday (Sept. The problem is not American in origin.

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JUNE 2, 2020

The fashion retailer will partner with nonprofit Delivering Good , which works to pull in retailers, manufacturers, foundations and individuals to support those in impoverished or low-income situations, according to the release. “This donation will have such a positive impact on men, women and disadvantaged young adults.”

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

I eventually got headhunted to work for City National Bank in Los Angeles. MM: So, you started at City National Bank, and was the bank online before you got there? MM: You played a variety of roles at City National Bank. I developed the sites for Dawson’s Creek and 7th Heaven. MM: How long were you at the Bank for?

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The last few years have been tough on Payless: the shoe retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April 2017, which led to the closure of 800 stores and CEO W. The retailer was, however, able to exit bankruptcy still open for business, an accomplishment in the current retail environment. Paul Jones stepping down. percent.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

Retailers are set to clean up this Halloween, as 2017 is looking to be a record-setter for consumer spending during the holiday. Halloween is no longer just for the kids and those with kids,” wrote Allison Zeller, director of research for the National Retail Federation (NRF). In fact, holiday spending is expected to hit $9.1

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The National Health Commission of China reported on Monday (Feb. 3) there have thus far been 17,205 coronavirus cases in the nation as well as 361 deaths. Delta is halving its flights to China, while American Airlines has halted all flights from Los Angeles to Shanghai and Beijing per news at the end of January.

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JUNE 20, 2018

Online retailer Brandless has expanded its offerings in its clean beauty product line. The company even opened a pop-up store for a limited time in Los Angeles last month. Brandless isn’t the only retailer getting in on the clean beauty action. The section already has 50 brands participating.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

As Amazon gears up to compete with rivals in Brazil, the eCommerce retailer is reportedly seeking to lease a 50,000-square-meter warehouse near São Paulo. But the investment could change that distribution strategy, revealing that Amazon is stepping up its efforts in the Latin American nation. and B2w Cia Digital.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Improving trends in New York City and Los Angeles, momentum with virtual appointments and continued strength in the The RealReal B2B vendor program improved our ability to source supply in Q3 and contributed to improving quarter over quarter GMV trends,” The RealReal CEO Julie Wainwright said in the announcement.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Retailers that mainly depended on brick-and-mortar foot traffic had to quickly mobilize distribution services to get their goods to customers. Los Angeles-based logistics online marketplace Cargomatic is one firm that saw supply chain conversion accelerate immediately with the pandemic-induced surge in online sales. “The

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

“Postmates is proud to be the first and largest on-demand network that is enabling the growth of retail across the country, and today’s investment accelerates our ability to pair technology with the vitality of our neighborhoods.” The company also said it expanded its reach in the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Improving trends in New York City and Los Angeles, momentum with virtual appointments and continued strength in the The RealReal B2B vendor program improved our ability to source supply in Q3 and contributed to improving quarter over quarter GMV trends,” The RealReal CEO Julie Wainwright said in the announcement.

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MARCH 31, 2017

including Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle and Las Vegas, among a number of others. Last summer, Dunkin Donuts announced a partnership with DoorDash to offer its on-demand delivery service in select parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan with the goal of potentially launching the service on a national level.

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JUNE 3, 2020

You put everything in your business it’s hard at times to figure out how to afford this,” Ron Willis, founder and president of the National Association of Business Owners and Entrepreneurs told Fox. There isn’t a whole lot of free money available. Insurance Journal reports that the current violence that has been seen across the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

In a twist on contemporary retail trends toward online channels, consumers still largely prefer to return in-store. One logistics technology startup is working to solve the problem of physical returns for digital retailers. One logistics technology startup is working to solve the problem of physical returns for digital retailers.

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MARCH 26, 2018

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. The retailer could also provide fast payment options, such as self-checkout, Stewart Samuel, program director for IGD Services , told Reuters.

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MARCH 20, 2019

From SPOT to Starbucks , online platforms and retailers are providing consumers with new ways to place orders or make purchases from the car. SPOT serves cities including Los Angeles, Miami and Philadelphia, per a report last year. Retailers are tapping into buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS) offerings for consumers.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

In addition to all four Los Angeles studios, the company will also close those in Austin, Texas; Atlanta; the San Francisco Bay area; and North Miami, Florida. According to a Flywheel spokesman, “We decided to take a look at our national footprint and close studios that were under-performing.

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APRIL 11, 2016

Dov Charney is nothing if not a memorable character on the retail landscape. He’s looking to get back in the saddle again, and that journey looks to be starting in the garment mills of Los Angeles. Charney says he is looking for a factory there, a few miles from American Apparel’s manufacturing hub. Downtown L.A.,

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MARCH 30, 2016

The $15 hourly minimum wage would be the highest in the nation, and the proposal represents a potential game-changer in the battle to raise the federal minimum wage, which currently stands at $7.25 an hour on Jan. 1, 2017, then to $11 an hour one year later and will see annual increases of $1 until reaching $15 an hour on Jan.

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

26) that its grocery delivery platform, AmazonFresh, is continuing its march toward national domination with the addition of two new cities : Chicago and Dallas. Amazon announced yesterday (Oct.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

It’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and industry leaders are zeroing in on some of the most vulnerable targets of cyber scams: small businesses. IBM is collaborating with the City of Los Angeles’ LA Cyber Lab to develop their LA Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing Platform (TISP), with funds granted by the U.S.

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MARCH 13, 2018

In 2014, Amazon ’s Whole Foods became Instacart’s first national partner. ALDI tested the service in three markets — Atlanta, Dallas, and Los Angeles — in August, Chain Store Age reported. To bring grocery delivery to more customers, two grocers are expanding their partnerships with Instacart.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

for college students, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). As for how consumers will shop for their back to school supplies, the NRF forecasts that will likely shift largely online, following the trend currently evident throughout retail. But these aren’t normal times. per K-12 student and $976.78

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AUGUST 2, 2016

“The ability to have Dunkin’ items delivered directly to you is something that our guests have been requesting for some time, and we will continue to evaluate a possible national rollout in the future,” Sherrill Kaplan, Dunkin’ Donuts VP of digital marketing and innovation, said in a statement.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Dollar Shave Club first made a name for itself with a solid concept — and a series of very entertaining ads that brought the inexpensive razor company into the national consciousness. “While we’re not going into mass retail, we are going to be increasing our presence in the real world,” Dubin says. last quarter.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

According to some estimates, the Interstate-78/Interstate-81 corridor is the fastest growing industrial corridor in the nation. That outpaces recent growth centers in Houston, Columbus, Ohio, and the Inland Empire east of Los Angeles. The neighborhood itself is a virtual who’s-who of America retail: Walmart Stores Inc.,

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Even those who swear by Airbnb when booking travel accommodations can only use the retail platform so often. cities, including, of course, San Francisco and Los Angeles, as well as Washington, D.C. However, the company reportedly has plans to make the service national and even global.

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MARCH 17, 2020

basis: Last Friday, the National Federation of Independent Business released data, gleaned from a survey of 300 responses from firms with up to 120 employees, that showed at least some impact from the virus. To get a sense of how smaller firms are being impacted, in a situation that is fluid on a day to day (hour by hour?)

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Here are some of the other big winners and losers of the retail game at the moment. Last week, the National Retail Federation predicted that holiday sales would climb 3.6 All signs seem to be pointing up this year for a big gain in holiday sales. percent this year to $655.8 Based on figures by the U.S.

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APRIL 6, 2020

As Americans, we do get used to certain things,” Jesse Rodriguez, 59, told the Los Angeles Times. The entire national supply chain has been “pushed to the limit,” and all goods are moving slower. How could Amazon fail to deliver? “As When it’s just nonexistent, it’s alarming.”. Amazon also faces brands with physical stores.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

You’re a retailer, beset by the twin problems of brick-and-mortar and fickle U.S. Picture 625 million wallets, ready to open for the right retail experience. Many of these retailers, he said, did not perform as well as might have been expected on Black Friday or even Cyber Monday. consumer spending. as well.”. “If

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