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JANUARY 22, 2019

That came after it shut down service in Seattle, Los Angels, and New York. Reports citing an email Munchery sent to customers Monday (January 21) said the shutdown isn’t too surprising given in May it was forced to lay off 257 employees, which amounted to 30 percent of its workforce.

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JUNE 28, 2019

Malls are not exactly the hotspots of coolness and retail activity they once were. But operators of some of those shopping destinations continue to wield investment power as malls undergo remakes for the 21 st century. retailers so far this year than in all of 2018. is still operating, but renovations will start later this year.

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JUNE 28, 2019

With Rent The Runway ’s second tie-up to grow its reach, the fashion rental company is bringing drop boxes to four Los Angeles Nordstrom locations. The drop boxes will be at three Nordstrom locations, with one that will also be brought to the retailer’s full-line store at The Grove, CNBC reported. and Los Angeles.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

However, there have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Mexico as of yet, said the Los Angeles Times Sunday (Feb. An Uber employee drove a possibly infected passenger from Los Angeles, Mexico City’s Health Ministry verified to the newspaper. As PYMNTS reported , Tech supply company product chains will be disrupted.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

Retailers are looking to do more in smaller spaces, a trend that seems ready to increase during the holiday shopping season and beyond. Among the latest examples of that comes from kids’ eyewear retailer Fitz Frames , which offers face measurements via its mobile app, and a subscription commerce plan for consumers. Amazon Moves.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

What to do with retail malls? That is among the latest trends as retail reinvents itself, and technology and other trends force new uses for old commerce spaces. Mall of America is teaming up with University of Minnesota physicians and a Minnesota-based health care system to operate the clinic.”. Mall Leases. New Investment.

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JUNE 25, 2020

Users of the platform can receive the first access to the company’s wide wholesale selection, with the inclusion of recent retail trade-ins, covering a variety of different vehicles. Last August, Carvana opened a car vending machine in the Westminster section of Los Angeles. Eastern Time on Thursdays up to 9 a.m.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Traditional retail locations, ranging from fashion and home furnishings to hardware and department stores, have been forced to make significant changes in the face of heightened competition from eCommerce giants like Amazon and omnichannel powerhouses, like Walmart and its online unit, Jet.com.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Digitally native brands often test the retail waters with pop-up shops, and, after some offline success, they may expand their concepts with permanent locations. The company also opened a permanent store in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California last year. to pick up online purchases via curbside services.

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

It’s a tale of two kinds of brick-and-mortar retailers amid the rise of eCommerce: Some traditional department store chains like JCPenney and Macy’s are shuttering stores, as some retailers with other business models are more than surviving. TJX, the owner of off-priced retailers like T.J.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Retailers are doubling down on toys amid a gap in the market left by the bankruptcy of Toys R Us. toy retailer Hamleys , for instance, is eyeing a potential New York City location for a flagship store. The atmosphere comes as brick-and-mortar retailers have to differentiate themselves from their eCommerce counterparts.

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JUNE 21, 2019

Part of the future of retail is playing out inside hotels — and that’s happening as the wider part of the travel-and-tourism industry is undergoing its own significant disruption. One of the latest — and perhaps wildest — examples of the hotel-retail trend comes from Taco Bell, of all places. Unattended Retail.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

The drop was tied to closings at its two New York City physical locations and reduced supply for its consignment business model in New York and Los Angeles. The RealReal operates four stores, two in New York and one each in Los Angeles and San Francisco. And Los Angeles is picking up.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

Malls are finding new life as offices for tech companies, as developers are repurposing space formerly held by retail tenants into workplaces with high-end amenities for firms like Google. is still operating, but renovations will start later this year. million square feet of retail space. and Macerich Co.,

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AUGUST 27, 2018

It’s a good time to be a retail chain. Retail Ascent. Retail is on the ascent. In July, retail sales increased 0.5 Economists had only forecasted retail sales going up 0.1 percent, online and mail-order retail sales increased 0.8 Retailer Woes. Not every retailer is experiencing good times, of course.

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JULY 2, 2020

The tech company, which has 271 retail shops in the United States, has recently closed 47 stores again, CNBC reported. The closures announced on Wednesday include many stores in the vicinity of Los Angeles and the last two open stores in Florida.

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MAY 11, 2018

The company told Forbes that its goal is to provide a physical location where those small businesses can sit down across the table from experts who can help them navigate the turbulent retail waters ahead. and Canada — some of them open now, some slated to open isoon in cities such as Miami, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

This year, apps aimed to make it easier and more convenient for consumers to order their favorite foods and sundries, with restaurants and other retailers tapping into delivery. To help bring these options to more consumers, retailers and technology companies decided to join forces. and Chicago.

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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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JANUARY 26, 2021

The company, which is based in Los Angeles, links over 3,000 brands and 500,000 retailers. NuORDER is a wholesale online commerce platform through which purchasers can peruse merchandise, map out collections and “make smarter buys in real time,” according to the announcement.

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AUGUST 30, 2018

Brands might want a space to test new concepts with shoppers in brick-and-mortar retail environments, but they don’t always want the time and expense involved in building out a permanent store. The Los Angeles-based Commercial Observer reported that the concept will be located in the renovated Westfield Century City Mall.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

Sears is still in the bid game, a mobile banking operator thinks big and holiday sales in the U.K. Los Angeles-based clothing maker MyDyer, which was LuLaRoe’s main clothing manufacturer, is now suing the company for $48.7 The European mobile bank operator said that with the Series D round of funding, it has a valuation of $2.7

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APRIL 25, 2019

Might Macy’s be a better landlord than retailer? have been hurt as shoppers make more purchases online, forcing retailers to think of ways to either downsize their footprints or repurpose their stores. The year got off to a bumpy start for the retail chain, as holiday sales slumped when they were supposed to soar. Macy’s Woes.

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MAY 5, 2020

As retailers contend with the continuing COVID-19 crisis and the inevitable resettling of the business, one of the most popular pieces of advice has been to reformat existing stores. The brands then help to promote the event, which helps to boost their sales while benefiting the entire pop-up operation.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

As it moves into the business of cannabis retail and hangs out its shingle in the industry, High Times is opening its own brick-and-mortar stores this year. announced it would be bringing a flagship retail store to Los Angeles and Las Vegas. They will operate under the logo and name of High Times.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

Those who travel to some of the wealthier parts of the world, however, will discover the well-to-do have much more expensive unattended retail tastes. shoppers got their own taste of unattended luxury retail when vending machines dispensing caviar were installed in several Los Angeles-area malls. A few years ago, U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The long-awaited first Amazon Fresh brick-and-mortar store officially opened for business in Los Angeles this week, while Whole Foods talked up falling prices. This week, the eCommerce giant gave the public open access to the shop, located in Los Angeles. Whole Foods Promises Price Cuts. Grocery Delivery Firm Weee!

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

Amazon Fresh, a new physical retail concept from Amazon, is setting up shop in four locations in the Chicago market, the Chicago Tribune reported. In September, the eTailer gave the public open access to the Los Angeles store.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

fashion retailer American Apparel after offering a bid of nearly $88 million. A source close to the mater told Fortune that Gildan will not take any of American Apparel’s stores but instead will own the company’s brand and take over its manufacturing operations.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Fashion retailer Forever 21 revealed that it has suffered a data breach at some of its stores. According to news from Fortune , customer payment card information was compromised at certain point of sale devices in stores when the encryption on those devices was not operating.

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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. Since its filing, terminal operators, ports, cargo handlers, truckers and others have refused to handle its cargo because, at present, there is no guarantee they are getting paid for doing so.

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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.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The news comes as the first Amazon Fresh opened , with the eCommerce retailer providing access to the general public to the Los Angeles store in September. In lieu of waiting in a checkout line, shoppers are charged after they exit the store. Walmart Collaborates With Autonomous Vehicle Firm Cruise On Delivery.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Digital delivery service goPuff will acquire BevMo , a specialty beverage retailer based on the U.S. The $350 million deal is expected to close within 30 days, the Los Angeles Times reported. West Coast, according to a blog post from goPuff.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

RTW Retailwinds , a New York-based specialty apparel retailer, announced the Saadia Group agreed to purchase its eCommerce business at a bankruptcy auction Friday (Aug. Saadia’s winning bid topped Sunrise Brands, a Los Angeles-based clothing manufacturer, of $20 million, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). “We

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APRIL 11, 2016

As brick-and-mortar retailers continue to struggle to bring in consumers, a few are taking a page out of Amazon’s book and working instead to meet consumers where they live. Macy’s, Best Buy and Kohl’s have all recently stepped up same-day delivery options that were in testing mode to full-scale operations in some locations.

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MAY 11, 2020

On the same day AutoNation , the Florida car retailer, reported a net loss of $232 million from operations in the first quarter, its CEO said it has returned $79 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Founded in 1996, the company has more than 360 retail outlets. 1 AutoNation had 26,000 employees.

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