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Retail Pulse: Sears To Open ‘Home & Life’ Stores, Amazon Reduces Whole Foods’ Prices

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Iconic American retailers that have been around more than 100 years are creating new concepts for the new era of retail. The locations, which the company said were created based on insights from Sears Appliances & Mattresses stores, are set to be located in Alaska, Kansas and Louisiana. In Other Brick-And-Mortar Retail.

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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. But mall owners and operators are occupied with a different focus: what to do with closing anchor tenants that once filled valuable space in their malls. billion, according to news from Retail Dive.

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Retail’s Ups And Downs: lululemon, Walmart And Canadian Convenience Stores

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The life of a retailer can be a tough one. The trendy yoga pants and athleisure retailer recently announced that it plans to open a series of smaller, “local” stores after a disappointing quarterly earnings report. Lululemon operated a total of 379 stores as of July 31 and plans to open up 42 new stores in FY2016. and Canada.

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Verizon 5G Network Launch Foreshadows Mobile Commerce Changes

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The announcement from the mobile network provider serves as the latest demonstration that 5G is coming, and that retailers and payment services providers should get ready to operate in the 5G world. 5G Potential. A glimpse of the 5G future recently came from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

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Why Google Ditched Perishables

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It was less than a year ago — February, to be precise — that Google appeared as the latest player in an increasingly crowded food delivery market that was intent to make a move on grocery. markets up and into effect in Target’s home market of Minneapolis. That can’t always be other retailers’ business model.”.

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Can South Dakota Move The Needle On A Federal Online Sales Tax?

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This is proving particularly true for more and more cash-strapped states that have spent years staring at soaring traffic for online retailers but little — if any — increases in the taxes reaped from this digital, transcontinental economy. proper to occupy much of the conversation. And South Dakota, for one, has had enough. North Dakota.

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Grocery Tracker: 7-Eleven Eyes 10K U.S. Stores

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This past week, the big box retailer’s shares got a boost upon the bell on Thursday morning, with prices up early—3 percent in the first hour of trading—to $171.45. International food retail group Ahold Delhaize (AD), meanwhile, continues its downward trajectory first seen at the end of February. percent to $29.73. and Canada.

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