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‘Organized Retail Crime’ Is Growing (And Not Just Because Of The Pandemic)

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Organized crime rings are taking advantage of the pandemic, looser police enforcement and a softening in anti-shoplifting laws to swipe tons of merchandise from retail stores and warehouses across the United States. KPIX-TV reported that the shop proudly advertised on Facebook Marketplace that customers “never pay retail.”.

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The Hottest Retailers Right Now Are … Supermarkets?

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Supermarket chains dominated a list of hottest retailers in 2015, according to information released by the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) STORES magazine. The NRF released its annual list of Hot 100 Retailers on Aug. The NRF released its annual list of Hot 100 Retailers on Aug.

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Pizza Is The Food Of The Pandemic

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QSR magazine , which posits that America is entering the “golden age of pizza,” wrote recently that “the why isn’t complicated: Pizza brands came into the crisis, on a broad scale, already equipped to deliver and fulfill carryout service. Why is pizza outperforming its culinary competition?

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No Fitting Rooms? There’s An App For That

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Post-pandemic fashion retail is starting to take shape. The National Retail Federation (NRF) guidelines allow individual retailers to decide whether to reopen fitting rooms. As more and more retailers open back up, they will need new technology solutions to coax shoppers back into their stores.

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NY Mag To Open Pop-Up Shop; Amazon Go Plans New York Store

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Magazines have been testing the waters of brick-and-mortar retail by opening temporary stores in major cities, and New York Magazine is no exception. The venture, which is dubbed “I Found It at The Strategist,” will feature items chosen by the magazine’s editors. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News….

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City National reaches out through digital magazine

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Highly visual “webzine” becomes online face Retail Banking Blogs Social Media Channels. 1Social Media'

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Whole Paycheck Tracker: Amazon, Walmart Shift To Accommodate An Increasingly Digital Retail World

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As the nation faces gradual reopenings in all 50 states over the next few weeks, U.S. That includes unrestricted access to more than a million titles, and a fairly large bundle of popular magazines and audiobooks. This is just speeding up the significant change the retail industry was already undergoing.”.

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