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JANUARY 24, 2019

Before consumers started to trade brick-and-mortar shopping experiences for eCommerce websites, retailers could bring customers through their doors with window displays. According to the PYMNTS Virtual Reality In Retail Report , there are expected to be 100 million AR/VR headset users by 2022.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

As 2020 unfolds, the retail business has been dramatically altered. But with consumer spending holding steady, it’s important for retailers to grasp the opportunity to create innovative ways to get, keep and grow customers. And retailers that deploy experiential tactics drive repeat purchases at rates nearly twice those who don’t.

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JUNE 21, 2019

These hubs for travel retail, which are providing an audience of on-the-go travelers as U.S. However, the company’s luxury unit is continually on the uptick — and travel retail is said to be partly responsible. Luxury brands are looking to catch the attention of travelers who might be willing to explore new products.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Called See You Tomorrow , its “re-commerce experience” will include an online marketplace and brick-and-mortar location housed in the Nordstrom New York City flagship store on 5th Avenue. Nordstrom has not yet launched its online intake program where customers will have the ability to mail in merchandise.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Luxury retail is being revised — and in some cases, reinvented — and those trends are worth attention as the 2019 holiday shopping season approaches. One of the latest, ongoing trends is the rise of online luxury resale commerce. That’s not to say brick-and-mortar is doing well in all areas of the luxury retail world.

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JUNE 14, 2019

Online brands are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints: Online handbag marketplace Rebag , for instance, is opening a new store in Miami’s Design District with more stores said to come. We are thrilled to expand Rebag’s retail footprint to the Miami community.

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JULY 1, 2016

The accepted wisdom of the current retail reality is that no formerly brick-and-mortar brand can operate in a vacuum from the destabilizing effects of online sales. It would seem as if the cosmetics industry has found a corner of the retail market that Amazon can’t touch – though it’s not for lack of trying.

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JANUARY 13, 2019

Headhunters report that while the direct impact from Amazon and Google remains to be seen, it is good news for the job market in New York City. Kolko noted New York City is attractive to employers because it offers a broad array of employees in a slew of industries and jobs.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

To serve travelers from China who want to shop in-store and online, retailers thousands of miles away from Asia are accepting Alipay in brick-and-mortar stores and on the web. Alipay North America General Manager Yulei Wang said in the announcement, “This is a key strategic partnership for achieving awareness in the U.S.,

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APRIL 4, 2016

After years of slow growth brought on by the financial crisis, retail rents are recovering and are on the rise. That serves as good news for landlords and developers, but not great news for shop owners. percent, respectively, according to New York City-based research firm Reis Inc.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

Outdoor apparel retailers are reinventing their brick-and-mortar spaces to connect with customers by making stores into destinations that offer experiences. In the updated retail space, the company said, customers will “immediately feel The North Face heritage and experience the brand’s values.”

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In a recent conversation with Karen Webster, Bhanusali — who’s also founder of the AIRE SkinStore platform for dermatologists and their patients — noted that cosmetic appointments in his New York City office are already booked out through January.

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JUNE 10, 2019

Airbnb is reportedly complying with a New York City subpoena that wants information about some of its listings, according to reports. The online housing marketplace is giving anonymized data on hosts and listings from the start of last year through Feb. 18 of this year.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

Retail is undergoing a reinvention with the rise of eCommerce, and merchants are trying new approaches to their brick-and-mortar stores. Nordstrom , for example, has rolled out a new store concept , Nordstrom Local, that premiered in West Hollywood. billion on online purchases in 2017. Retail spending saw a 1.6

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are taking small-format, inventory-free locations to big cities: Nordstrom , for instance, is bringing its Nordstrom Local concept to the Big Apple. One store opened in New York City’s Upper East Side, while another is set to come to the West Village later in September.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Ikea Retail U.S Country Manager Lars Petersson said in an announcement , “We recognize that we are in a rapidly changing retail environment, and to be fit for long-term growth, Ikea is transforming in a way that lets us meet our customers where they are. At the time, it was reported that Amazon had two new furniture brands.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

Bond currently manages 15,000 deliveries a month, covering everything from mattresses to groceries. Its success is indicative of the growing trend of customers enjoying online purchases, with online retail surging over the last few years. In addition, Bond has begun opening physical locations around New York City.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

That’s the oversimplified view of the business model adopted by Wardrobe , a new kind of peer-to-peer fashion rental company that on Tuesday (Sept. 8) is breaking out of its New York City beta test and into a nationwide launch. That also means no money needed to buy, store and manage inventory.

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JULY 7, 2020

It’s hard to find a retail fashion category that’s reliably successful these days. We have increased our customer base online, and many of our customers — in-store customers — are now multichannel customers.”. But even online, it’s hard to see a trend. New retail dynamics show that Garito is on to something.

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JUNE 8, 2018

That decision came after the retailer previously said that it would retain part of the historic 11-story structure for retail space. But that plan changed as Lord & Taylor — like many retailers — decided to sell off key assets and double down on digital. Changing Consumer Tastes. Rising Rents. Real Estate Opportunities.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

According to news from Bloomberg on Monday (Dec. 4), SoulCycle recently launched a line of workout clothing in collaboration with New York City-based streetwear company Public School. SoulCycle has had its own branded clothing for years, releasing up to 60 styles each month at each of its 80 studios and online.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Retailer Macy’s is looking to have a more structured Christmas this year, with reservations to see Santa Claus this holiday season being required for the first time ever at its flagship 34th Street store in New York City, New York.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Hilton To Permanently Close Its Hotel In New York City's Times Square. In a filing with New York’s State Department of Labor, the managing director of the Hilton Times Square said the 44-story hotel will close permanently next month and 200 jobs will be lost. New China/US Cold War Fought Over X-Border Deals.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

The grocery battles are heating up in retail, and that is sparking innovation and could lead to even more disruption. Some of that was on display at the NRF retail show in New York City earlier this week. Big retail chains are part of those efforts, and that includes Walmart. Walmart’s Big Move.

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

According to Chain Store Age , the legislation requiring all brick-and-mortar retailers to accept cash was unanimously approved by the N.J. The bill, which is set to go before the full state Senate, excludes retailers inside airports from the cash requirement, as well as sales made online and by telephone or mail.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Square is releasing new order management integrations for Square for Restaurants, which will allow orders from DoorDash, Postmates and management platform Chowly to flow directly into a restaurant’s point of sale (POS), according to a release by the company.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

During her time, she worked to overhaul the company’s retail business in order to compete with Amazon, increasing CVS’ health-conscious options and boosting its health and beauty offerings. Currently, 48 million consumers fill their CVS prescriptions online. She will start her new position on Feb.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Domestic merchandise retailer Bed Bath & Beyond’s stock took a 12-point hit after Wall Street got a look at its latest earnings report and did not much like what it saw. Same-store sales — the Street’s favorite metric for physical retail — were down 2.6 Retail sales clocked in at approximately $2.9

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

When Postmates Co-Founder and CEO Bastian Lehmann was asked if the catastrophe at Grubhub was a Grubhub problem, he said it was, and “the idea that bad management equals a bad market is a shoe that doesn’t fit the new breed of companies,” CNBC reported.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Toys“R”Us has just managed to secure $3.1 billion in financing, a big vote of investor confidence for the toy and game retail brand which had recently declared bankruptcy. With the newly invested funds in place, it seems there will be a Christmas this year at the nation’s largest specialty retailer of toys and games for children.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Dutch global grocery conglomerate Ahold Delhaize — the firm behind grocery behemoths Giant and Stop & Shop — has acquired a majority stake in supermarket delivery startup FreshDirect in an attempt to up the level of its digital grocery offerings amid the online shopping surge created by COVID-19. “We Farmstead Picks Up $7.9M

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APRIL 27, 2016

In New York City, the tab apparently averages out at around $82,299, while in Chicago the proper celebration of eternal love and fealty runs at about $61,265. Wedding dresses in the past, explained Brittanny Carter, industry analyst at IBISWorld, were sort of a tricky proposition for retailers.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

The clock is ticking — holiday shipping deadlines are approaching and the last of the holiday shopping procrastinators are either rushing to order online or resigning themselves to a last-minute trip to a crowded mall or shopping center to tough it out in line with all the other procrastinators.

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MARCH 9, 2017

While much has been made in the past few months about Amazon’s grocery store of the future, Amazon Go isn’t the online retailer’s only brick-and-mortar play — and a new move indicates that Amazon looks to continue expanding its physical retail presence outside of the grocery space. That’s not all.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2020

With a dwindling percentage of meals being eaten in the restaurants that prepare them, players including Shake Shack and Starbucks are testing new retail concepts that are purpose-built for pickup and delivery, not people. One example is the online-only sensation Zoku Sushi , which is profiled in the OTE Tracker.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Bonobos, the men’s clothing brand that began life online and has now pushed into the physical realm, is betting on the tactile experience to boost sales. The personal service provides this and allows them to move beyond online to an environment where they can experiment more. Those associates are not paid on commission.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are reinventing their business models amid changes in consumer preferences and the emergence of the sharing economy. He noted that the retailer could then revamp the items before they are sold again. IKEA Retail U.S and the epicenter of retail, business and culture.”.

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