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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Brick-and-mortar retailers have closed flagship locations in recent times, but sometimes these landmark stores make a comeback. The new store, which will be located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, will feature multiple experiential retail components. While $134 million worth of debt comes due for Sears on Monday (Oct.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

For a glimpse at how innovation is playing out in the retail world, it always helps to take a look at recent developments in the world of quick-service restaurants, or QSRs. And things are getting much more mobile and digital – a trend that promises to play out in the new decade. That includes not only operations in the U.S.

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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. It is the largest labor market in the country, and it’s a fairly diversified market.” That makes it worthwhile to pay high rent and labor costs.

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APRIL 4, 2018

Just because a retailer was created for the internet doesn’t mean it has to stay on the internet. Digitally-native retailers, such as thredUP , are turning to brick-and-mortar stores to reach consumers, too. thredUP, though, works a little differently from traditional retailers. by the end of 2018, CNBC reported.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It would make sense that the supermarket business might be immune from the cross-currents of retailing in 2020. Three regional players in the organic food retail business — where Whole Foods and parent Amazon rule — have declared bankruptcy over the past month. based natural foods retailer is the third significant U.S.

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JUNE 9, 2020

Neiman Marcus reportedly may vacate its fashionable year-old digs at the Shops at Hudson Yards in New York City, as its landlord is shopping it to potential tenants as office space. The COVID-19 recession is causing a major shakeout in retail, with Neiman Marcus being one of the big ones to enter bankruptcy court.

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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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JUNE 6, 2019

Look to China, and look some more — that’s one of the main messages in mid-2019 for luxury retailers, at least for ones not based in the U.S. Luxury retail is a hot space in China. But China clearly offers opportunity for certain luxury brands, and that market promises to keep developing. Back in the U.S.,

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MARCH 27, 2020

From lattes to lingerie to langoustines, retailers of every vertical and stripe are either starting to deliver to the home or are ramping up their capacity to do so. For example, just two weeks ago Regalis Foods was a busy high-end distributor, supplying everything from caviar to $100 steaks to Michelin-starred restaurants in New York City.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Because, as it turns out, there’s an awful lot in a name when it comes to getting a new idea off the ground – and if one misses the mark, the odds are quite good that consumers won’t get close enough to the product to determine whether its only problem is an unfortunate choice of moniker. But the branding came across somewhat differently.

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AUGUST 30, 2018

India-based eCommerce marketplace Paytm Mall wants to work more closely with regional retailers and team up with eCommerce grocery service BigBasket to compete with Flipkart and Amazon, according to recent Reuters reports. It is currently the third-largest company competing in the country’s retail space. “We

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

eCommerce brands are opening up pop-up shops in cities to test out brick-and-mortar retail, and Recess is using this platform to highlight its hemp-extract beverages in a temporary space in New York City that is dubbed the Take A Recess IRL Pop-Up. As a whole, the home furnishings market in the U.S.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Online retailers are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints – and using feedback from eCommerce customers to inform the selections in their new stores. The Natick Mall store carries products that are top sellers or new and trending on Amazon’s website. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Big brands are opening big stores in big cities, but Nike is taking a decidedly digital approach with its New York City flagship: that is, the customer payment and shopping experience in the new space is powered by mobile technology. In Other Brick-And-Mortar Retail. percent forecasted by analysts.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

BuzzFeed is planning to open a toy store in New York City later this fall. New York Post reported that the store, called “Camp,” will be located in an 11,000-square-foot space in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. Toys R Us had over 700 locations in the U.S.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

“Prime Now delivery continues to be a hit with our customers and we’re excited to introduce the service in five new cities plus more neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area,” Whole Foods Market’s executive vice president of operations, Christina Minardi, said in the announcement.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

13) on its new headquarters. The Seattle-based eCommerce operator and cloud computing provider decided to build in both Crystal City, an urban area in North Virginia near Washington, D.C., and in Long Island City, a neighborhood in Queens, New York City. In New York City, Amazon’s $1.2

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JUNE 28, 2016

When thinking about your typical farmers market, omnicommerce is probably one of the last things that comes to mind. New York-based startup OurHarvest is on a mission to change that as it seeks to bring farmers and customers together digitally. Making the mobile move. About The Tracker.

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APRIL 22, 2019

Recess, a CBD-infused sparkling water company, has announced that it will be available on Uber Eats for delivery to customers in New York City, according to a report by Adweek. Eventually, the company plans to expand to other markets, including L.A. “We Recess has some company on the Uber Eats app when it comes to drinks.

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JULY 7, 2020

It’s hard to find a retail fashion category that’s reliably successful these days. What I noticed in the last couple of years in talking to my design clients and just in walking New York City is that women are often the main income sources in their families. During this hard time, I’m trying to anticipate the market.

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JUNE 11, 2020

The digital shift continued to show its dramatic potential to change retailing today, as three companies announced major changes to their business models. Zara was not among the retailers seen to be at risk from the pandemic, so the move was something of a surprise. locations, around 60 percent of which are company-operated.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Brick-and-mortar retailers are opening smaller-scale locations packed with technology designed to meet the needs of shoppers in cities. The retailer said that “almost 90%” of the selections in the store were chosen to meet the needs of Mansion House customers. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News. billion by 2024 from £18.5

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

After serving as destinations for Big Apple shoppers for at least 50 years, northern New Jersey’s malls are aiming to find ways to differentiate themselves as a new retail neighbor arrives. The American Dream retail and amusement complex is expected to open on Oct. Baking Co. & & Restaurant.

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JUNE 27, 2018

Pepper, a robot developed by SoftBank and robotics firm Aldebaran, is entering the retail banking market with the robot’s debut at HSBC ’s main bank branch in New York City. The robot isn’t able to do more complex jobs, which is why it’s being used in the beginning to showcase retail banking of the future.

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JULY 11, 2018

CNBC said The Steinberg Group , which operates under the name dOMAIN, and a production management company in New York City agreed to submit altered invoices and bills to hide the scam. Falkowski was sentenced to 30 months in a federal prison for being the brains behind a $1 million fraud scam.

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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. … What we focus on in New York City is that … big word-of-mouth opportunity [for] lunch.

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MAY 4, 2016

Retail’s latest piece of roadkill today is Fairway Supermarkets, an institution for our readers living in New York City, and probably something the rest of our readers have never heard of. operator of the Fairway Market supermarket chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. “We

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

“It’s clear the main reason Amazon wanted to be here was the availability of a skilled tech workforce plus the synergy with related industries,” said James Parrott, an economist at the New School. And New York City still retains that attraction.”. Alphabet also signed a lease earlier this year for 1.3 said in the release.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

That is, retailers are taking a page out of a playbook set by retailers like the now-closed B. Saks Fifth Avenue is one of the retailers falling into this trend with a new eatery called L’Avenue at Saks in New York City, which is the same locale where Lord & Taylor is closing to make way for a WeWork headquarters.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

However, the store isn’t quite operating at full capacity, as COVID-related limitations have made that impossible. . Mackey said the chain has taken a long hard look at its operations to find more cost reductions. Whole Foods Promises Price Cuts. Grocery Delivery Firm Weee! Has A Big Year .

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

So where to next for the omnichannel retail giant? The move comes as part of a larger targeting of Southeast Asian markets, according to TechCrunch , starting with beginning selected regional services in Singapore in the first quarter of 2017. That’s less than New York City. Singapore, it turns out.

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OCTOBER 2, 2017

In retail news, home goods eTailer Wayfair announced Friday (Sept. 29) it had launched a new tracking feature to help keep its delivery team accountable for deadlines. According to reports from Chain Store Age, the company’s new Day of Delivery Tracking offering is part of an increased focus on improved customer service.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Azimo says it has received a license from the Dutch Central Bank to operate in the Netherlands, Cubic Transportation Systems has notched a contract for a mobile ticketing system in Ireland , and Bear Market Coffee in Ireland has gone cashless. Coverage includes Mexico ‘s Banco BASE selecting Volante Technologies Inc.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Startups in the eCommerce space have long enabled their customers to experience their products in real life (“IRL”) through temporary retail shops, and now, digitally-focused brands belonging to major retailers are taking a similar approach. 7) in New York City. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News.

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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. Wang noted that the retailer is also “constantly evolving to provide more Chinese consumers a seamless and familiar way to pay.”.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

In acquisition news, Kroger recently announced its acquisition of iconic New York City-based cheese shop Murray’s Cheese. The two have yet to disclose the financial terms of the deal, but city records show that Kroger dropped $20.6 consumer retail food and beverage spending. percent of U.S.

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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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