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Retail Pulse: Kohl’s To Curate Brands With Facebook; Domino’s Rolls Out eBike Tie-Up

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming up with social media platforms to curate labels for their stores and their websites. Kohl’s , for instance, will bring emerging brands to over 50 physical retail locations and online starting in the fall through Curated By Kohl’s. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. That is the most organic growth of any automotive retailer ever in the U.S. We see interest grow when we launch in new markets — 161 to date — and when we launch new Car Vending Machines (currently in 24 cities); our most recent being Miami,” said Keeton. New Markets.

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Unbundling The Travel Bundle

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Another hair in the soup is Generation Z’s increasing preference toward social media marketplaces that eschew established eCommerce platforms entirely, forcing these businesses to change tactics. The marketplace originally launched in Chicago two months before its Miami expansion.

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The Wonder Of The Winky Lux Experimental Shop

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. “No one seems excited to go to traditional retail,” said Winky Lux’s Co-founder Natalie Mackey. The rise of Color Factory, Museum of Ice Cream, Happy Place, Candytopia — these seem like big-format retail concepts that people were really excited to go to.”. Traditionally, beauty brands need two years to roll out new products.

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Rescuing The Restaurant Business From App Decline

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The model for the DineVite online and mobile app is actually similar to social media. The operative word is control. “I As the year rolls on he expects to launch in Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Boston and Miami. On the flip side diners can request private VIP offers.

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When QSRs Think Really Outside The Box In The Innovation Race

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The drive-thru window, for example, first met the market in 1947 when it was introduced to the world by Sheldon “Red” Chaney, operator of Red’s Giant Hamburg in Springfield, Missouri. The concept was invented by a Guatemalan McDonald’s franchise operator, Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño, in the mid-70s.

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The Wellness Economy: The Buzzy Trend Reshaping Everything From Personal Care To Real Estate

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The wellness trends is affecting everything from the way gyms operate to how retailers design clothing to how smart cities are designed. Brands are leveraging social media to advertise “aspirational lifestyles,” making it easier than ever to buy into the wellness mentality. But gyms are not giving up just yet.

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