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Retail Pulse: Madewell Teams With thredUP; Walmart Rolls Out InHome Delivery

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are joining forces with online reCommerce companies to bring pre-owned merchandise into their stores, adding to their sustainability efforts. They were to be available in some Chicago, Nashville, Austin and New York stores beginning on Oct. Beyond Madewell, other retailers have collaborated with thredUP.

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Retail Pulse: Brookstone Files For Bankruptcy; Kroger Launches New Delivery Service

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Brookstone , a specialty retailer known for massage chairs and gadgets, used to be a must-see mall retailer. malls, Brookstone is now the latest major brick-and-mortar retailer to announce that it has filed for bankruptcy protection. Both have operations online under new owners, reported The Wall Street Journal.

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Lowe’s To Open Four Online Shopping Fulfillment Hubs

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The home improvement retailer said it would open the West Coast online shopping fulfillment center this October in Mira Loma, California. Mira Loma is the company’s second direct fulfillment center, with the first having arrived in Nashville, Tennessee in 2018. The retailer unveiled an investment of $1.7

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10 Lessons From The Small Business Banking Conference

South State Correspondent

Recently, the American Banker hosted their annual Small Business Banking Conference in Nashville, and as always, it was one of the better banking conferences of the year. Many banks expressed frustration over keeping small business banking housed within the retail bank channel. However, this was the most common structure.

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The Unattended Path To Car Buying

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Consumer desire for convenience has brought upon changes across a wide range of retail environments. A company called Carvana is looking to bring convenience to car-buying with their new branded coin-operated car vending machine, recently opened in Nashville, Tennessee. About the Tracker.

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Best practices for stress testing the commercial real estate portfolio

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Without going into every possible stress testing scenario, here is a stress test example for a construction and retail portfolio. Retail Retail is typically one of the larger segments within the commercial real estate portfolio for the average community bank.

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Dollar General Moves Toward Convenience

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But this time, the low-cost retailer’s big plans are to go a bit smaller. In early 2017 , Dollar General plans to open a smaller-concept convenience store in downtown Nashville, Tenn. Dollar General currently operates over 12,000 stores in 43 states. Dollar General has more big plans. percent.

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