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MARCH 4, 2019

Amazon, of course, stands out as a marquee name in the move to make the retail experience wholly digital commerce. As had been reported late last month, in New York City, the city council held a hearing centered on a bill that would ban stores and restaurants from being able to refuse to accept cash. The Case Against Cash.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

The National ATM Council (NAC) argued in testimony to the Committee on Consumer Affairs of the New York City Council last week that a proposed ordinance would impose costly and burdensome new security regulations on ATM operators all around the city. said Renard in the same press release. “In

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

That’s because cameras are playing a much bigger role in retail, a trend that will keep gaining steam in the new decade. The Associated Press reports that cameras are, at least somewhat quietly, making inroads into a number of retail outlets in a bid to, well, get to know you. are now looking to follow suit.”.

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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. The Economics.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

The thefts — which retailers call shrink — will result in lower operating profit margins in 2020, Home Depot executives told analysts and investors during a meeting. This is happening everywhere in retail,” Craig Menear, chief executive officer said. “We Thieves in Rochester, New York, for example, had $16.5

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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 7, 2019

Those two retail trends have recently collided in Southeast Asia, where Carro, an automotive marketplace and financing provider, reportedly has bought Jualo, an online marketplace for used goods from some 300 product categories. The deal is not the only recent news involving the online retail sales of automobiles. Retail Waste.

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JULY 22, 2019

But we want to take a few minutes to talk about pop-up shops, and how those temporary but often lucrative retail efforts are shaping commerce — and being shaped by payments — and what could be coming next. Even so, the company has certainly not given up on physical retail. Riding Retail Trends.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

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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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In between the mad rush to close out the business year, retailers and restaurants prep for what they hope is the most wonderful time of their year for making sales. In celebration of National Small Business Week, Visa will co-host a three-day virtual summit called the What’s Next Fest in partnership with the Female Founder Collective (FFC).

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MARCH 9, 2020

The coronavirus could have wide-reaching effects on medical facilities, eCommerce retailers, technology and the economy as a whole. The eCommerce retailer told employees Sunday (March 8) that it would not count unpaid time off if they have to use it this month. All of the nation’s schools were previously shuttered until mid-March.

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MAY 31, 2019

The London location joins the roster of Microsoft flagships in New York and Sydney, along with stores in the U.S., In Other Brick-and-Mortar News . Louis test market reportedly saw foot traffic that exceeded the national average by 18.5 retailers so far in 2019, compared to the 5,524 store closures for all of last year.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

The highly anticipated American Dream Mall (ADM) in New Jersey will hold its last opening day celebration in March with almost 100 percent of its 3.3 million square feet fully leased out to retail, food and entertainment tenants, Bloomberg reported on Monday (Jan. 25 with Nickelodeon Universe and an ice skating rink; Nov.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

billion in financing, a big vote of investor confidence for the toy and game retail brand which had recently declared bankruptcy. 18, 2017, with an overall goal of restructuring its operations and substantial outstanding debt, Chain Store Age reports. Toys“R”Us has just managed to secure $3.1

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

National supermarket giant Kroger Co. recently announced its acquisition of iconic New York City–based cheese shop Murray’s Cheese. million last month to purchase the retail condo housing the cheese shop’s flagship store, along with affiliated classrooms, catering and event operations.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

As noted in this space by Karen Webster, the ban on the ban – where, now, in New York, surcharges are allowed when merchants post total prices for transactions – shows the inefficiencies of regulation that supersede card networks’ own rules governing merchant activities. In New York this month, credit card surcharges got the okay.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

There’s arguably no more polarizing macroeconomic issue in the retail world than the fate of the American mall. The problems start with how retailers view and serve the customer. REITs are not exactly a source of good or even consistent news these days. But apparently they’re doing something right in Philadelphia.

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JUNE 12, 2019

More than 100 Goodwill store locations ranging from New York to San Francisco are uploading products like collectibles, clothing and furniture to the platform to drive in-store and online sales. Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey, for instance, teamed with Price.com.

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JANUARY 17, 2018

Several new innovations that change the way retailers manage inventory and consumers purchase products were on display at the National Retail Federation’s annual trade show, The New York Times reported. Many retailers are testing new ideas, including showrooms and pickup services.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

So where to next for the omnichannel retail giant? Two of its nations (Indonesia and Thailand) are ranked in the top 20 economies by their GDP. That’s less than New York City. Nevertheless, Singapore is an appealing first base for Amazon’s operations in Southeast Asia for multiple reasons.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

No offense against a great part of New York City, but sometimes it can take a little bit of a push to get people (tourists, mainly) to visit Queens. Amazon has selected New York City and Northern Virginia as the homes for its second and third headquarters.

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JUNE 22, 2016

They were one of many retailers pegged with a constellation of issues that seemed to be stuck on some kind of particularly punitive version of repeat this year. While Target’s losses were in the 5 percent range, Macy’s were big enough (and Macy’s itself is a big enough retail tent pole) to spook investors.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

Inside the country, as reported by The New York Times, the government has been mandating that farmers increase vegetable production and deliveries of a wide range of foodstuffs to the region. Apple may be among the more visible companies to be impacted, both in its supply chain and its retail presence.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

“Postmates is proud to be the first and largest on-demand network that is enabling the growth of retail across the country, and today’s investment accelerates our ability to pair technology with the vitality of our neighborhoods.” The company also said it expanded its reach in the U.S.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

This pressure to innovate is affecting QSRs of all sizes, from independent eateries serving loyal local followings to national or even international behemoths reaching millions of customers each year. New York-based burger chain Shake Shack is no exception. Post-Pandemic Moves.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

According to the report, 28 of Hanjin’s 97 stranded vessels have now been unloaded, while the South Korean government is said to be negotiating with port authorities in New York, Singapore and Mexico on more potential cargo unloadings.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Retailer JCPenney has decided to end a clothing subscription service as it continues to struggle financially, according to a report by Reuters. It offered high-end, private-label clothes as well as national men’s clothing brands in regular shipments for people who signed up. The fee was applied to kept clothes.

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In addition, they may consider focusing on these five critical areas: Improve Operating Leverage. It will likely always be on your New Year’s resolution list; it is just a question of where. To improve the quality of their earnings, banks need their number one focus to be on making their operations more efficient.

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JULY 27, 2020

It was ingrained not just in their operations, either, but in core consumer behavior as well. Nick Salvagni, national marketing director for American Dining Creations , said digital nativism and the need for Gen Z to order and consume local and organic foods play right into the industry’s hands. “Gen No pivot needed.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Not every product launches smoothly (RIP Fire Phone ), not every new endeavor delivers (Amazon’s flirtations with offering a travel platform ended abruptly) and not every new market immediately yields. On one level, that sentiment is pretty unsurprising, as it lines up nicely with similar sentiments PYMNTS has observed among U.S.-based

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Visa said Monday evening at a New York gathering in anticipation of the launch that events through a year-long campaign will include interactive workshops, tailored on a community-by-community basis. 30 kickoff in Atlanta will include access to experts from Visa and entrepreneurs operating both nationally and globally.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

In a recent trend, eCommerce mattress brands have been moving into the world of brick-and-mortar retail by opening their own stores and pop-up shops to help let customers test-drive their products in real life. And, in the same year, Casper decided to open its first brick-and-mortar store in New York City.

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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. million last month to purchase the retail condo housing Murray’s flagship store, affiliated classrooms, as well as its catering and event operations. consumer retail food and beverage spending.

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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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DECEMBER 2, 2016

The latest data show that SMEs in the nation have been forced to write off as much as $62 billion annually in bad debt. And physical retail continued to show across the board weakness – net sales and brick and mortar stores was down 5.0 percent less according to the National Retail Federation. Plenty bad.

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MARCH 14, 2016

In its attempt to prove that it is not , at a corporate level, responsible for the hiring and pay decisions made at the 90 percent of its 14,000 domestic locations that are franchised, McDonald’s has had to deal with the exposure of a number of operational practices that, as the AP story intones, do not necessarily put the company in the best light.

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JULY 27, 2020

This is the area of expertise for marine biologists such as Karen Rivara, who owns and operates Aeros Cultured Oyster Company on the northern shore of Long Island. In New York City, indoor dining is still closed. This is then seeded inside shallow oyster beds, which are then farmed by aquaculturists.

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