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Taking New Approaches To Retail Stores And Faster Payment Models

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Data: 2020: The year that Anchor Shops, with a retail store and a fulfillment center, is set to open. 12: Number of additional stores that Anchor Shops hopes to build in the Philadelphia and New Jersey region. Data: 2020: The year that Anchor Shops, with a retail store and a fulfillment center, is set to open.

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Why Goodwill Regions Are Tapping Into Digital Marketplaces

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To bring their merchandise in front of millions of shoppers through eCommerce, several Goodwill regions are teaming with mobile marketplace OfferUp. 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.

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What Hurricanes Can Mean For Retailers

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While it’s impossible to predict the effects the hurricane will have on retail, a review of the damage from previous storms can shed some light on how hurricanes have historically affected retail businesses. When Hurricane Matthew hit the east coast last year, retail sales at clothing stores fell by 6.8 Of that, $32.1

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US, Chinese Retailers Seek International Footholds, Despite Trade War

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retailers (or any foreign players) to establish a strong presence in the Chinese market. Walmart recently announced it would be using WeChat Pay at all of its stores in China’s western region. Semir will stock the 300 Children’s Place locations with apparel, footwear and accessories and operate the brand’s regional eCommerce business.

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Retail Pulse: The Price Must Be Right

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It’s been a week of experimentation in retail, with many big names opening new types of stores to — as the saying goes — see what sticks. It seems more likely that these brands will uncover their key rather than some universal master retail key that can solve the brick-and-mortar challenge across the board.

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Credit Issues Stalk Malls And Anchor Tenants

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On the optimistic side Elliot Nassim , president of Mason Asset Management, which co-owns the University Mall in Carbondale, Illinois, says: “We have always felt that the retail industry is evolving, despite what doomsday headlines would have you believe. Once seen as the least risky tenant of all, they are now the greatest question mark.

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Reinventing Retail’s ‘Anchor Store’ For The Omnicommerce Age

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That Amazon is a widely lionized yet simultaneously imitated force in retail is not surprising. Ever since Amazon introduced a one-click checkout, a loyalty program that people willingly paid for, two-day shipping that has compressed to same-day delivery, attempts at reinventing retail by everyone in it have been never ending.