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MARCH 29, 2019

Payments company Square has partnered with the Washington Nationals and Levy Restaurants to let fans order concession menu items right from their seats, according to reports. Alan Gottlieb, chief operating officer at Lerner Sports Group, said it was important for Nationals fans to get the most out of their ballpark experience.

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MARCH 17, 2020

It was supposed to be a thriving retail center in Milwaukee when it was built seven years ago. The DEO “seeks concepts and an operator to program the space to boost innovation and entrepreneurship, demonstrate creative placemaking and feature the Made in Fairfax Network. But it never happened. and San Francisco. Starting Jan.

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MAY 6, 2020

NME.com reports Christopher Nolan’s new $200 million action thriller follows a secret agent played by John David Washington (from “BlacKkKlansman”) tasked with preventing World War III. Cineworld operates 787 theaters in 10 countries. Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger said a reopening of cinemas by the end of June was very realistic.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

UPS , too, is going down the drone path – one that Amazon pioneered for retail delivery uses – and is seeking a certification to operate commercial drone flights. It could receive the certification as early as this year, enabling UPS to have one of the first fully certified, revenue-generating drone operations in the country.

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JULY 8, 2019

an eatery operator with 35 restaurants, has filed for bankruptcy and is blaming the misfortune on a recent minimum wage hike in court filings, according to a report by Bloomberg. Restaurant Unlimited’s geographic area is around California, Oregon and Washington. “We Restaurant Unlimited Inc.,

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JUNE 21, 2019

Part of the future of retail is playing out inside hotels — and that’s happening as the wider part of the travel-and-tourism industry is undergoing its own significant disruption. One of the latest — and perhaps wildest — examples of the hotel-retail trend comes from Taco Bell, of all places. Unattended Retail. Deeper Trend.

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JANUARY 18, 2020

They say the perfect crime is hard to commit, but last week in Spokane, Washington an intrepid burglar managed to pull it off at the Yuppy Puppy pet store, according to local law enforcement officials. What makes the story stand out among the reams of local retail crime reporting is that the crime was actually committed.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Legal marijuana may have a massive payments problem, but that’s not stopping retail innovation in perhaps the newest area of legitimate commerce in the U.S. Trends in legal cannabis retail are just now emerging, and fresh numbers from Colorado are providing insight into how the industry is evolving. Big Retail. and Canada.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

This year, apps aimed to make it easier and more convenient for consumers to order their favorite foods and sundries, with restaurants and other retailers tapping into delivery. To help bring these options to more consumers, retailers and technology companies decided to join forces. and Chicago.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Case in point, Stockwell: a self-service retail venture that got off on a very wrong foot with customers by, among other things, choosing the wrong name. The Washington Post branded Bodega the most hated startup in America. When Stockwell launched in September of 2017, it went by a different name: Bodega.

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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. A data team from the eCommerce retailer determines what is sold at the locations, Amazon Physical Stores Director Drew Sheriff told MetroWest Daily News.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

Supermarket chains dominated a list of hottest retailers in 2015, according to information released by the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) STORES magazine. The NRF released its annual list of Hot 100 Retailers on Aug. domestic sales with sales of at least $300 million based on figures compiled by Kantar Retail.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The ruling meant that online retailers could be mandated to collect sales tax — and taxes can be levied by states on firms that do not have physical presence in those states. One consideration is the fact that economic presence within a state means that retailers have to collect and remit taxes in those states.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The electric scooter and bike race in Washington, D.C. And in retail innovation, Indonesia’s Blibli.com has opened a cashierless brick-and-mortar store location for its BlibliMart brand. s program for dockless electric vehicle operators. All this, Today in Data. All this, Today in Data. 2017: The year D.C

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APRIL 8, 2020

By utilizing robots , stores are eyeing ways to save money and improve operations in a chaotic time. Washington D.C.-based Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, will utilize robots from Brain Corp., which specializes in offering floor-cleaning robots to retailers already. stores by the end of the year.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

“We’re continuing to see a shift from part-time to full-time work, so some of that could explain an increase in income,” said Trudi Renwick, an assistant division chief at the Census Bureau, according to the Washington Post. Middle Retail. The internet isn’t the retail bogeyman — but a shrinking middle class just might be.”.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Retail stores are rarely built by accident, particularly in the real world, if for no other reason than retail is sort of an intentional thing. But Recology CleanScapes — an operating company under Recology — is different from most of what is out there in retail.

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APRIL 13, 2018

It was a record-breaking first quarter for retailers in the U.S. According to a report issued by Moody’s earlier this week, the retail sector managed to notch a record number of defaults during Q1 2013, with nine retailers defaulting on their debt. As a result of the series of retail fails, the default rate of high-risk U.S.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Custom eCommerce framing startup Framebridge is opening its own in Washington, D.C., The coffee chain, which operates in 78 global markets, opened its first store in Seattle in the 1970s. On another note, retailers like Costco and Target are increasing their own sales quicker than those of iconic American names. “You

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MARCH 11, 2020

A Newark Airport store will start using Amazon’s Just Walk Out cashierless technology on March 16, just days after the company announced it was licensing the platform to retailers, according to reports on Wednesday (March 11). . OTG operates 350 restaurants and shops in 10 airports, including in Minneapolis, Washington D.C.,

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APRIL 30, 2018

It’s just not what people want anymore,” Bob Phibbs, CEO of New York consultancy The Retail Doctor, told The Washington Post. “If Bankruptcy protection will reportedly enable the company to close stores faster, breaking its losses and keeping operations running in the meantime.

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MAY 24, 2019

Spin and Swiftmile are launching a pilot program in Washington, D.C. Benjamin Fong, Spin’s director of business development, revealed that 40 solar-powered docking stations, built by Swiftmile, will be placed in Washington, D.C. cities (and campuses), including Washington, D.C., 15 per minute to operate.

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JULY 6, 2020

A new Amazon Go grocery store will soon open in Bellevue, Washington, and the tech giant has further plans to expand its cashierless Amazon Go grocery stores in Seattle, California, Chicago and Washington, D.C. The Vicious Circle of Physical Retail Meets the Virtuous Circle of Digital. We break it all down.

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JANUARY 15, 2018

To avoid publicity, retail stores in U.S. Of the approximately 2,500 retail stores that weren’t department stores and closed in shopping malls in the U.S. Many important national retailers are closing … where there hasn’t been fanfare, and it hasn’t been as obvious,” Sullivan said. “A

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MAY 5, 2020

With the retail industry sliding into Mother’s Day in just a week, the return issue is bound to raise its head. Some stats around the issue show just how substantial it is for retailers. And if a retailer charges too much (or charges at all) 57 percent of millennials will bail on future business. Now add a pandemic.

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OCTOBER 5, 2017

The Amazon Go prototype grocery stores will enable customers to make purchases without the need for a cashier, and are currently in testing in Seattle, Washington. According to the Reuters article, Amazon has approached several French supermarket operators with interest in distribution deals or acquisitions within the country.

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JUNE 28, 2019

The drop boxes will be at three Nordstrom locations, with one that will also be brought to the retailer’s full-line store at The Grove, CNBC reported. Rent The Runway Chief Operating Officer Maureen Sullivan said, according to the report, “Our philosophy is we are only going to do things that are convenient.” and Los Angeles.

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MAY 15, 2020

Amazon has filed suit against two companies that are allegedly operating a global tech support scheme targeting Alexa users, CNN reported. The online retail giant said it has received a number of complaints about Robojap misleading victims into believing they are affiliated with Amazon, and selling them unwanted services.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Childress ’ products — including travel bags for car seats and strollers — and then offered them for sale on the retail giant’s marketplace. District Court for the Western District of Washington State. It alleges that “the defendants conspired and operated in concert with each other to sell counterfeit J.L. 10 in the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The third benefit, which applies to Smith’s partners, is that local retailers can attract increased foot traffic as people come in to pick up their meals, and could become potential prospects. To order a meal from Territory Foods, customers start by selecting one of the four regions – Washington, D.C.; The Customer Experience.

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JUNE 11, 2019

comes after the online retailer opened one of the concept locations in New York City in a mall, CNBC reported. The retailer has been experimenting with the offering through an arrangement with Starbucks in Seattle.) (The retailer has been experimenting with the offering through an arrangement with Starbucks in Seattle.)

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MARCH 4, 2020

In an effort to reduce the fashion industry’s environmental impact, Swedish fashion giant H&M launched a B2B service called Treadler that will let rivals access its global supply chain, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer announced on Wednesday (March 4). reads H&M’s 2018 Sustainability Report.

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

According to Chain Store Age , the legislation requiring all brick-and-mortar retailers to accept cash was unanimously approved by the N.J. The bill, which is set to go before the full state Senate, excludes retailers inside airports from the cash requirement, as well as sales made online and by telephone or mail.

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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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SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Although regulation could make it hard for some crypto firms to continue operations, Murray said it’s not the BSA’s job to accommodate everyone. The testimony also suggested that transparency of retail and other consumer payments improve. Crypto fans in Washington say regulatory clarity is vital to the sector’s growth.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

the New York-based athletic retailer, reported comparable store sales increased by 18 percent in the second quarter (Q2) that ended Aug. In June, Nike CEO John Donahoe said the financial crisis would likely see the athletics retailer cutting jobs after a $790 million loss in revenue in the fourth quarter (Q4). Foot Locker Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Albertsons will convert its existing pharmacies to Rite Aid stores, while current Rite Aid locations will operate as standalone pharmacies. Together, the company will operate around 4,350 pharmacy counters and 320 clinics across 38 states and Washington, and will be worth around $83 billion. The net result?

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