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Caleres to close 133 Naturalizer stores in shift to digital
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Shoe seller Caleres plans to close 133 stores under its Naturalizer women's footwear brand by the end of fiscal 2020 and pivot to a digital...
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Why Shopee boldly pushed ahead with a retail pop-up despite low...
At a time when malls are struggling to lure footfall, Shopee has taken a bold step in launching its pop-up store in partnership with...
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Basic Space looks to leverage the influencer economy
Basic Space debuted a curated mobile app and web-based marketplace for internet influencers to sell their own vintage fashion and pre-owned luxury items, as...
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Walmart gamifies store associate training with Spark City
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Walmart has started using Spark City, a simulation-style training game in the form of a mobile app, to assist in training its store...
AR tops list of tech that makes users view a brand as innovative, study...
Augmented reality (AR) is the most likely technology to make consumers think a brand is innovative, although most cutting-edge tech fall flat, per a...
How to Choose a Perfect Mobile App Development Company
Sometimes having a plethora of options makes choosing the best solution for your project even more difficult. In 2019, the United States alone had...
Amazon to invest $40M in new robotics hub
Amazon on Wednesday announced plans to invest $40 million in a new 350,000-square-foot robotics innovation hub in Westborough, Massachusetts, slated to open in 2021.The new facility,...
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Caleres to close 133 Naturalizer stores in shift to digital
Dive Brief:
Shoe seller Caleres plans to close 133 stores under its Naturalizer women's footwear brand by the end of fiscal 2020 and pivot to a digital...
5 retailers winning despite the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic disrupted virtually every segment of the retail industry and created an incomparable sense of uncertainty.
Between dealing with both supply and demand...
Walmart rolls out new baby registry experience
Walmart on Thursday announced plans to upgrade its baby registry process, which will feature a chatbot to create a more personalized experience for users...
Urban Outfitters announces disappointing holiday sales, group CEO departure
Urban Outfitters, Inc. reported total company net sales for the two months ended December 31, 2020, decreased 8.4 percent over the same period last...
Walmart launches voice-activated grocery shopping
Walmart has partnered with Google to allow customers to voice order groceries from their Google Assistant enabled devices including Google Home, iPhones and Android...
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Six Numbers That Explain The Fate of Department Stores
Department stores were the 20th century's marvelous shopping destination. Retailers that were filled with varied and often unique merchandise, offering high levels of convenience and...
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Will Self-Checkout Ever Win Over Its Critics?
Self-checkout stations show little signs of slowing their expansion across retail, yet critics only appear to be getting louder.
In a recent article in The Atlantic,...
American Express expands small business perks as it reportedly falls under federal investigation
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Days before The Wall Street Journal reported federal investigators were looking into American Express' sales to business owners, the company introduced more incentives...
Digital Shift Leads Mastercard To Take Contactless Payments To The Cloud
If the sky’s the limit for contactless payments, which the pandemic has certainly shown, and if the technology is deployed across mobile devices ......
