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APRIL 24, 2019

Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza has announced that it will be selling books online, which could be picked up in one of its almost 1,000 stores. The company is aiming to compete directly with Amazon , which launched its online Brazilian operations in 2012.

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APRIL 16, 2018

The retailer’s website has 55.9 million average monthly visits, retail news source Retail Dive reported. The think tank found a decline of 410 basis points in the retailer’s apparel share as its revenues declined by $3 billion from 2012 to 2017.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

retail expert. In 2012, for instance, clothing from Abercrombie & Fitch showed up for sale on Indian websites despite the fact that the brand didn’t officially have a presence in the country per the report. In the case of a no-deal Brexit, an “explosion” in grey market goods could occur per a U.K.

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JUNE 7, 2019

Single consumers are a force of nature as well when it comes to retail. Single people, often neglected by many retailers – at least based on complaints and stereotypes found online – seem to be getting fresh attention in this era of online and mobile shopping, and shopping clubs. Take Costco, for instance. Singles’ Day. Big Growth.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

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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JULY 13, 2018

Though it is only mid-July, the back-to-school preparations in retail are already underway – and the National Retail Federation (NRF) has released its 2018 predictions. On the whole, 2018 is expected to generate slightly less revenue than the 2017 season, according to the annual NRF and Prosper Insights & Analytics survey.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

It’s a good time in America to have a retail space ready to rent out — eCommerce merchants are on the hunt and signing large contracts. By category, the biggest lease signers were manufacturers, with 14 percent of the market, followed closely by beverage providers (11 percent), retailers (7 percent) and tech firms (4 percent).

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers, as well as online merchants, are offering consumers all sorts of products and services through the subscription business model, from movies to tea. Subscription companies based in the Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America experienced more than 300 percent growth in subscription sales from 2012 to 2019.

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AUGUST 27, 2018

It’s a good time to be a retail chain. Retail Ascent. Retail is on the ascent. In July, retail sales increased 0.5 Economists had only forecasted retail sales going up 0.1 percent, online and mail-order retail sales increased 0.8 Retailer Woes. Not every retailer is experiencing good times, of course.

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JANUARY 31, 2021

Honest was launched in 2012 and sells its products online and through 32,000 retail locations, according to the statement. In recent years, major retail players including Amazon , with its Earth + Eden diapers, and Walmart have entered into the business of selling high-end baby products.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

But the excitement — high drama — warm-up commerce run is now over, and the main event is underway as Florence — and Florence is forecast to be the worst storm of its kind to hit North Carolina in nearly 64 years — is expected to have major effects on retail sales, employment and real estate in the state for a long time after the winds stop blowing.

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MAY 8, 2017

At the ripe old age of 120, the Swiss Army knife holds a unique place in retail. Now, the idea of an Amazon Echo with a touchscreen is not exactly new — it was reported in November 2016 that mega e-retailer Amazon was working on such a device — whose code name is said to be the Amazon Knight. Many of whom are also named Karl.

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AUGUST 7, 2018

He said the company’s pilot program, which initially sold meal kits in 17 Costco stores and has expanded to 80 locations within three months, has “further validated to us the power of Costco’s retail platform.” Retailers have realized that consumers still like to come into stores,” Kilcourse said.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Today in PYMNTS’ data, fast food chains are reporting consumer satisfaction following implementation of mobile order-ahead offerings, retail stores are closing at a near-record pace, “unthinkable” numbers of executives share their companies have experienced cyber fraud, real-time faster payments finally make their way to the U.S.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2017

While online commerce has allowed eRetailers to source consumer data and to deliver targeted, personalized advertisements, physical retail has often lacked these capabilities. Los Angeles-based tech company Bridg is closing the loop for brick-and-mortar restaurants, and soon for retailers, by providing them with key consumer insights.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

A number of major Australian retailers and payments associations have filed letters supporting a regulatory request from three Australian banks that would make Apple collectively negotiate third-party access to its iPhone secure near-field communication (NFC) module for Apple Pay , according to AppleInsider.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

online grocery retailer Ocado is involved in a patent lawsuit over robotically-operated warehouse technology with robotics company AutoStore , Reuters reported. AutoStore said Ocado has been a customer since 2012 and alleged that Ocado's automatic storage system is based on the ones AutoStore is already using, according to Reuters.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Data: 2012: The year Adore Me was founded. 6: The number of retail shops Adore Me has across the country. The company also has a few brick-and-mortar shops across the nation. All this, Today in Data. 140: The number of employees Adore Me has across the U.S. and Europe. 84M: Adore Me’s 2016 revenues.

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MAY 22, 2020

Crucible,” which is free to play, is the first big-budget game that Amazon Game Studios has released since the unit’s 2012 launch. This is just speeding up the significant change the retail industry was already undergoing.”. It also marks the unit’s first diversion away from the tablet games the division has been producing.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

The retail game has evolved so much over the last half decade that, in some ways, it might be unrecognizable to a traveler who somehow found herself on the wrong side of a time warp and now entering 2018. Stitch Labs’ unique insight on what retailers need comes from the company’s roots. The answer, surprisingly, might be by doing less.

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MARCH 2, 2017

Over the past decade, foot traffic in retail outlets has seen a decline. Although the research shows delivery capacity has grown more than 10 times its typical growth rate since 2012 for warehouses over 300,000 square feet, this Q4 development may be proving that warehouse development has leveled off.

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JUNE 20, 2016

Retailers often treat millennials with mix of attraction and disdain that mirrors the “can’t live with them, can’t live without them” way of life. percent between 2012 and 2015. For comparison’s sake, that metric has edged up just 3.6 For comparison’s sake, that metric has edged up just 3.6

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JUNE 20, 2016

Retailers often treat millennials with a mix of attraction and disdain that mirrors the “can’t live with them, can’t live without them” way of life. percent between 2012 and 2015. For comparison’s sake, that metric has edged up just 3.6 For comparison’s sake, that metric has edged up just 3.6

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MAY 5, 2016

Absolutely no need to panic, then — unless the topic is retail bankruptcies , which increased year over year by 24 percent. Such is the double-edged sword of a retail industry swept up in innovation. For every new path cut through the market, the retailers standing in the way are cut down. January — Wet Seal. As of Feb.

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MAY 13, 2016

With traditional brick-and-mortar retail facing big problems , some chains are addressing them with small solutions. Is this a viable answer to the beating that Sears’ bottom line (and that of many other one-time stalwarts of brick-and-mortar retail) have been taking in recent years? Specifically, with small(er) stores.

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AUGUST 1, 2016

billion annually in retail, entertainment and hotel sales. It’s also the city’s second most valuable retail real estate, behind only Fifth Avenue from 49th to 59th street, according to the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY). Retail real estate in Times Square rents for $2,363 a square foot. That amounts to $4.8

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MARCH 9, 2016

Everybody likes to talk about the addiction that brick-and-mortar retailers have developed for deep, and often destabilizing, discounts, and they usually point to store closings and executive board shakeups at Macy’s and other chains as clear proof of these practices’ consequences. Still, the label indicates that the $99.99

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

This is in line with Everlane’s secret sauce as a fashion retailer competing in the wilds of eCommerce: transparency. When cashmere first appeared on the site in 2012, a sweater went for about $120; these days, it clocks in at $100. “Sometimes, it goes up, and when it does, retailers raise their prices.

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JUNE 3, 2016

These days, retail merchants must reach customers, both in-store and online, securely and conveniently. According to Dasilva, the past decade-plus has brought three major payments revolutions, each of which shook the retail industry. There’s increasingly less middle ground between getting omnichannel right or fading into oblivion.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Retailers and other companies want visible, dependable top lines – and growth – amid lower costs. 350 percent: Estimated retail sales growth in the subscription market from January 2012 to October 2019. One way to get there is to embrace a recurring subscription model.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Overall retail sales reflected record-high numbers this holiday season – at least in online shopping, Mastercard reported. Even with sluggish sales at physical stores, total retail numbers were near $880 billion, up 3.4 Target and Walmart are among the retailers who have figured out how to adapt in an always-shifting environment.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 19, 2017

trillion in total payments through Alibaba’s Alipay service last year, compared to only $70 billion in 2012; Tencent’s WeChat users sent about $1.2 According to a new report released by the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance, users sent $1.7 trillion in […].

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 31, 2018

Moven burst onto the fintech scene in 2012 — it was founded in 2011 and launched an alpha product in 2013 — as Brett King’s bank, or bank account. Neobank Moven has secured an undisclosed amount from SoftBank and is looking to acquire a bank with the funding, according to an American Banker report. Originally […].

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

Retailers that are unable to call on substantial financial reserves are struggling in the current environment. Mobile shopping is growing and a key focus of retailers going into the holiday season. Mobile shopping is growing and a key focus of retailers going into the holiday season. Along with Claire’s Stores Inc.,

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

The company was founded in 2012 and has since been partnered with companies including Walmart and Expedia Group. Affirm, a point-of-sale (POS) lender, offers short-term loans that can be repaid in installments. It was valued at $2.9 billion in April 2019 but has seen boosts since then — first to over $5 billion, and then to near $10 billion.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Although earlier reports of a retail apocalypse were overstated at first, the latest statistics seem to indicate “that the scales may have tipped,” said Barbara Denham, senior economist at Reis. Data from Coresight shows that 9,300 stores shuttered in 2019, the most since 2012, the first year the information was tracked. 24 were up 3.4

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