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Retail Pulse: DSW Expands In-Store Experiences; L Brands Plans Store Closures

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Brick-and-mortar fashion retailers are developing in-store experiences to encourage customer loyalty. markets, aiming to generate repeat visits as part of its experiential retail efforts. They also create repeat visits to the DSW brand, where an exciting footwear assortment awaits.”. Austin, Texas; and Dublin, Ohio.

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Can Big Brands Survive On The Store-Within-A-Store?

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Retailers as dependent on a brick-and-mortar footprint as Macy’s don’t always have the luxury of fixes to pick from if their stocks experience the continuous slide that the former tentpole brand’s has. The commitment to the store-within-a-store extends, ironically, beyond the physical.

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Williams-Sonoma Pursues Co-Branded Card

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Williams-Sonoma ’s existing credit card portfolio will be acquired by Alliance Data , a Columbus, Ohio-based credit card services business, to provide a private-label, co-branded credit card program. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of this quarter.

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Ohio Bill Urges Govt. To Adopt Blockchain

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Ohio is hoping its Columbus-based “smart city” efforts will be attractive to the blockchain industry. At the early part of this year Overstock , the online retailer and blockchain company, said it would take Ohio up on its offer to pay taxes with bitcoin, becoming the first major U.S. company to pay taxes with bitcoin. “We

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Big Lots Q3 Earnings Break Records, Blow Past Forecasts

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Discount retailer Big Lots reported a third-quarter profit of $29.9 The Columbus, Ohio-based chain has beat revenue forecasts three times over the last four quarters. The Broyhill brand and the Lot and Queue Line were also launched across 750 stores in the third quarter, with fast scaling of eCommerce proficiencies.

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Why Retail Wishes Every Year Could Be The Year Of The Dog

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If we were to take an informal poll, we suspect most retailers would also like it if it were always the Year of the Dog, especially if that meant shoppers would become a bit more doglike in the loyalty department. While the digital age has been profitable for retailers, it’s also made consumers sort of … well, catlike. and 4:30 P.M.

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Amazon Opens NYC Bookstore

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According to a report , the store, which is located in The Shops at Columbus Circle, is 4,000 square feet and is in a mall that was once home to Borders bookstore. Other tenants in the retail space include Whole Foods Market, Coach, Michael Kors and pricey restaurants Per Se and Masa, noted the report.