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Big brands are opening pop-up shops chock full of digital commerce technology and experiences for fans, and Nike is no exception. Beyond the pop-up shop, the retailer is opening a “Studio of Dreams” Super Bowl Content Studio on the same block. The sportswear company said the store would feature limited-edition styles that will rotate.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

These laws were meant to make online sellers face sales tax requirements similar to those for retailers with on-the-ground locations, putting both types of businesses on equal footing. Retailers in high-tax states have largely not been able to build themselves up or expand online beyond their local markets to the same extent, Rogers said. .

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The Century 21 brand provides a trusted destination for name brand apparel, accessories, home goods and more,” Hilco Streambank Executive Vice President David Peress said in the announcement. Offers to buy the retailer’s intellectual property assets have to be in by Nov. 16, and an auction is scheduled for Nov.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

As coronavirus cases surge in the United States, some supermarket retailers are re-instituting buying restrictions on specific products such as toilet paper, USA Today reported. H-E-B, for its part, supervises over 400 retail locations, primarily in Texas. Pennsylvania-based The Giant Co. The Giant Co.

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OCTOBER 7, 2018

Deliverr has ten warehouses in states including Texas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New Jersey. Deliverr said it will use the funding to grow its team and ink more partnerships with more online retailers. The report noted that the startup keeps its packaging brand neutral so that any marketplace can use its services.

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MAY 2, 2018

Retailers and retail landlords are reporting strong first-quarter earnings results, beating analysts’ expectations in many cases. billion, according to news from Retail Dive. In some cases, the retailer is demolishing existing stores to create new uses of the land. That top-line figure beat the consensus estimate of $1.38

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OCTOBER 11, 2020

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports some of the two retailers' recent online advertising looks a lot like segments of the home shopping channel. 29 gives a sense of the brands' approach. As for customers: “It was a cool way to check out trends for the fall,” Sara Wherrity of Pennsylvania tells WSJ. “I

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

And New York is just the starting point — Payless is all-in on pop-ups this season, with locations planned for Whittier, California; Alpharetta, Georgia; Paramus, New Jersey; Limerick, Pennsylvania; Clarksburg, Maryland; Hagerstown, Maryland; Hickory, North Carolina; and El Paso, Texas. The trend holds for permanent retail locations, with 41.3

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

Bass Pro Shops locations in Indiana, California, Missouri, Florida, Pennsylvania and Colorado are said to host the pop-up shops along with Cabela’s stores in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Utah and Texas. The new store, which will be located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, will feature multiple experiential retail components.

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APRIL 5, 2019

In 1910, Albert Roye installed a glass-cutting machine in a small shed behind his home in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania and founded what he dubbed the Susquehanna Glass Factory. After a decade, the business had grown up enough that it moved to a real factory in nearby Columbia, Pennsylvania.

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MAY 3, 2018

Restaurants and retail landlords reported a mixed bag of first-quarter earnings results on Wednesday (May 2), beating analysts’ expectations in some cases and falling short at times. Looking forward to digital and retail transformations, companies such as Yum! Brands are optimistic about the future. Here’s how Yum!

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Walmart ‘s online home brand Allswell has announced the launch of its Tiny Home retail concept. Released last year, the design-centric, digitally-focused brand boasts a line of home goods, mattresses and bedding. Allswell is affiliated only with Walmart and not with its online counterpart Jet.

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AUGUST 31, 2018

Urban Outfitters was beginning to look like a lot of other physical retail brands that were getting into hot water in the digital age. Comparable sales were down, revenue was falling and the murmurs about another once-hip brand falling from grace started to make the rounds.

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JULY 14, 2016

Brick-and-mortar merchants are far from being free from the problems that plague their particular brand of retail, but even they have to look at online retail rising rents for warehouse space with a little bit of mirth. Of the 57 major retail markets studied, 37 of them posted decreases to warehousing availability.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

In the longer run, the service will grow over the next several months to the grocer’s 570 retail locations throughout California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida. Amazon Fresh, a new physical retail concept from Amazon, is setting up shop in four locations in the Chicago market, the Chicago Tribune reported.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

Retailers are aiming to help consumers manage chronic diseases as well as their overall health and wellness through new brick-and-mortar experiences. Through HealthHUBs, consumers are at the center of an unmatched retail health experience. CVS Health, however, is not the only retailer to bolster its health offerings.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Timberland, the shoemaker, has rolled out a concept store that will be completely overhauled and stocked with new products every six weeks to help enhance its customer service and the retail experience. There will also be a oversized Timberland table aimed at showcasing its brand.

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JUNE 28, 2016

Japanese speciality merchant Uniqlo is apparently hoping some of that particular magic can rub off on retailers. The brand has announced its plans to push its presence in the Southeast U.S. and is expanding its branding relationship with Disney. We hope to make every day at our store feel like opening day for our customers.”

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AUGUST 25, 2017

The locations impacted by the announcement span from California to Pennsylvania. It is also making changes to its store sizes to better compete in the increasingly aggressive retail market. In addition, it is poised to begin selling its Kenmore-branded appliances on Amazon, which could also boost sales.

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JULY 25, 2016

The company also opened its first brick-and-mortar location, called Mill Street Merchants , in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, both as a way to expand its brand presence and to offer the solution of an affordable grocery store in a town not serviced by very many options. Mill Street Merchants opened in early July after John Gabriel Sr.,

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Model and social media celebrity Chrissy Teigen is, in many ways, the perfect brand partner for Target, as evidenced by her recent review of her new kitchen and cookware lines. Unlike her competitor for the title of Generations X’s Martha Stewart, Gwyneth Paltrow, Teigen has built a brand around being accessibly aspirational.

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JULY 20, 2018

At the time, Peter Harf, a JAB senior partner, noted that the deal “is yet another example of our commitment to investing in extraordinary brands with significant growth prospects.”. Founded in 2003 by a University of Pennsylvania student, Insomnia Cookies’ stores stay open and deliver until 3:00 a.m.

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

Approximately 20 brands of online casinos are vying on a reportedly small field. Mobile betting, however, is only allowed in five: New Jersey, West Virginia, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Nevada per earlier reports. Geofencing makes sure that mobile apps stay within each state. Sports betting is legal in 12 states in some capacity.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

announced a 10-year extension of its fleet fuel card contract with convenience chain retailer Sheetz, Inc., WEX supports the Private Label, Universal and Tri-Brand fleet cards available at Sheetz, which can be used to purchase gasoline at store locations. On Wednesday (Oct. 18), payment solutions company WEX, Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Some people think the best thing about the Pennsylvania-based convenience store and fuel chain Wawa is their absurdly delicious jalapeño-stuffed pretzels, oozing with molten cheese. So very tasty. Bad people love Wawa , too – mostly for its large database of consumer information. Sealing It.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2017

For retailers, it’s the Hunger Games. largest eCommerce marketplace is that it can devalue merchants and entire brands by overly discounting their items. The move comes as Amazon is making changes in other areas of its sprawling retail business. For consumers, the holiday shopping season is the most wonderful time of year.

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The Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Valley Forge rest stop is a common waypoint for me on my travels. This reminds me when my daughter performed a soda taste test at the local swimming pool, pitting Coke, Pepsi, RC, and a generic brand against each other. The winner: generic brand. What does your brand stand for? Force the issue!

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

You have enormous brands and massive amounts of consumers involved. Flutter, based in Dublin and listed in London, owns bookie brands in the U.K. Flutter’s FanDuel, in addition to its fantasy sports site, offers online and retail betting in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.”. More Consolidation Coming. elections.”.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Nonessential retail is highly dependent – in some cases, completely dependent – on eCommerce during the COVID-19 crisis. For example, a Walmart distribution center in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania has been hit by nine COVID-19 infections so far, and workers have complained to local press. “As Therein lies a serious problem.

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JANUARY 8, 2018

Small but mighty, German discount grocer Lidl — a brand known for not only its low prices, but also its innovative store layouts and private labels, including clothing — has already gobbled up 3 percent of local market share since the chain came to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in June 2017. jobs in the next year.

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JUNE 23, 2016

Retail’s constant chase for growth means that some or even most will never reach their goals. What good news there is usually comes from the top-performing retailers of the day, which makes what PacSun has accomplished a downmarket rarity. Few are inevitably spared the fate in the long run. Store Closures.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

“Consumers have begun to care more about sustainability and excessive packaging, but there is also the sweeping success of trendy and not-at-all sustainable celebrity-backed brands. I founded the company to tell stories about brands that were creating products that are exceptionally clean.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

stores in the King of Prussia Mall and Willow Grove Mall, both in Pennsylvania. The brand also confirmed that some credit and debit cards may have been compromised beginning on July 29, though it does not believe all card transactions were effected.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

The latest issue involves eSports – one of the rising trends in digital commerce , and one of the ways through which some mall and brick-and-mortar operators hope to revive those retail properties. As the report notes, officials in Pennsylvania are stepping up their enforcement of tax efforts involving eSports participants.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

And, as always, the B-reel contained some rather intriguing watch-and-wait possibilities — in Amazon’s case a looming takeover of the shipping business, and in Walmart’s yet another turn in the life of its luxury Jetblack brand. But it isn’t the only major brand getting in on the action. And, speaking of Walmart … Walmart.

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JULY 5, 2019

And Amazon’s competitors in retail are working hard to make sure that the regulators take a close enough look. She initially lost her case against the eCommerce retailer in a Pennsylvania court, which ruled that because Amazon didn’t technically sell her the device it could not be liable for her injuries.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Lots of brands include exotic-sounding ingredients, the report notes, not in such small amounts that they likely have no nutritional impact. They are very careful about the brands they select to work with, and we felt like they would do a great job at helping protect our brand.”.

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