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JUNE 5, 2020

With the most recent COVID-19 studies from PYMNTS reinforcing the need for health and safety in the retail world, some retailers are stepping up to accommodate consumers’ concerns. channel performance at Washington, D.C.-based Ipsos surveyed consumers and conducted mystery shopper visits at 45 of the top retailers.

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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. But the branding came across somewhat differently. The Washington Post branded Bodega the most hated startup in America.

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MAY 7, 2019

As retailers shutter locations from the heartland to big cities, the latest update on the state of retail from New York’s storied Fifth Avenue says that rents are falling and vacancies are rising – showing that even a flagship address can’t escape the realities of modern-day commerce. Davidson Senior Brand Apparel Analyst John D.

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MARCH 28, 2018

Known primarily for a laid-back, soft-spun California beachy chic, the fashion brand Marine Layer is trying their hand at a new expansion in retail as Airbnb landlords. Those apartments will be found above the brand’s New Orleans outpost. Those apartments will be found above the brand’s New Orleans outpost.

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JULY 6, 2016

From an economic standpoint , James’ departure, which he announced in a highly controversial one-hour primetime special broadcast on ESPN entitled “The Decision,” was immediately felt in Cleveland and to the value of James’ own brand. That said, minimal backlash to the KD brand. It will only help his brand.”.

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MARCH 30, 2020

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Washington Privacy Act (WPA) and other new privacy and online transaction standards are changing how businesses interact with consumers’ data in the U.S. states are starting to implement new standards, too, with the CCPA introduced two months ago and WPA on the path to ratification in Washington.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

To learn more about their customers and increase foot traffic, retailers are testing out new business ideas. In some cases, retailers are dedicating small spaces to brands inside their brick-and-mortar stores. The vast majority of retailers believe in trying new business approaches.

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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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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 trend is reflective of “grocers moving away from a one-size-fits-all approach and adopting new practices that focus more on their brands and shoppers,” according to NRF.

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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.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Most brands just talk the talk when it comes to committing to the future of experiential retail. That’s the message coming out of Samsung’s brand-new Manhattan Meatpacking district location, The Verge reported. However, Samsung is showing that it’s ready to walk the walk, right down 5th Ave if it has to.

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JULY 2, 2018

WeWork – the ever expanding office-sharing mega-firm- is officially kicking off its launch into retail. WeWork chief brand officer Julie Rice says that WeMrkt is “by our members, for our members.”. The firm has already opened co-living communities in New York and Washington DC. It’s name? WeLive, of course.

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APRIL 30, 2018

As a high-profile American brand, Subway may have some luck with its plans for international expansion — it plans to open more than 1,000 locations abroad this year — but it appears that America has already moved on. Some experts called the brand “tired” and in need of an update. Any brand that doesn’t keep up will get left behind.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Online brands are stepping into the world of brick-and-mortar, opening their own physical locations to help consumers experience their concepts in real life with the help of digital technology. Custom eCommerce framing startup Framebridge is opening its own in Washington, D.C., The 20 largest brands notched a 1.2

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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. All this, Today in Data. Data: 10K: Maximum number of scooters that would be permitted in 2020 with D.C.’s 2017: The year D.C

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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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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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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In the age of direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands, however, digital innovators are taking a new approach to bike shopping. It’s all emanating from this brand-new bike,” Engelstein said. The company sponsors the Western Washington University cycling team.). Buying a bike can be a time-consuming and confusing task for a consumer.

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JULY 13, 2018

Celebrity brand endorsement is nothing new. In their hundreds of years of existence, the celebrity endorsement has become an increasingly prominent part of branding — so prominent, in fact, that by the end of the 20th century, they weren’t just endorsing products. 1 on its list of the top 10 emerging restaurant brands of 2018.

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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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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

12) filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington state against 13 individuals and businesses “for advertising, promoting and facilitating the sale of counterfeit luxury goods in Amazon’s store,” the online retail and tech giant announced in a press release. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

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MAY 15, 2020

District Court in Seattle, alleges Washington-based Robojap Technologies and Quatic Software Solutions in Punjab, India have scammed Amazon users by offering help to install Alexa on their devices through fake websites and applications. The lawsuit, filed last week in U.S.

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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. Project Zero has been a leap forward in protecting brands, especially for those that use all three of its components.”.

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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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AUGUST 10, 2018

Brick-and-mortar retailers have sought to reduce their retail footprint in hard times, and Mattress Firm, Inc. The brand could close between 600 to 1,000 of its 3,000 locations this year, according to some predictions – and is reportedly considering bankruptcy, people familiar with the matter have told Reuters. is no exception.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Amid Amazon ’s efforts to grow its reach in the food space, the eCommerce retailer is reportedly looking to launch grocery stores in multiple big U.S. Unnamed sources cited by the paper claim the retailer has inked leases for a minimum of two more locations, scheduled for the beginning of 2020. among other cities.

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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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MAY 12, 2016

as the latest luxury retailer taking their ball and going home. is the latest high-profile brand to resign from one of the world’s largest anti-counterfeiting groups after the organization admitted Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said it was stepping off the board and withdrawing from the Washington, D.C.-based

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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. The unsourced report said the company aims to open the stores over the next two years, with inspiration from its non-cash Amazon Go concept stores.

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MARCH 9, 2016

Anthropologie’s current sales track is drawing comparisons to another chic fashion retailer — and it’s not a favorable one. As the outlet points out, J.Crew — just like Anthropologie — was, not very long ago, near the top of its game. But there’s obviously no guarantee of that, as time appears to be running out.

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APRIL 11, 2019

Analysts said the closures would affect a variety of retailers, including an estimated 21,000 apparel stores, 10,000 consumer electronics stores and 8,000 home furnishing stores. And the report added that online shopping is expected to make up 25 percent of retail sales, with around 16 percent of overall sales made online.

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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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JANUARY 16, 2019

Indochino , the digitally-native made-to-measure menswear brand, has plans to expand in 2019. And five additional locations will open on the West Coast, with three in California — Roseville, San Diego and San Jose — plus Portland, Oregon, and Bellevue, Washington. Greenwich, Conn.; Manhasset, N.Y.; and Paramus, N.J.;

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AUGUST 9, 2019

The retailer’s Power locations are said to be four times larger than its usual mall locations, and one is set to open this weekend in New York City, CNBC reported. The new store in the city’s Washington Heights neighborhood has kids’ and women’s merchandise downstairs and men’s items upstairs.

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JUNE 3, 2019

Amazon , the Seattle, Washington eCommerce giant, is expanding in the U.K., Amazon is running a year-long pilot program aimed at helping up-and-coming online brands grow their presence in the physical world. planning to launch pop-up stores to give small businesses the chance to sell on High Street.

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