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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A pandemic-fueled surge in people wanting to learn how to play guitar and piano has given the country’s largest retailer of musical instruments a second chance at life, as investors and creditors have signed on to a plan that will allow 500 Guitar Center stores to emerge from bankruptcy. In announcing the plan, which cuts its $1.3

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JULY 7, 2020

It’s hard to find a retail fashion category that’s reliably successful these days. We have increased our customer base online, and many of our customers — in-store customers — are now multichannel customers.”. But even online, it’s hard to see a trend. New retail dynamics show that Garito is on to something.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

The holiday season is the time for nostalgia and tradition, and that is the case here at PYMNTS, where even amid our coverage of the newest retail trends, we sometimes get the warm-and-fuzzies. It led us to wonder, going into the heart of the fourth quarter and then into 2020, about the status of that old standby, the retail catalog.

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MAY 22, 2020

An initial explosion of online orders left Amazon overwhelmed, forcing the company to temporarily reprioritize its operation toward mostly delivering key household items. The pandemic has been a boost to online gaming, as consumers are both buying more games and subscribing to services more often to play together.

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MAY 12, 2020

Post-pandemic fashion retail is starting to take shape. The National Retail Federation (NRF) guidelines allow individual retailers to decide whether to reopen fitting rooms. As more and more retailers open back up, they will need new technology solutions to coax shoppers back into their stores.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

And, this week, an iconic American magazine, Good Housekeeping , said it was opening a pop-up shop of its own in the Mall of America called the GH Lab that, too, melds the worlds of brick-and-mortar and eCommerce — with a bit of twist from Amazon. In other news, 7-Eleven now takes Google Pay and Apple Pay at most of its U.S.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Published reports indicate that in the past year, Ikea has seen online sales increase by 45 percent. Of course, it’s not surprising that a retailer looking to focus on digital is exiting print. The decision was announced Monday (Dec. 7) as the Ikea brand continues to shift itself to digital, according to published reports.

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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 NRF released its annual list of Hot 100 Retailers on Aug. domestic sales with sales of at least $300 million based on figures compiled by Kantar Retail.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Magazines have been testing the waters of brick-and-mortar retail by opening temporary stores in major cities, and New York Magazine is no exception. The venture, which is dubbed “I Found It at The Strategist,” will feature items chosen by the magazine’s editors. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News….

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MARCH 25, 2019

Unfortunately, Apple didn’t announce a lot of details other than the name and that it will be available in the fall with online and offline viewing,” according to one on-scene round-up of the Apple event. “It Magazine Subscriptions. As PYMNTS has regularly documented, subscription eCommerce is among the hottest areas of digital retail.

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

The collaboration will include a special print magazine, pop-up event and microsite. After looking at the items in-person, future brides and grooms can shop from the pages of the magazine using Amazon’s SmileCodes. ” As wedding planning has changed, many high-end bridal retailers have had to adjust their business models.

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JULY 26, 2018

The brand took an unusual root to the market – bootstrapped early on with funding from friends and family, and then marketed through some genuinely unusually channels, according to Forbes , including airline magazines and radio ads. Online mattress startup Casper opened its first store earlier this year in New York City.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

McMillon motivates himself with a photo on his phone that lists the top 10 retailers in the country over the last decade. He also keeps a copy of a Forbes magazine from the ’90s with a Walmart cover story that asks, “Has Walmart lost its magic?”. Retailers come and go,” McMillon said. There’s not a lot of loyalty here.”.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

Consumers have come to expect personalization in their shopping experiences, whether using online marketplaces such as Amazon and Etsy or mobile apps such as Gilt or Poshmark. Online content subscription purchasing experiences are far different from that ideal in practice, however.

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MAY 28, 2019

To reportedly build a licensing empire with the Sports Illustrated name, Authentic Brands Group LLC has agreed to buy the storied magazine from Meredith Corp. The move comes over a year after it was put on the block and Meredith will still manage its website and publish its print magazine, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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JANUARY 13, 2019

Walmart , the world’s biggest retailer, is gearing up to bring on 2,000 technology professionals during 2019 to support its operations in stores and online. Bloomberg , citing comments Walmart CTO Jeremy King made in a Bloomberg TV interview, said the hiring would increase the retailer’s IT staff by more than one fourth.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Lucaciu is the chief technology officer of Adore Me , an eCommerce and brick-and-mortar retailer that has adjusted to disruptive changes in its market, including the bankruptcy of the parent company of Victoria’s Secret. It also reflects improvements not only in retailers’ desktop conversion rates, but also their mobile conversion rates.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Online magazines. In the online subscription world, convenience boils down to “set it and forget it.”. The conversation took place as the legal battle between Apple and Epic Games continued to rage, centered on what role online platforms should play (and on what commissions Apple should charge, but that’s another story).

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

You have all these book blogs and major magazines and websites that are linking to Amazon, because Amazon is giving them a 4.5 percent affiliate fee for every book they sell,” Hunter told Wired. “We We needed to have a solution that would break that cycle, and create something to benefit the indies that mimics it.”.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

21) that its acquisition of a virtual provider of similar plans will accelerate its omnichannel growth strategy and make its alternative financing method available to more retail partners and more credit-constrained customers. billion this year, thanks to over 15,000 retail partner locations through its eCommerce platforms.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Technology company Linx has partnered with digital retail platform Magazine Luiza (Magalu) for a new delivery option for customers in Brazil, according to a press release. ” Linx offers specific tools for retailers and online eCommerce platforms to help generate revenue, and also offers logistics solutions.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The company also has a magazine, which Sabban said has attracted the most visits and traffic growth in the last 18 months. Festicket offers features including an integration with Spotify , which lets users link their music streaming accounts to the platform’s website.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In a recent column featured in Forbes , the thinking goes that online retail has managed to disrupt the lives of many a brick-and-mortar retailer. There’s another existential threat here, as online retailers must grapple with other online retailers. Some numbers belie the pressures at hand.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The company promises two-day shipping in 90 cities and perks that include access to the full content of its Prime video streaming service as well as music, digital books and magazines. However, Magazine Luiza started selling books online in April as a way to better compete with the eCommerce giant.

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MAY 29, 2020

The eCommerce retailer reportedly says that owners have been provided with deep discounts on the Echo Show 5. In separate news, Amazon, Vogue Magazine and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) have rolled out Common Threads: Vogue x Amazon Fashion, a new online storefront.

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MAY 15, 2020

But as the industry struggles like the rest of the planet due to the coronavirus pandemic, Vogue Magazine, Amazon and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) (the New York City trade group that includes more than 450 fashion and accessory designers) have launched a new digital storefront, Common Threads: Vogue x Amazon Fashion.

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MAY 29, 2019

In retail banking, it’s clear customer experience matters, and the stakes have never been higher. But what exactly are those opportunities, and how can retail banks deliver when it matters most? Customer satisfaction scores also decline in online assisted customer service (online chat, email or social media channels).

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JULY 19, 2020

The London-based, international sandwich shop chain is just one of many retailers and service delivery providers that once considered the impacts of the pandemic to be temporary. New York magazine publisher and operator of several news websites, Vox Media , plans to lay off 6 percent of its workforce.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

writers in the humble view of the PYMNTS New Orleans Bureau, a man who is an essayist and writer for The Atlantic magazine and whose debut novel was just released.). Streaming is by far the most common subscription service (70 percent), while online games (30.6 The online gaming market is valued at approximately $15.3

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AUGUST 8, 2020

Consumers have come to expect personalization in their shopping experiences, whether using online marketplaces such as Amazon and Etsy or mobile apps such as Gilt or Poshmark. Online content subscription purchasing experiences are far different from that ideal in practice, however.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Bulletin — described as “WeWork for retail” — opened its second New York City retail space this week while also raising funds in anticipation of opening additional NYC locations as well as eventually branching out to other cities.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

While Oprah won’t respond to day-to-day questions like Alexa does, her voice is part of a holiday shopping promotion between her magazine, O: The Oprah Winfrey Magazine, and Amazon, where customers can shop her “Favorite Things.”. Amazon’s Alexa just landed its first celebrity voice – and it’s none other than Oprah Winfrey!

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

writers in the humble view of the PYMNTS New Orleans Bureau, a man who is an essayist and writer for The Atlantic magazine and whose debut novel was just released.). Streaming is by far the most common subscription service (70 percent), while online games (30.6 The online gaming market is valued at approximately $15.3

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Lifestyle brand FabFitFun has taken something of a circuitous route toward building its retail business. In fact, in its early days nine years ago, it wasn’t a retail operation at all — it was a newsletter. And the FabFitFun box is a bit less singly focused than others in the “box-of-the month” retail club.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

H&M has given its mobile app and eCommerce site a digital makeover, bringing a myriad of new features to online customers. Beyond search features, the upgraded platforms enable shoppers to review products that they purchased online — they can rate an item on a five-star scale and provide feedback on the fit and size.

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JULY 15, 2017

According to Parents Magazine, “Walk away if you see cement, asphalt, dirt, or grass: These surfaces are linked to head injuries.” The science reporters at Parents Magazine report that since “bees are attracted to flowers,” it’s a bad idea to “put fragrances or floral-patterned clothing on kids.” Just kidding. So AstroTurf right?

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