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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Burger King's use of marketing efforts that capitalize on a keen sense of social media has won the Miami-based company kudos. Business Insider reported that fast food purveyors sometimes offer discounts in January because it's a time when some potential customers are minding their budgets.

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JULY 22, 2019

Retailers are feeling the heat from high rent costs. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal , while commercial retail rents are down, rent costs still remain higher than prerecession levels in many prime shopping areas, including Manhattan, Los Angeles and Dallas. The retailer fought the rent increase but lost.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Location has a bearing on the return to work, with tourism-dependent places like Miami seeing as much as a 92 percent return to the pre-pandemic occupancy, whereas cities like San Francisco and New York have hedged bets on reopening, with warehouses, offices and retail locations still at well below 50 percent occupancy, WSJ writes.

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JULY 5, 2017

The retail giant has shared news that it will be opening a robotics-based warehouse in South Florida in 2018. In addition to its Miami-Dade locations, this new warehouse project comprises one of the largest warehouses south of the city of Tampa. Amazon continues to make strides in its innovative eCommerce business.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

It has been a busy year in the world of mobile commerce, particularly with retail apps. Below, PYMNTS rounds up the top trends of the year and sheds light on how retailers are tapping into mobile apps to make the shopping experience more convenient and less time consuming for shoppers. Apps As Mobile Ordering Tools.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

Mckenzie, 38, of Miami Gardens, Florida; Andre M. In Arkansas, a project manager employed by a major retailer has pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges for filing fraudulent bank loan applications seeking more than $8 million in PPP loans. In Florida, nine defendants have been charged in the U.S The defendants include Damion O.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

Ouai , a hair and body care brand founded by celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin, will roll out some of its merchandise in 1,200 Ulta Beauty locations in addition to the retailer’s website on Sunday (Jan. The retailer wrote in a tweet , “We’re starting off the decade with a big announcement: “@theouai by Jen Atkin is launching at Ulta Beauty!”

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

And groups such as LVMH are also investing in retail ventures. From acquisitions to new or revamped brick-and-mortar stores, beauty, as well as cosmetic brands, are taking steps to evolve their retail operations. Glossier is opening temporary shops in Nordstrom stores, including the retailer’s New York flagship.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

The firm reported that its worldwide digital business accounted for roughly 24 percent of Q3 revenues, which was two times what it was a year before, as consumer spending kept migrating in the direction of digital shopping experiences because of the evolving retail landscape due to COVID-19.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Previously, the world’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer announced autonomous vehicle ventures with Nuro in Houston , Ford in Miami , Gatik in Arkansas and with Waymo , owned by Google corporate parent Alphabet , in Phoenix. This isn't the first time Walmart has teamed up with a driverless automobile company.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

To break into the brick-and-mortar world, some digitally native retailers have opened shops inside department stores. However, as in a traditional retail store, staff called “in-store stylists” are on hand to give recommendations tailored to each customer. Staffing has also become a challenge for retail companies.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The service will be initially available in four California cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as Las Vegas, Atlanta, Miami, Seattle and Chicago, with eight more en route. Deliv, which has buy-in from UPS, is currently available in 100 cities across the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

According to Chain Store Age , the German supermarket company will use its partnership with Instacart to roll out the service to 75 major markets, including San Diego, New York City, Miami, Raleigh and Minneapolis. We’re growing at a time when other retailers are struggling.

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JANUARY 25, 2020

Hence, a sudden temperature dip in Miami on Wednesday morning sent the temperature crashing to the 40s – a reading our northern readers will likely scoff at, but a frigid result for Miami, where it hasn’t been that cold in nine years. But whether one buys it tableside or in a market, iguana is generally a costly food source.

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JULY 22, 2019

But we want to take a few minutes to talk about pop-up shops, and how those temporary but often lucrative retail efforts are shaping commerce — and being shaped by payments — and what could be coming next. Even so, the company has certainly not given up on physical retail. Riding Retail Trends.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Walmart started experimenting with Delivery Unlimited in Salt Lake City, Miami, Houston and Tampa earlier in the year. “By pairing our size and scale and these services we’re making Walmart the easiest place for to shop. Combine that with the value we can provide, our customers can’t lose.”.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Traditional retail locations, ranging from fashion and home furnishings to hardware and department stores, have been forced to make significant changes in the face of heightened competition from eCommerce giants like Amazon and omnichannel powerhouses, like Walmart and its online unit, Jet.com.

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JULY 6, 2016

All that slowly came back as James went on to appear in four NBA Finals in Miami, winning two of them, before shocking the world by announcing in 2014 that he was returning to Cleveland to help that city win its first professional sports championship in over 50 years just last month.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

The pandemic drastically altered consumers’ shopping habits and retailers’ strategies for getting customers the items they needed during the 2020 holiday season. Experts predicted that online commerce over the holidays would increase 35 percent from the previous year, while brick-and-mortar retail sales were expected to decline by 4.7

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MARCH 20, 2019

From SPOT to Starbucks , online platforms and retailers are providing consumers with new ways to place orders or make purchases from the car. SPOT serves cities including Los Angeles, Miami and Philadelphia, per a report last year. Retailers are tapping into buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS) offerings for consumers.

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AUGUST 29, 2016

As we reported, just prior to his MTV appearance, Kanye retail was suddenly everywhere — through a giant simultaneous launch of pop-up stores. He might just possibly be giving the world a preview of the future of retail and payments. No, we aren’t kidding. The Kanye Shop . But other U.S.

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MARCH 14, 2017

International Council of Shopping Centers CEO Thomas McGee told The Miami Herald that the ongoing message that shopping malls and center are coming to an end isn’t quite true. When you look at those stores as a percentage of retail square footage, it’s small,” McGee said during the interview with the paper. “But

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Other examples cited included Miami, Fla.-based -based Madison Schneider, 22, who opened a coffee shop called Lela’s Bakery and Coffeehouse just this month. Schneider said it “just felt like the right thing to do.”

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

The changing nature of retail has been challenging for pharmacies. Sales of things like personal care products, cosmetics and various other household goods have been slipping, as consumers are increasingly stocking up online or at alternative retail venues like dollar stores for those types of items. in early 2019.

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JUNE 10, 2016

Randy Newman probably doesn’t get a lot of play in boardrooms around the retail sector, but that doesn’t mean that companies haven’t taken the message behind his hit “You’ve Got A Friend In Me” to heart. Walmart Gears Up Grocery Delivery With Uber, Lyft And Deliv.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

Miami-based FinTech ClassWallet has grown its classroom expense management offering to help with the requirements of custodial and maintenance workers in primary and secondary schools, according to a Monday (Jan. 25) announcement.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

For Argentinians, Chile is the new Miami. With Chile being closer to Argentina than Miami, beaches are not the only reason shoppers are venturing to their neighboring country. Argentine President Mauricio Macri has created somewhat of a retail sales boom after removing exchange controls since December.

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APRIL 11, 2016

As brick-and-mortar retailers continue to struggle to bring in consumers, a few are taking a page out of Amazon’s book and working instead to meet consumers where they live. Kohl’s has expanded same-day delivery to Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle and Washington, D.C./Baltimore And quickly.

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JULY 16, 2020

this year starting in Dallas and Miami. Instacart has filed a lawsuit against grocery delivery company Cornershop , which was recently acquired by Uber , alleging the company used images from Instacart’s product catalog when it opened in the U.S., Axios reported.

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APRIL 23, 2018

In addition to its Miami-Dade location, this new warehouse project comprises one of the largest warehouses south of the city of Tampa. Sitting on 97 acres, Amazon’s new robotics-based warehouse will be located next to the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Meanwhile, Blue Bottle, founded in the early 2000s, is currently expanding in California, New York, Washington, Miami and Tokyo, bringing its total retail presence to more than 50 locations by the end of the year. Nestlé is the largest seller of instant coffee in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2020

So-called “ghost” kitchens can take over retail, mall and warehouse space abandoned by struggling merchants. The first kitchens are being rolled out in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Miami, said Sam Nazarian, chief executive of SBE. Accor has a 50 percent stake in SBE.

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MARCH 11, 2020

billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. That is the most organic growth of any automotive retailer ever in the U.S. We see interest grow when we launch in new markets — 161 to date — and when we launch new Car Vending Machines (currently in 24 cities); our most recent being Miami,” said Keeton. New Markets.

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APRIL 10, 2018

Adyen has announced it is partnering with omnichannel retail solutions provider Mi9 Retail to allow merchants to accept payments through Adyen’s payments platform. The integrated point-of-sale and payments solution will benefit customers at the more than 450 worldwide retail businesses serviced by Mi9 Retail.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

According to reports, the social media giant has launched “Dynamic Ads For Real Estate,” a new advertising feature that might just challenge Zillow’s supremacy in the digital retail arena. Denver, Houston, Miami, and Washington, D.C. Inventory in the U.S. were the leading culprits on that list.

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JUNE 11, 2018

“Our Postmates pilot is currently underway in Miami and Miami Beach with more than 70 businesses participating, including local favorites like Coyo Taco,” wrote Ford English in the post. The rear and passenger side lockers are different sizes, as Postmates delivers an assortment of products from all sorts of retailers.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The app lets retail salespeople, experts in particular areas, in-the-know shoppers and influencers market merchandise to audiences and sell online. The brand teamed with multiple TikTok influencers to offer tailored denim in this year’s Levi’s Haus Miami activation.

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