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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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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 21, 2020

Don’t look now, but virtual reality and augmented reality are starting to make bigger gains in the retail world. The spread of VR and AR technology is not confined to physical retailers, either — eCommerce giants are getting into the game as well. billion via retail and marketing in 2022. Larger Trends.

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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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APRIL 18, 2019

Big news is in the offing for Walmart , Amazon and other chains that offer grocery ordering online – they have gotten a formal “green light” from the USDA to offer that service to recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Reports indicate other retailers will join the program next month.

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MARCH 17, 2020

It was supposed to be a thriving retail center in Milwaukee when it was built seven years ago. It’s one approach to a growing retail vacancy issue that local governments are getting more aggressive in trying to solve. The most high-profile local interventions have happened Washington, D.C. But it never happened. Starting Jan.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

More than 20 online eCigarette retailers are being sued by New York City for allegedly selling to children. 9) stop 22 online sellers from being allowed to either market or offer eCigarettes to anyone younger than 21. . New York City requested that a Brooklyn federal judge on Wednesday (Oct.

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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. We’re in the middle of a multi-year retail purge.

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JANUARY 18, 2020

They say the perfect crime is hard to commit, but last week in Spokane, Washington an intrepid burglar managed to pull it off at the Yuppy Puppy pet store, according to local law enforcement officials. What makes the story stand out among the reams of local retail crime reporting is that the crime was actually committed.

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JUNE 22, 2018

Five Supreme Court justices may have settled one of the longstanding issues of online retail, but that does not mean everything has suddenly cleared up. First, no sense of sky-is-falling doom emerged from any reliable retail or payments source. It accounts for more U.S. How Will Consumers React? Marketplace Worries?

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JANUARY 18, 2017

One might imagine that mall operators nationwide take a rather jaundiced view of the internet, since online shopping has more or less killed the mall. But perhaps that is the old conventional wisdom — the emerging idea is that online retailers are giving back some of what they’ve taken away these days. “We

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AUGUST 21, 2020

When Walmart announced Q2 earnings earlier this week, the nation’s largest retailer announced twin blowout performances in both its eCommerce and same-store sales. Stop & Shop owner Ahold Delhaize NV announced plans earlier this week for putting more resources toward online shopping operations. Same-store sales rose 9.3

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JULY 5, 2020

billion for Whole Foods , the online retail giant is planning to open its second automated-checkout grocery store in Seattle’s Eastside neighborhood and is hiring managers for a third store in the city’s Capitol Hill district, The Seattle Times reported. Amazon must like the supermarket business. Three years after it paid $13.4

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AUGUST 29, 2017

The retailer is expanding its Reserve Online & Try In Store service to about 40 locations nationwide, Chain Store Age reports. Consumers will be made aware when the option is available via the app’s product detail pages, which will have a “Reserve Online & Try In Store” selection. percent to $3.72

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JUNE 21, 2018

States can collect sales taxes from online retailers thanks to a U.S. The 5-4 decision essentially overturns the court’s 1992 ruling that states can collect sales taxes only from retailers that maintain a physical presence in those states. retail sales. retail sales. Billions of Dollars at Stake.

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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. The realm of eSports is not the only place in the greater online world where taxes are a new and sometimes confusing issue in 2020.

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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. There are also digital price tags for every item, and Prime members can pay the discounted online price for their selections at the store. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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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. Small tobacco retailers can therefore struggle to build visibility among consumers when entering new markets.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Group Seeks to Block Maryland Online Advertising Tax. At issue is the eCommerce retailer’s parallel responsibility to third-party merchants as an online shopping ecosystem and to itself as a competitor on the platform with rival products. Maryland legislators ratified the tax earlier in 2020, but Gov.

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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, 2018

Brick-and-mortar retailers have sought to reduce their retail footprint in hard times, and Mattress Firm, Inc. Now, Mattress Firm is reportedly pondering bankruptcy, and analysts say that might be a good strategy for the retailer: Peter Keith of Piper Jaffray & Co. is no exception.

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MARCH 1, 2019

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. With the expanded partnership, the companies will bring the offering to brick-and-mortar stores in Washington, D.C.;

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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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JUNE 23, 2016

Adore Me , the online lingerie retailer that sells monthly subscriptions to bra and panty sets, recently announced that it will be selling its products in five Nordstrom stores in California, Colorado, New Jersey and Washington state. It’s not a shift in strategy, our DNA remains online,” Klapka said.

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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.,

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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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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. The reason for the closures can be attributed to the fact that more Americans prefer to shop online. Davidson, according to The Washington Post.

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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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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

But the holiday is officially known as Washington’s birthday , as the observance started out as a celebration of his birth, after all. George Washington wasn’t a huge fan of big celebrations, so his birthday was only marked with informal gatherings across the U.S. percent they saved over the prior weekend, USA Today reported.

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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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DECEMBER 7, 2018

Big retailers are opening smaller-format stores in major U.S. Already, the retailer has opened a Planning Studio across the pond in London in October. In the announcement, IKEA Retail U.S. Pizza Hut plans to acquire online ordering software provider QuikOrder. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News. restaurants.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

At first glance, 2018 is shaping up to be a year that has brought meaningful consumer, regulatory and legislative backlash against lax online privacy. social media users are “very confident” that those platforms would protect users’ data, according to Pew — with 64 percent calling for more regulation of online advertisers.

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JULY 14, 2020

Less than 90 days after REI , the outdoor recreation retailer, cut 25 percent of its workforce at its Kent, Washington headquarters, hundreds more workers will be laid off nationwide amid the pandemic, SeattlePI reported. Low sales, not limited to REI, have hit the retail industry hard during the pandemic, and have led to more cuts.

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JULY 6, 2020

A new Amazon Go grocery store will soon open in Bellevue, Washington, and the tech giant has further plans to expand its cashierless Amazon Go grocery stores in Seattle, California, Chicago and Washington, D.C. The rules would also require that the government have access to online companies’ sources and algorithms.

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JUNE 3, 2019

Amazon , the Seattle, Washington eCommerce giant, is expanding in the U.K., small businesses, to launch Clicks and Mortar, a new program that helps small businesses grow in-store and online. small businesses, to launch Clicks and Mortar, a new program that helps small businesses grow in-store and online.

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JUNE 15, 2020

News came Monday (June 15) that Walmart has joined with eCommerce company Shopify in a bid to boost its online marketplace presence. For Walmart, adding Shopify sellers to its online operations helps give a bit of scale, and third-party sales do not carry the same costs as seen in other marketplace models.

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JUNE 11, 2019

comes after the online retailer opened one of the concept locations in New York City in a mall, CNBC reported. The retailer has been experimenting with the offering through an arrangement with Starbucks in Seattle.) The first Amazon Go opened last January at the online retailer’s Seattle, Washington headquarters.

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