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Glossier celebrates 6th store opening in national expansion effort
August 12, 2022
Glossier is back in Atlanta's Ponce City Market, opening its sixth store as part of a national expansion.
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Inflation impacting consumer spend, shopping habits
August 12, 2022
Due to inflation and rocky economics, U.S. consumer shopping and spending habits are changing, according to a consumer behavior report from Astound Commerce…
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Convenience store launches EV powered store on wheels
August 12, 2022
FamilyMart, a Taiwan convenience store chain, has launched a convenience store on an electric vehicle that offers self checkout, according to a Taiwan News…
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Amazon, Walmart, Sephora, Lululemon, Nike, Wayfair on innovative brands list
August 11, 2022
A healthy number of consumer goods brands made this year's Most Innovative Brands list created by a survey conducted by Brand Keys, Inc.
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Retailers increasingly locking up goods -- even toothpaste
August 11, 2022
Retailers are locking up more products in cages and cases due to increased in-store theft.
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Consumers reducing spend on non-essential items, special occasions
August 11, 2022
More than half of U.S. consumers, 67%, have reduced spending on non-essential items in the last six months and more than a third, 38%, are expected to spend…
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Healthy growth rate for omnichannel activity
August 10, 2022
The number of households that shop both in-store and online are growing at a rate of 10% year-over-year and online household penetration is now 6.4%, a 60…
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Walmart tests robotic delivery vending machine
August 10, 2022
Walmart is testing a robotic delivery vending machine from Tortoise, a Silicon Valley startup, according to a Business Insider report.
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NRF: Economy strength keeping recession at bay
August 10, 2022
The U.S. economy isn't in a recession and there likely won't be one this year, according to the National Retail Federation.
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Toys R Us opens initial Macy’s storefronts
August 10, 2022
Just in time for the busiest retail shopping season of the year, Toys R Us is open for business in Macy's store locations across nine states and that's just…
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Amazon Prime members can shop retail stores via Amazon site, app
August 10, 2022
Amazon Prime members can now shop at retail brand stores, via the Amazon app and e-commerce site, and have purchases delivered as soon as the same day.
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Healthy growth rate for omnichannel activity
August 9, 2022
Households that shop both in-store and online are growing at a rate of 10% year-over-year and online household penetration is now 6.4%, a 60% spike from…
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Online grocery hits plateau
August 9, 2022
Online grocery has plateaued and is now a convenience-focused part of a shopper's activity, according to a ChaseDesign survey.
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Brands lose $29 on every new customer acquisition, claims research
August 9, 2022
When it comes to customer acquisition the price is getting higher, according to research from SimplicityDX.
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Consumer demand may mean Halloween candy shortage
August 8, 2022
Consumers are loving sweets and the increased demand for candy and chocolate could mean a shortage come October.
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Consumers will spend same, or more, in back-to-school shoe spend
August 8, 2022
A good majority, 78%, of U.S. families will spend the same, or more, when it comes to buying shoes for school this year and 21% will purchase exclusively…
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Food Lion grants support hunger relief
August 8, 2022
The Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation has made grants of more than $775,000 to nearly 300 nonprofit organizations across the omnichannel retailer's…
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As inflation booms loyalty programs get more attention
August 5, 2022
Loyalty programs are gaining attention with eight in 10 American members of at least one loyalty program and half view retail loyalty programs as more…
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Swipe fees will add $2.5B to back-to-school spending
August 5, 2022
The swipe fees banks charge retailers to process credit cards will add an estimated $2.5 billion to the cost of everything, according to the Merchants Payments…
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August 5, 2022
California supermarket chain Vallarta Supermarkets is deploying stor.ai's white-label e-commerce and picking solutions in a quest to preserve brand identity in…
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