Merchandising News & Media
KFC's fire log available at Walmart this holiday season
October 26, 2020
For those who love the smell of fried chicken coming from a fire pit or fireplace, it's time to hit Walmart.
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Gap shuttering lots of mall-based locations
October 26, 2020
Gap will close 220 stores, many housed in mall centers, within the next four years.
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MishiPay introduces mobile self-checkout solution for retail
October 21, 2020
MishiPay, a London-based provider of self-checkout technology, allows customers to scan items in a store using their smartphone and pay with a variety of…
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Contactless cards in a post pandemic world
by Jamie Topolski — Director, Fiserv
Contactless payments offer the same strong security as EMV cards but how do they stack up against the needs of consumers who are now dealing with the aftermath…
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Fashion retailers team with First Insight to drive faster, better merchandising decisions
October 13, 2020
Fashion brands Burton Menswear, Dorothy Perkins and Miss Selfridge are partnering with First Insight Inc. and using its predictive analytics technology to…
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Pandemic supplies demand spurs big growth for Batteries Plus
October 6, 2020
Batteries Plus, a growing battery, light bulb, key fob and repair franchise, is experiencing big growth amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, signing a…
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Walmart hiring on seasonal help
October 5, 2020
For the first time since 2015 Walmart is hiring on a massive force, 20,000 seasonal workers, for its fulfillment centers in order to handle the upcoming…
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Einstein Bros opening first c-store location
September 30, 2020
Einstein Bros. Bagels is opening its first convenience store location, part of a five-store development deal with King Fuel in the Houston area. The first…
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Treasury to forgive PPP loans in response to borrower complaints
September 30, 2020
The U.S. Treasury Department will begin forgiving loans to small business owners under the Paycheck Protection Program in response to complaints from borrowers…
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Amazon Prime Day set for October
September 29, 2020
The annual sales extravaganza at Amazon.com, Prime Day, will take place October 13 and 14 after being postponed earlier this year due to the ongoing…
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Bed Bath & Beyond closing stores in restructuring strategy
September 25, 2020
Bed Bath & Beyond will shutter 63 stores by the end of the year as part of a restructuring initiated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Century 21 retailer prepping for layoffs
September 25, 2020
Retailer Century 21 is getting ready to shut its 13 stores and layoff hundreds of employees.
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Lowe's goes pickup lockers in a big way
September 24, 2020
Home improvement retailer Lowe's will have pickup lockers in all of its U.S. stores by the end of March, 2021, to better serve its online consumers.
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Kohls cutting corporate workforce due to pandemic impact
September 21, 2020
Retailer Kohl's is cutting 15% of its corporate jobs in its quest to reduce costs in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Mall owner closing locations on Thanksgiving
September 17, 2020
Simon Property Group, one of the biggest mall owners in the U.S., will be closing all mall sites on Thanksgiving.
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Amazon hiring 100K workers for fulfillment center sorting
September 15, 2020
Last week Amazon announced it was hiring 33,000 for tech and corporate jobs.
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3 content challenges to confront when switching from bricks to clicks
by Nathan Holmes — Product Marketing Manager, Widen
Nathan Holmes, product marketing manager at Widen, explains that retailers that are switching from bricks to clicks will face a few content challenges that…
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Petco may be heading to sale block or IPO
September 11, 2020
Petco may soon be sold by CVC Capital Partners and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and it could bring a tidy sum given a value point of $6 billion.
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Sporting goods retailer taps Oracle Cloud for greater associate-customer engagement
September 7, 2020
Sporting goods retailer Scheels is deploying Oracle Retail Xstore and Oracle Retail Xstore Office Cloud Service to its 28 stores in a quest to give associates…
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Luxury brand taps Searchspring to boost online search conversion results
September 2, 2020
Badgley Mischka, a luxury apparel brand, has boosted search conversion by 85% in its online store after deploying Searchspring's technology.
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