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Dollar General on a brand expansion path
March 22, 2021
Dollar General intends to open more than 1,000 stores this year and expand its in-store brand, called Popshelf, which targets a higher-income customer base.
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Dick's Sporting Goods debuts 2nd in-house brand
March 17, 2021
Dick's Sporting Goods is launching a men's athletic apparel brand, called VRST, and is in the process of rolling it out to its 400-plus stores.
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Cosmetics retailer taps Vee24 to launch engaging customer experience
March 16, 2021
Clarins UK, a luxury skin care and cosmetics company is deploying the Vee24 platform, which provides intelligent conversational multi-experiences, as part of…
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Bed Bath & Beyond taps Oracle for better customer service, greater efficiency
March 3, 2021
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. is tapping Oracle to serve as its enterprise resourcing planning provider, and deploying Oracle Cloud to replace the brand's legacy…
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Jewelry vending machine to benefit NYC restaurants
February 11, 2021
Marla Aaron, a jewelry designer and East Harlem, New York resident, will take her jewelry vending machine to the streets of New York City for the first time as…
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Gap, Giant Eagle tap Oracle tech to boost merchandising strategy
February 9, 2021
Gap, Giant Eagle, Mr Price and Poundland are among the retailers revamping merchandising strategies with Oracle's Retail Merchandising Cloud Service, according…
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Pandemic drives growth for online music retailer
February 2, 2021
The need to chill, relax and de-stress is a major factor in why one online music retailer enjoyed robust record growth in 2020.
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Bridgestone taps Marko Ibrahim as retail operations president
January 19, 2021
Marko Ibrahim, who joined Bridgestone Americas in 2018, has been tapped to lead the company's Retail Operations division. He succeeds Joe Venezia, who's been…
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Holiday sales spur brighter outlook for Lululemon
January 14, 2021
Consumer activity during the recent holiday sales season has Lululemon expecting higher earnings and sales in its fourth quarter.
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YSL debuts customer lipstick making experience
January 14, 2021
Come this spring consumers will be able to create their own lipstick shade right at home, courtesy of an innovative system from Yves St. Laurent.
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Home furnishing retailer drives efficiency, boosts customer experience
January 12, 2021
RC Willey Home Furnishing is improving efficiency and boosting the customer experience after swapping a legacy EDI system with ecUtopia, TrueCommerce's…
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Staples pursues Office Depot for a third time
January 12, 2021
Staples has made its third offer to buy Office Depot, this time for $2.1 billion in cash, about $40 for each of the competitor's shares.
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Toppan Printing tests facial scanning to improve cosmetics
January 6, 2021
Toppan Printing, a provider of touch display solutions, communication, security, packaging, décor materials and electronics solutions, is collaborating with…
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Crate and Barrel taps Glympse to boost curbside experience
January 5, 2021
Crate and Barrel is teaming up with Glympse, a day-of-service mobile communications platform, to boost curbside pickup.
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Jewelry retailer taps Loop Commerce to boost digital gifting
November 25, 2020
Catbird, a New York jewelry designer and retailer, is deploying Loop Commerce's GiftNow to streamline, personalize and enhance the gifting experience.
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Foot Locker debuts power store concept in Canada
November 24, 2020
A Foot Locker community power store is now open for business in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the footwear retailer plans to open a second in Toronto in…
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Fashion designer develops vending machine for hand bags
November 20, 2020
Paris-based fashion designer Jacquemus has created a vending machine offering a selection of the designer's hand bags, including the tiny Chiquito and the new…
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Raymour & Flanigan taps Rightpoint for website build
November 17, 2020
Furniture retailer Raymour & Flanigan has launched a website providing a "differentiated e-commerce experience," built on Episerver by Righpoint, a Genpact…
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Canada retailer deploys mobile shopping tool to drive contactless shopping
November 17, 2020
Lee Valley Tools, an Ottawa, Canada tool and garden retailer, is offering consumers a mobile shopping tool to foster contactless shopping at its 20 locations…
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New Balance aims to modernize customer experience with Aptos technology
November 10, 2020
Athletic leader New Balance will deploy Apotos cloud-based applications across its retail footprint in North America and Europe in a quest to modernize and…
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