Retail - Specialty Stores News
Bath & Body Works arrives on 600-plus college campuses
November 12, 2025
Bath & Body Works is entering college campuses nationwide, selling products in more than 600 campus stores.
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Mini art vending machine finds a home at a brewery
November 4, 2025
A vending machine at Commonwealth Brewing Co. in Fairfax, Virginia, is offering miniature art prints instead of snacks as part of a local initiative to…
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Footasylum teams with invent.ai to drive revenue, better inventory process
October 30, 2025
Footasylum, a streetwear retailer, is teaming up with invent.ai to optimize inventory planning and improve transfer efficiency while also reducing lost sales…
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PetSmart looking to hire on feline, canine toy testers
October 14, 2025
PetSmart is searching for its next chief toy tester —one of the canine kind and one of the feline kind.
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DSW deploys Tootsie foot scanning featuring an AR experience
October 7, 2025
Footwear retailer DSW has deployed the Tootsie Foot Scanning solution, from Aetrex Inc., which now boasts an augmented reality experience.
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Zales taps Wunderkind Ads for CTV campaign
October 1, 2025
Zales teamed up with Wunderkind Ads on a connected TV campaign conducted in partnership with Xumo, a streaming venture between Comcast and Charter…
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Rack Room Shoes debuts lighthouse concept stores
September 30, 2025
Rack Room Shoes is continuing its national expansion with the opening of seven "lighthouse concept stores" aimed at enhancing the shopping experience.
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Michaels hiring 10K-plus seasonal workers for holiday season
September 17, 2025
Michaels plans to hire more than 10,000 seasonal positions for this year's holiday shopping season.
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Hello Sugar taps PolyAI to automate customer experience
September 11, 2025
Hello Sugar, a beauty franchise, is partnering with PolyAI, which provides enterprise conversational AI, to automate all front end service calls.
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Bassett Furniture deploys photo delivery strategy
September 11, 2025
Bassett Furniture has enhanced its delivery experience by deploying DispatchTrack's delivery management platform.
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Amazon Just Walk Out Cafe debuts at South Carolina hospital
September 3, 2025
Roper St. Francis Healthcare has launched a cafe and gift shop at Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina, that uses Amazon's "Just Walk…
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Shoplifting reportedly broke up Target, Ulta Beauty partnership
September 3, 2025
Shoplifting is being cited as the reason for the breakup of Target and Ulta Beauty with one report claiming shoplifters stole $10,000 in products at one store…
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PetSmart appoints Jesica Duarte as EVP, chief commercial officer
August 15, 2025
PetSmart has appointed Jesica Duarte as executive vice president and chief commercial officer.
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Bed Bath & Beyond opening Tennessee location this week
August 6, 2025
Bed Bath & Beyond is returning to a physical retail format with the launch of a store in Nashville, Tennessee this week.
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Costco opening tech center in India
July 30, 2025
Costco Wholesale Corp. is planning to open a technology center in Hyderabad, India.
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Rack Room Shoes realigns leadership to drive digital innovation
July 22, 2025
Rack Room Shoes, a leading footwear retailer, has realigned its merchandising and digital strategies to navigate the evolving retail landscape and announced…
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Champs Sports debuts reimagined store concept
July 18, 2025
Champs Sports, a brand under Foot Locker Inc., debuted a reimagined retail concept focused on enhancing the customer journey via an immersive retail experience.
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Spirit Halloween aims to hire 50K workers for 2025 holiday season
July 11, 2025
Spirit Halloween aims to hire on 50,000 workers for seasonal sales associate and store manager roles for the more than 1,500 retail locations opening in 202…
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Five Below taps Invent.ai platform for inventory optimization
June 25, 2025
Five Below has teamed with Invent.ai., a global retail planning solutions provider, to improve demand forecasting and replenishment through AI-driven…
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Frank Mayer teams with Cure8 to enhance retail experience
June 18, 2025
Cure8, a provider of cannabis security and technology services, has partnered with Frank Mayer and Associates, which provides custom digital kiosks and retail…
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