brick and mortar

Brick and mortar (also bricks and mortar or B&M) refers to a physical presence of an organization or business in a building or other structure. The term brick-and-mortar business is often used to refer to a company that possesses or leases retail shops, factory production facilities, or warehouses for its operations.

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Big Lots Plans Small-Town Shift Amid Big-Ticket Slump
Big Lots Plans Small-Town Shift Amid Big-Ticket Slump
December 01, 2022  |  Retail

Big Lots said it’s shifting away from big-ticket items and toward small-town locations. The strategic change comes as the Ohio-based operator of 1,450 off-priced stores...

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Macy’s Adding 20 Claire’s Store-in-Store Locations
Macy’s Adding 20 Claire’s Store-in-Store Locations
November 29, 2022  |  Retail

Youth fashion brand Claire’s and Macy’s are partnering to create 20 new store-in-store locations. According to a Tuesday (Nov. 29) company press release, the new...

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Real-Time Payments Shape Commerce’s Next 3 Years of Evolution
Real-Time Payments Shape Commerce’s Next 3 Years of Evolution
November 29, 2022  |  Faster Payments

Three transformations will shape the trajectory of the global payments infrastructure business over the next three years, ACI Worldwide Chief Product Officer Debbie Guerra told...

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Retailers’ Success Could Come Down to the ABCs This Year
Retailers’ Success Could Come Down to the ABCs This Year
November 26, 2022  |  News

With all due respect to Alec Baldwin’s legendary “Always Be Closing” monologue from the film Glengarry Glen Ross, the ABCs of holiday shopping have gotten...

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Digital Payments Are Transforming the Face of Grocery
Digital Payments Are Transforming the Face of Grocery
November 23, 2022  |  Digital Payments

As connected technologies increasingly make their way into the grocery industry, digital payments both in stores and online are changing the way consumers engage with...

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Target Cautious on Q4 as Consumers’ Available Savings and Credit Dwindle
Target Cautious on Q4 as Consumers’ Available Savings and Credit Dwindle
November 16, 2022  |  Retail

The country’s third largest retail chain warned investors that, despite unprecedented promotions aimed at reducing excess inventory, its critical holiday sales season would fall short...

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Producer Prices Signal More Margin Pressure for Main Street Retailers
Producer Prices Signal More Margin Pressure for Main Street Retailers
November 15, 2022  |  SMBs

Smaller increases in inflation have given investors reason to cheer in recent days. But the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) data hints at more pressure...

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RetailNext Acquires UK Foot Traffic and In-Store Analytics Firm
RetailNext Acquires UK Foot Traffic and In-Store Analytics Firm
November 14, 2022  |  Retail

California-based brick-and-mortar analytics firm RetailNext said it has acquired U.K. rival Retail Performance from market research company Ipsos, in a bid to boost its foot-traffic-monitoring...

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Report: Shein to Open First Brick-and-Mortar Showroom in Tokyo
Report: Shein to Open First Brick-and-Mortar Showroom in Tokyo
November 11, 2022  |  Retail

Fast-fashion eCommerce retailer Shein is reportedly preparing to open its first brick-and-mortar location. The two-story showroom is to open in Tokyo Sunday (Nov. 13), Bloomberg...

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