physical retail

Target Launches First Brand-Owned Organization System With Brightroom
Target Launches First Brand-Owned Organization System With Brightroom
January 06, 2022  |  Retail

General merchandise chain Target, the eighth largest retailer in the U.S., is rolling out its first brand-owned organization system called Brightroom, intended to offer affordable...

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Bain Said to Eye Takeover of Boots UK From Walgreens
Bain Said to Eye Takeover of Boots UK From Walgreens
January 02, 2022  |  Retail

Walgreens Boots Alliance might be looking to sell its Boots pharmacies in the U.K., with private equity firms likely being the recipients, a Saturday (Jan....

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Consumers Returning to In-Store Shopping Drives up Costco Earnings
Consumers Returning to In-Store Shopping Drives up Costco Earnings
December 09, 2021  |  Earnings

Retail chain Costco’s quarterly results for Q1 2022, released Thursday (Dec. 9), were better than initially expected, with quarterly revenue rising 16.6% in the quarter...

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Malls Face Foot Traffic Exodus, and Footprint Revamp, as Big-Box Firms Gain Ground
Malls Face Foot Traffic Exodus, and Footprint Revamp, as Big-Box Firms Gain Ground
December 09, 2021  |  Retail

The latest spate of earnings reports, across the retail sector, and across the payments space (are there any companies left to report?!) all show variations...

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Today in Retail: Farfetch CEO Talks Reinventing Luxury Retail; Commerce Gets More Social
Today in Retail: Farfetch CEO Talks Reinventing Luxury Retail; Commerce Gets More Social
November 19, 2021  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, Farfetch CEO José Neves told analysts on a conference call that next year will be a critical moment for the...

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TikTok Fueling ‘Reading Renaissance,’ Increased Sales of Physical Books
TikTok Fueling ‘Reading Renaissance,’ Increased Sales of Physical Books
October 26, 2021  |  Retail

In June 2020, national book retailer Barnes & Noble started seeing surges in sales of certain trade paperbacks and couldn’t figure out why — until...

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New Study Finds Self-Service Checkout Options Gaining Favor Across Demographic Groups
New Study Finds Self-Service Checkout Options Gaining Favor Across Demographic Groups
September 23, 2021  |  Retail

Anyone who’s gone into a grocery store in the past year — as most grocery shoppers have — has no doubt noticed more and more people...

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80% of Consumers Interested in Self-Service Checkout, Two-Thirds Prefer It
80% of Consumers Interested in Self-Service Checkout, Two-Thirds Prefer It
September 14, 2021  |  Retail

As commerce skews ever digital, as we all get ever more used to doing things on our devices (by ourselves), the interest in trying something...

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No Time to Wait: PYMNTS Data Show Consumers Eager to Skip Checkout Lines
No Time to Wait: PYMNTS Data Show Consumers Eager to Skip Checkout Lines
September 09, 2021  |  Retail

Call it a sign of the digital times, but new data show that in-store shoppers have come to expect digital features and a customer experience that are equivalent to what they’ve grown accustomed to when...

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