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Walgreens to Offer Free HIV and STD Testing at 550 Stores

Retail TouchPoints

The retailer, which has been working with Greater Than HIV , a public information initiative of KFF , since 2011, has provided more than 82,000 free HIV tests through the in-store program, including more than 15,000 self-tests distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Really, Truly Fake: The RealReal ‘Opens’ Counterfeit Handbag Store on Canal Street

Retail TouchPoints

The RealReal makes a concerted effort to keep counterfeit luxury items off the market, removing approximately 5,000 fakes each month (a total of 250,000 since 2011). So what are these faux handbags doing in a RealReal retail store located on NYC’s Canal Street, a notorious knockoff hub?

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Costco Must Pay $2M Over Misleading Flushable Wipes

RetailWire

The lawsuit, representing customers who purchased the wipes in New York between July 1, 2011, and May 31, 2017, claims that the wipes were not actually flushable and instead ended up causing significant damage to people's plumbing and septic systems.

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Home Depot Launches Online Courses for Veterans Seeking Civilian Jobs

Retail TouchPoints

Since 2011, The Home Depot Foundation has invested more than $475 million in veteran causes and improved over 55,000 veteran housing facilities. “We’re proud to launch MISSION TRANSITION online and provide transitioning service members with a convenient tool to help them confidently take the next step in their careers.”

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Nisa Smithy Green owners donate over £20,000 to local causes through MADL

TalkingRetail

The family bought the convenience business in 2008 and became part of the Nisa family in 2011.… Nisa Local Smithy Green in Wigan, run by brothers Hepesh and Mitesh Halai, has donated over £20,000 to local causes through Nisa’s Making a Difference Locally (MADL) charity.

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Inditex Appoints Founders’ Daughter as Chair, Names New CEO

Retail TouchPoints

Marta Ortega Pérez has been named Chairwoman of Inditex Group — parent company of Zara , Pull&Bear and Massimo Dutti — and Óscar García Maceiras will replace Carlos Crespo as CEO, completing a “generational handover process” at the fashion conglomerate that began in 2011. She will assume her new role as Chairwoman on April 1, 2022.

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CEOs Own Software Competency — And The Structure Of Innovation Delivery

Forrester eCommerce

Marc Andreessen famously said this in a 2011 essay in The Wall Street Journal. World-class innovation delivery requires weaving together three foundational realities: “Software is eating the world.” It was true then, and it’s all the more true today.

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