Ecommerce Platforms

JULY 12, 2021

When you’re selling digital products online, there are tons of third-party solutions and platforms you can consider using. Payhip is just one of the leading solutions available for digital downloads today, designed to provide a simple method of selling your downloads and work through the web.

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RetailWire

JULY 16, 2021

A Walmart Supercenter in Plano, TX, is the site of a pilot program with all the registers at the store being self-checkout. Store associates are positioned near the checkouts to help customers having any problems checking out their purchases. Kroger is also testing a self-checkout concept at one of its stores in Dallas.

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Store Growers

JULY 14, 2021

So in this article, I’d like to take you through my journey of starting out as a jack of all trades freelancer, all the way to becoming an international Google Ads expert. Here is a picture of me and my wife when we were featured in a Belgian news article: We were featured in the Belgian business weekly, Trends.

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RetailWire

JULY 15, 2021

Restaurant chains signed 23 new lease deals in Manhattan during the second quarter and retailers agreed on 10 others as lower rents are being offered by landlords trying to attract commercial tenants following the damage done to their businesses last year by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Restaurants are busy right now. Super busy.

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RetailWire

JULY 14, 2021

Kohl’s is offering a 20 percent discount on in-store purchases to teachers with valid school identification from July 16 through 18. The retailer said it is looking to give back to educational professionals who have continued to work with the nation’s children despite all the challenges created by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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RetailWire

JULY 12, 2021

JLL predicts that U.S. indoor mall vacancy rates will grow to nine percent this year above 7.8 percent for outdoor shopping centers and seven percent for “power centers.” ” Many of these non-mall locations are found in suburbs. ”

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RetailWire

JULY 16, 2021

Ace Hardware, Albertson, Lowe’s, Macy’s and other retailers are deploying facial recognition technology in stores to increase security, reduce shrink and maximize profits. This has led to consumer including organized push back from groups which are looking to strictly limit the use of the technology if not banning it outright.

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RetailWire

JULY 16, 2021

Burberry, which operates 454 stores, reports that sales in the last quarter were up 86 percent over 2020 and one percent from 2019, as younger consumers purchased the luxury retailers clothing and accessories. “We

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RetailWire

JULY 16, 2021

retail sales rose by 0.6% in June as consumers left their homes to shop in stores. “ (Retail) sectors that were buoyed by the pandemic are slowing down a little bit, but not to a degree that I’d be concerned about,” said Felipe Chacon, an economist at Square.

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RetailWire

JULY 15, 2021

Hubert Joly is credited with turning Best Buy around after joining the consumer electronics retailer in 2012. His humanistic and empathetic approach to leadership is credited with helping to make necessary cultural changes at the company that led to its success during and after his tenure.

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RetailWire

JULY 15, 2021

Consumer Product Safety Commission has sued Amazon.com in efforts to hold the company responsible for defective products sold on its online marketplace. The federal agency is seeking to have Amazon pay a penalty and issue a recall call for hundreds of thousands of defective items including children’s clothing and hair dryers.

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RetailWire

JULY 14, 2021

Workers at a Burger King in Lincoln, NE, climbed a ladder in front of the restaurant to change the message on its sign. The new message read: “We all quit” adding “Sorry for the inconvenience.” ” Nine of the 11 workers at the location walked out together in protest over their treatment by management.

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RetailWire

JULY 14, 2021

Direct-to-consumer brands are starting their own private clubs for users via social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and Geneva to get real-time feedback. “We We basically ask them questions about everything, like ‘What do you want to see in the packaging?’ What styles are you liking?’

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RetailWire

JULY 14, 2021

Companies have cut marketing budgets from 11 percent last year to 6.4 percent of company revenues at present, according to Gartner’s annual CMO Spend Survey. Budgets were cut for brands whether or not they had a positive or negative impact from Covid,” said Ewan McIntyre, co-chief of research and vice president analyst at Gartner.

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RetailWire

JULY 13, 2021

Bal Harbour Shops, a luxury shopping center in the Miami area, has launched an online marketplace that gives customers the option of ordering from stores located in the mall for either pickup or delivery.

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RetailWire

JULY 13, 2021

Retailers across a wide number of verticals are expecting to see an incremental sales lift after Americans begin receiving monthly child tax credit payments from the federal government starting in July. It’s a good thing for Walmart and grocery stores,” said Jim Sullivan, an economics professor at the University of Notre Dame.

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RetailWire

JULY 12, 2021

Dollar Tree sells the vast majority of goods in its stores for $1 or less and the chain is continuing its focus on store brands and seeking to reduce packaging and other costs to avoid having to raise prices in an inflationary environment.

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RetailWire

JULY 14, 2021

Owners of the Apt Cape Cod farm-to-table restaurant have seen rude customers reduce some employees to tears. In one recent incident, a man lit into one young employee for not taking a breakfast takeout order before the restaurant opened.

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RetailWire

JULY 12, 2021

Amazon.com has hired Tony Hoggett, currently chief strategy and innovation director at Tesco, to run its physical stores beginning next January.

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RetailWire

JULY 13, 2021

Gap’s brown hoodies were a big seller back in the 1990’s and then became a vintage collector’s item even after being discontinued. The retailer is looking to build on its brown hoodie buzz on TikTok after bringing the item back for $60. Vintage versions of the hoodie sell for as much as $300 online.

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RetailWire

JULY 13, 2021

McDonald’s franchisees, with backing from the brand, are looking to recruit new employees by offering higher wages, better training, paid time off, tuition assistance and emergency child care benefits.

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RetailWire

JULY 16, 2021

C&S Wholesale Grocers has entered into an agreement to acquire Piggly Wiggly Midwest. “The sale of Piggly Wiggly Midwest to C&S is a natural next step for this historic brand,” said Paul Butera Sr., president of Piggly Wiggly Midwest and founder of Butera Market.

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RetailWire

JULY 16, 2021

Craft retailers saw a bump in sales, primarily online, as Americans stayed home as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Now that people are leaving their homes, the challenge for these retailers is to attract crafters to stores and build on relationships begun online.

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RetailWire

JULY 16, 2021

Pat Brown, founder of Impossible Foods, expects his company to eliminate the need for animal agriculture within 15 years. He thinks this is a realistic goal as the company’s alt-meat products stack up better against animal protein in taste and cost.

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RetailWire

JULY 16, 2021

Nordstrom has kicked off its annual Anniversary Sale with pressure on the chain to produce big results following a tough year courtesy of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The retailer has forecast sales growth of 25 percent this year, which would still leave it short of what it did in 2019 pre-pandemic.

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RetailWire

JULY 15, 2021

Eddie Bauer has added a new option to enable customers to rent outdoors gear for a fraction of the price of buying outright. Our mission is to make sure that anyone who wants to have an outdoor experience can have one no matter the cost. Apparel, outerwear and gear is expensive and not all that convenient.

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RetailWire

JULY 15, 2021

Work attire has become less formal, with comfort topping the wish lists of employees returning to their places of employment. Ana Andjelic, chief brand officer for Banana Republic, said, “All bets are off” when it comes to office attire.

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RetailWire

JULY 15, 2021

Eighty-two percent of executives surveyed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Transportation and Logistics and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals said their companies’ commitments to supply chain sustainability were not lessened as as a result of challenges created by the novel coronavirus pandemic over (..)

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RetailWire

JULY 15, 2021

Apple is working with Goldman Sachs to launch its own buy now, pay later service, which will not require customers to have Apple Pay. The new service, Bloomberg reports, will enable shoppers to choose the option to make interest-free purchases over a shorter period of time or with interest for a more extended period.

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RetailWire

JULY 15, 2021

Walmart will sell 140 items from the Justice brand in 2,400 stores across the U.S and on walmart.com. The line, which includes tween-focused clothing, accessories, bath, bedding, jewelry and other items, marks a comeback for Justice. “It’s the same quality that parents and girls have come to trust — now at Walmart’s accessible prices.”

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RetailWire

JULY 14, 2021

Parents of 90 percent of American children will begin receiving monthly checks of up to $300 per month, per child, between July and December. This newfound money will enable lower and middle-income consumers to make purchases they might not normally make.

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RetailWire

JULY 14, 2021

A new proposal by the French government would require stores to prevent people who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 from entering stores. Retailers in the country are lobbying government officials to detail how they expect any such rule to be implemented.

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RetailWire

JULY 13, 2021

Lowe’s is teaming up with Daymond John of the ABC “Shark Tank” series to run “Making It … With Lowe’s,” a nationwide program to award grants to small businesses and provide them with opportunities to sell their products on the chain’s website and in its stores.

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RetailWire

JULY 13, 2021

The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine comes with an increased risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that causes muscle weakness and occasional paralysis. Most people who contract Guillain-Barré recover from its severe symptoms.

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RetailWire

JULY 12, 2021

Amazon.com has restored its service after thousands were unable to access the site, according to Downdetector. About 80 percent of those reporting issues said they had trouble accessing the website, 15 percent encountered difficulty logging in and five percent got hung up while trying to check orders out.

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RetailWire

JULY 12, 2021

Walmart’s Flipkart has raised $3.6 billion in a new funding round that brings its valuation to $37.6 The Indian e-commmerce company was acquired by Walmart for $16 billion in 2018. retailer will hold about three-quarters of Flipkart’s shares after the funding round is complete.

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RetailWire

JULY 12, 2021

Americans who fled cities when the number of COVID-19 cases spiked during the worst of the pandemic are now moving back as the threat subsides with more people getting vaccinated against the virus. Growing demand for living space in cities has led to an increase in rents with prices for apartments up 7.5 precent so far in 2021.

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