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Retailers With Mature Mobile Apps Drive 90% More Conversions

An intuitive mobile app enables retailers to provide consumers with capabilities like instant loading, offline content, push notifications and personalization as a…

Optimove Raises $20 Million In Debut Funding Round

Led by Israel Growth Partners, customer retention platform provider Optimove has raised $20 million in its first funding round since its founding in…

Seeking A Turnaround, Macy’s Imports Apple Into Flagship Store

With six straight quarters of sales declines and plans to close 100 stores, Macy’s has been desperate for answers as to how…

Sailthru Wins Facebook Spotlight Award

Customer retention cloud provider Sailthru has received the Facebook Innovation Spotlight Award for Personalized Marketing at Scale. The company, which counts retailers…

Amazon May Open As Many As 100 ‘Device’ Pop-Ups Nationwide

With a brick-and-mortar store open in Seattle and plans for three more openings by early 2017, Amazon has finally broken ground on…

Walgreens May Have To Sell Up To 1,000 Stores To Complete Rite Aid Deal

Walgreens Boots Alliance, the parent company of Walgreens, may have to divest between 500 and 1,000 of its stores in order to…

PayPal Extends Mastercard Partnership As It Aims To Boost Brick-And-Mortar Presence

Two months after PayPal patched up an old rivalry with Visa, the digital payments platform is entering a similar agreement with Mastercard….

PacSun Exits Bankruptcy With Most Stores Still Open

Bucking the trend of retail bankruptcies that result in either total liquidations or severe cutting of stores, Pacific Sunwear of California (PacSun)…

Lands’ End Takes The Plunge Of Selling Merchandise On Amazon

As Amazon continues to truck along as the most dominant entity in digital commerce, struggling retailers have a momentous decision on their…

Chico’s Net Sales Slip 7.3%; Retailer Cuts 200 Jobs

Chico’s FAS announced it will eliminate 200 corporate and field leadership jobs. The women’s fashion retailer is continuing a campaign to reduce…

Aéropostale Avoids Liquidation As Consortium Saves 229 Stores

After months of uncertainty and worries about liquidation that have loomed since filing for bankruptcy in May, Aéropostale has fought to live…

Walmart Cuts 7,000 Jobs As In-Store Customer Service, E-Commerce Take Priority

Walmart is planning to cut as many as 7,000 back-office positions across 4,600 U.S. stores within the next few months, according to…

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News Briefs

Retailers With Mature Mobile Apps Drive 90% More Conversions

Optimove Raises $20 Million In Debut Funding Round

Seeking A Turnaround, Macy’s Imports Apple Into Flagship Store

Sailthru Wins Facebook Spotlight Award

Walgreens May Have To Sell Up To 1,000 Stores To Complete Rite Aid Deal

PayPal Extends Mastercard Partnership As It Aims To Boost Brick-And-Mortar Presence

PacSun Exits Bankruptcy With Most Stores Still Open

Lands’ End Takes The Plunge Of Selling Merchandise On Amazon

Chico’s Net Sales Slip 7.3%; Retailer Cuts 200 Jobs

Aéropostale Avoids Liquidation As Consortium Saves 229 Stores

Walmart Cuts 7,000 Jobs As In-Store Customer Service, E-Commerce Take Priority

State of the Store: Exclusive Insights into Retailers’ 2026 Brick-and-Mortar Plans

Ready Your Brand: Leveraging Composable Architecture and AI to Scale and Simplify Digital Content

The Next Era of AI: Combining Consumer, Associate and Workforce Management Tools for a Cohesive In-Store Experience

Accelerating Your Growth: Why Automating Tax andCompliance Solutions Are the “Hidden Heroes” of Expansion

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