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Target, Ulta Beauty Partner to Launch New Concept In-Store and Online

Target and Ulta Beauty have announced a strategic long-term partnership to launch a shop-in-shop concept, dubbed Ulta Beauty at Target, that will…

Furniture Factory Outlet Files for Chapter 11

Furniture Factory Outlet (FFO Home) joins the growing ranks of retailers seeking bankruptcy protection due to losses created by the pandemic. The…

Petco Files for Proposed IPO

Petco has confidentially submitted a proposed IPO to the SEC. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for…

Marks & Spencer Leverages 3D Computer-Aided Design to Improve Product Testing

Marks & Spencer has partnered with First Insight and Optitex to improve its ability to bring products to market. The retailer is…

Estée Lauder Elevates Online Gift-Giving with Recipient Personalization Options

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is making the online gift-giving experience more engaging for shoppers via a new option that incorporates a…

Battered by COVID, Pet Valu Will Shutter All 358 U.S. Stores

Specialty pet food and supplies retailer Pet Valu Inc. will wind down its operations due to severe impact from COVID-19, shuttering all…

Estée Lauder, Nike, Apple See Success in First Phase of 11.11 Holiday

Alibaba launched the 11.11 Global Shopping Holiday in two phases, joining other major retailers in spreading its biggest shopping days over longer…

WSJ: Walmart Ends In-Store Robotics Partnership, Will Use Associates Instead

Walmart has reportedly ended its partnership with Bossa Nova Robotics, which had involved an effort to automate certain in-store tasks through the…

Nike to Lay Off 700 HQ Workers

Nike announced that it will lay off approximately 700 workers at its world headquarters by Jan. 8, 2021, according to a filing…

#RIC20 Roundtable Recap: How Stores Can Still Amaze Shoppers

During the hustle of the 2020 Retail Innovation Conference (#RIC20), there may have been more sessions than you could take part in….

Under Armour Will Exit up to 3,000 Wholesale Partnerships to Focus on DTC

Under Armour plans to overhaul its wholesale partnerships, exiting between 2,000 and 3,000 stores in North America, according to company executives on…

Report: Mall Owners CBL & Associates and PREIT File for Bankruptcy as Pandemic Pressure Continues

Mall owners CBL & Associates and Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) have each filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to…

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News Briefs

Target, Ulta Beauty Partner to Launch New Concept In-Store and Online

Furniture Factory Outlet Files for Chapter 11

Petco Files for Proposed IPO

Marks & Spencer Leverages 3D Computer-Aided Design to Improve Product Testing

Estée Lauder Elevates Online Gift-Giving with Recipient Personalization Options

Battered by COVID, Pet Valu Will Shutter All 358 U.S. Stores

Estée Lauder, Nike, Apple See Success in First Phase of 11.11 Holiday

WSJ: Walmart Ends In-Store Robotics Partnership, Will Use Associates Instead

Nike to Lay Off 700 HQ Workers

#RIC20 Roundtable Recap: How Stores Can Still Amaze Shoppers

Under Armour Will Exit up to 3,000 Wholesale Partnerships to Focus on DTC

Report: Mall Owners CBL & Associates and PREIT File for Bankruptcy as Pandemic Pressure Continues

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

Case Study: Sony BRAVIA Professional Displays Power Stella McCartney’s Global Store Digital Signage

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