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Report: Potential Ascena Bankruptcy Would Shutter At Least 1,200 Stores

Ascena Retail Group is reportedly preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and shutter at least 1,200 of its 2,800 locations, people…

Walgreens To Open Physician Clinics Inside Stores Via VillageMD Partnership

Walgreens Boots Alliance will open 500 to 700 full-service doctors’ offices, co-located at Walgreens stores, through a partnership with VillageMD. The Village…

Walmart’s Next Medical Breakthrough: Selling Health Insurance

Walmart has made no secret of its ambitions to become a player in the health care industry. Just last month, the retail…

Gap Selling Non-Medical-Grade Face Masks To Reopening Businesses

Gap has launched a B2B product program focused on offering large organizations reusable, non-medical-grade cloth face masks to supply to their employees…

Pier 1 Gets $20 Million Bid For Brand And E-Commerce Business

Retail Ecommerce Ventures LLC, which purchased the brand assets of Dressbarn from Ascena Retail Group in 2019, has offered $20 million for…

In Bankruptcy Filing, Lucky Brand Proposes Sale To Authentic Brands And Simon Property Group

Lucky Brand has negotiated a two-pronged primary asset purchase agreement, also known as a “stalking horse” bid, to sell its operating assets…

Unilever Leverages Alibaba Cloud To Market To Taobao And Tmall Customers

Unilever is partnering with Alibaba Group’s Alibaba Cloud as it seeks to optimize the brand experience for the e-Commerce shopper journey through…

Report: Apple Closes 30 More Locations, McDonald’s Halts Reopenings As COVID-19 Spreads

Responding to increases in COVID-19 cases in multiple regions, Apple will close 30 additional U.S. stores, bringing its total number of reclosures…

Report: Walgreens Tests 30 Small-Format Stores Emphasizing Pharmacist-Patient Relationships

Walgreens Boots Alliance has rolled out 30 small-format pharmacies as part of a pilot test of stores with fewer front-of-store items and…

Amazon Awards Bonuses To Frontline Workers After Ending Pandemic Pay Raises

Frontline employees who worked for Amazon for the entire month of June are being rewarded with one-time bonuses that will cost the…

Brookfield Properties Introduces Contactless Fitting Experience At Three Malls

Brookfield Properties will roll out FIT:MATCH’s 3D AI-powered contactless match technology at three shopping centers across the U.S. The experience will debut…

Kibo And Acquia Form Partnership To Power Headless E-Commerce Experiences

Acquia, a digital experience company, and Kibo have announced a strategic partnership designed to help retailers deliver frictionless commerce. The two companies…

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News Briefs

Report: Potential Ascena Bankruptcy Would Shutter At Least 1,200 Stores

Walgreens To Open Physician Clinics Inside Stores Via VillageMD Partnership

Walmart’s Next Medical Breakthrough: Selling Health Insurance

Gap Selling Non-Medical-Grade Face Masks To Reopening Businesses

Pier 1 Gets $20 Million Bid For Brand And E-Commerce Business

In Bankruptcy Filing, Lucky Brand Proposes Sale To Authentic Brands And Simon Property Group

Unilever Leverages Alibaba Cloud To Market To Taobao And Tmall Customers

Report: Apple Closes 30 More Locations, McDonald’s Halts Reopenings As COVID-19 Spreads

Report: Walgreens Tests 30 Small-Format Stores Emphasizing Pharmacist-Patient Relationships

Amazon Awards Bonuses To Frontline Workers After Ending Pandemic Pay Raises

Brookfield Properties Introduces Contactless Fitting Experience At Three Malls

Kibo And Acquia Form Partnership To Power Headless E-Commerce Experiences

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