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eBay Bolsters Machine Learning Capabilities With SalesPredict Acquisition

A version of this news brief was initially posted on Demand Gen Report. EBay has agreed to acquire SalesPredict,…

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Gobbetti To Take Reins As Burberry CEO, Ending Dual Role For Bailey

Marco Gobbetti (at left above), currently chairman and CEO of the French luxury brand Céline, will take charge…

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Nordstrom Acquires Dsco To Streamline Inventory Management

Nordstrom has acquired a minority stake in Dsco, a supply-chain software firm. The move will help the retailer…

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Staples Promotes Canadian Head To Lead North American Retail

Staples has promoted the President of its Canadian operations, Steve Matyas, to head its North American Retail operations,…

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Walmart Banks On Free Shipping To Grab Its Share Of Prime Day Frenzy

With Amazon Prime Day ready to dish out more than 100,000 deals to its Prime members on July…

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Sobeys CEO Poulin Makes Quick Exit After Steep Losses

Empire Company Ltd., parent of Canadian supermarket chain Sobeys, has experienced a sudden change at the top of…

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Amazon May Open Store In NYC’s $20 Billion Hudson Yards

Attention book lovers (and remaining sellers) of Manhattan: Amazon may be planning to take its first bite of…

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MasterCard Woos Retailers With Technology Innovation

Samsung Fridge Demo – Photo by Bryan Bedder, Getty Images for MasterCard The last several years have seen…

Editor's Perspective July 11
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Retail Lessons: TSA And Queueing Theory

By Brian Field, ShopperTrak Estimates indicate that Americans spend roughly 37 billion hours per year waiting in lines.…

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