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Bloomingdale’s Brings Garden Brand Flamingo Estate to Rotating Pop-Up Space

Bloomingdale’s has transformed the rotating retail space at its New York City flagship in New York City into…

News January 27
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Vince Holding Corp. Changes Hands, Former CEO Brendan Hoffman to Return to the Helm

Newly formed luxury apparel-focused innovation venture P180 has acquired Sun Capital Partners’ majority stake in Vince Holding Corp.…

News January 24
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Ebay, Instacart, DoorDash Sign Up to Test OpenAI’s New Agentic Tool, Operator  

Ebay, DoorDash, Instacart and Uber are among the companies that have signed on to participate in the research…

News January 24
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REI Replaces Retiring CEO with Retail Veteran of Nike, Athleta and Sephora

REI has named Mary Beth Laughton, a former REI board director with experience at Sephora, Athleta and Nike…

News January 23
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Grocery Outlet, Fresh Market Both Name Industry Veterans as New Leaders

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp., which operates more than 520 stores under various banners, and the 166-store supermarket retailer…

News January 23
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Skechers Opens First Experiential ‘Performance’ Store in Canada

Skechers has reimagined its store at Canada’s West Edmonton Mall as its first “Performance” location, featuring an immersive…

News January 23
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Coresight Predicts Store Closures will Spike to 15,000 This Year

Following a raft of stores closures in 2024, retail advisory firm Coresight Research predicts that closures will escalate…

News January 23
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Wegmans Partners with Uber Eats to Roll Out On-Demand Delivery

Regional grocery chain Wegmans has partnered with Uber Eats to offer on-demand delivery from stores in Massachusetts, Maryland,…

News January 23
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Walmart has launched a new service to let brands test out their products with real consumers.

Walmart Adds In-Home Customer Tests to its Suite of Insights Tools for Suppliers

Walmart Data Ventures — the business unit within Walmart that leverages the retailer’s vast data resources to offer…

News January 22
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