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WHSmith Considers Selling Off High Street Stores to Focus on Lucrative Travel Business

WHSmith has confirmed that it is exploring the sale of more than 520 High Street newsstand and bookstores to…

News January 27
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Target Joins Roster of Retailers Scaling Back DEI in Effort to ‘Stay in Step with Evolving External Landscape’

Target has joined the growing list of retailers and other institutions, including the federal government, pulling back on…

News January 27
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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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