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More Private Label, Smaller Store Footprints: How COVID-19 Is Accelerating Existing Retail Trends

COVID-19 is reshaping the retail landscape, but many of the major changes taking place represent an acceleration of existing trends. That’s why retailers and their ecosystem partners can better prepare…

Features July 17

The Opportunity For Change

For the past six months, the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry has been turned on its head because of the outbreak and worldwide spread of COVID-19. Consumers have radically changed their…

Executive Viewpoints July 16

German Fitness Group Bids $100 Million For Gold’s Gym

Gold’s Gym could exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as soon as this month, after RSG Group GmbH’s $100 million bid to acquire the multinational fitness center chain emerged as…

News July 16

June Retail Sales Climb 6.4% Over May, Jump 5% Over June 2019

Buoyed by store reopenings and unemployment benefits supplemented by the federal government, U.S. retail sales for June increased 6.4% compared to May, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures. Perhaps even…

News July 16

JCPenney Terminates 1,000 Corporate And International Employees

To right-size its executive ranks with 152 permanent store closings, JCPenney is eliminating approximately 1,000 workers in corporate and field management and international positions. The benefits package for exiting employees includes…

News July 16

Package Concierge Provides Lockers For 24/7 Contactless Pickup

Package Concierge, a provider of automated locker solutions, offers outdoor lockers designed for contactless, 24/7 pickup for buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) orders. The lockers can streamline BOPIS fulfillment…

News July 16

Epicor Software Creates New Software Portal Designed For Rapid Deployment

Epicor Software Corp., a provider of enterprise software designed to promote business growth, has launched Epicor Commerce Connect Express (ECC Express), a new portal for its existing Epicor Commerce Connect…

News July 16

OneView Commerce Tool Can Help Retailers Enhance BOPIS Options

OneView Commerce, a provider of digital solutions for physical stores, provides OneView Pickup Anywhere to help retailers expand their existing processes and legacy infrastructure to offer curbside, contactless and in-store…

News July 16

A Retail Crossroads: How Automation Can Help Retailers Bounce Back

Retail businesses, warehouses and distribution centers around the world are facing new challenges as the business environment has shifted in the wake of recent global events. Just as consumers grew…

Executive Viewpoints July 16
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