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Dillard’s Buys Longview, Texas Mall that it Anchors

Department store retailer Dillard’s and mixed-use real estate developer Trademark Property Co., have purchased the 646,000-square-foot Longview Mall in Longview, Texas, where Dillard’s is an anchor store, marking the first…

News August 25

Urban Outfitters Features New and Vintage Levi’s in Second ‘On Rotation’ Iteration

Urban Outfitters (UO) has teamed up with Levi’s for its second On Rotation shop-in-shop program, designed to create a one-of-a-kind denim destination blending Levi’s styles with the Urban Outfitters sensibility.…

News August 25

Best Buy and Microsoft Celebrate Teens’ Creativity with Limited-Edition Tablet Covers

Best Buy and Microsoft have collaborated to produce a limited-edition version of the Microsoft Surface 13” Keyboard (a.k.a. Type Covers) decorated with artwork created by a Best Buy Teen Tech…

News August 25

Are Influencers Losing Value or is Your Business Leaving Impact on the Table?

Spoiler alert: Many brands are not reaching their full impact when it comes to working with influencers. What was once considered a niche, experimental part of marketing has officially cemented…

Executive Viewpoints August 25

NBCUniversal Research: Consumers Won’t Skimp on Back-to-School — but They Will Spend Carefully

Schools are already open in some parts of the country, but the 2025 back-to-school (BTS) shopping season still has a few weeks, if not months, to run. It’s been a…

Features August 25

Aldi to Set up Shop in NYC’s Times Square in 2026

Discount supermarket Aldi will enter the Midtown Manhattan area next year with a 25,000-square-foot store on 42nd Street at the edge of Times Square. The store will be located in…

News August 22

Security Association Seeks Members for New Retail Advisory Board

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has created a Retail Security Advisory Board and is calling for SIA member volunteers to join the expert-led group. The board, to be led by…

News August 22

Temu Streamlines U.S. Seller Onboarding Processes

China-based discount retailer Temu has adopted solutions from Rithum (formerly CommerceHub and ChannelAdvisor) to simplify onboarding of U.S. sellers. Now, Rithum users can quickly sync product data with their Temu…

News August 22

The Future of Agentic AI Ecosystems in Retail

Agentic AI, where autonomous agents perform actions on behalf of people, may be relatively new, but it’s advancing at a rapid pace. In ecommerce, we’re beginning to see these agents…

Executive Viewpoints August 22
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