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Exclusive Q&A: Rothy’s New Sustainability Chief Battles Wasteful Apparel Manufacturing

Since its founding in 2016, Rothy’s has taken sustainability seriously. The vertically integrated footwear retailer uses recycled materials to make its shoes — including more than 50 million single-use plastic…

Features March 10

Ross Stores To Open 100 Shops In 2020, Sees Potential For 3,000 Locations

Ross Stores will open 100 locations in 2020, including the 19 Ross Dress for Less and seven dd’s DISCOUNTS locations that have already opened this year. The expansion will include…

News March 9

Walgreens Expands Postmates On-Demand Delivery To 13 New Cities

Walgreens has expanded its on-demand delivery partnership with Postmates to 13 additional markets after what the drugstore chain described as a successful pilot in Manhattan and Brooklyn that rolled out…

News March 9

Instacart Adds Mobile Checkout Option

Instacart has introduced Mobile Checkout, a service that will allow shoppers to pay for their orders with their mobile phones. Using NFC technology, the service, being offered in partnership with…

News March 9

Amazon Offers ‘Just Walk Out’ Technology To Other Retailers

Amazon has officially launched a web site offering its “Just Walk Out” cashierless checkout technology to other retailers. The technology, which powers the e-Commerce giant’s 26 Amazon Go stores, is…

News March 9

How Small Retailers And Pharmacies Can Keep Up With The CBD Craze

CBD seems to be everywhere these days. Yet while 14% of Americans use CBD products, 35% aren’t familiar with them at all. CBD’s emergence into the market has been perplexing to say…

Executive Viewpoints March 9

Appealing To Millennial Shoppers: 3 Steps Amazon Businesses Can Take Now

Millennials are the largest living generation in all of U.S. history — and an estimated 85% of them are digital buyers. Often thought of as a lazy, Netflix-watching, noncommittal demographic,…

Executive Viewpoints March 9

DTLR VILLA Leverages ‘Tap-To-Join’ To Accelerate SMS-Driven Revenue 2.5X During Holiday 2019

When urban fashion and footwear retailers DLTR and Villa merged in August 2017 to become DTLR VILLA, the companies sought to build a national following through their target audience: Millennials.…

Features March 9
Melissa Gonzalez

What’s Next In Experiential Retail?

Featuring: Melissa Gonzalez, Lion’esque Group Melissa Gonzalez, Founder and CEO of the Lion’esque Group, has been one of the driving forces in the era of experiential retail. One of the first…

Podcasts March 9
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