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Exclusive Q&A: How High Times Is Leveraging Its Cannabis Brand Equity To Conquer Retail

The cannabis retail industry is largely defined by its youth; players in the newly legalized CBD and cannabis industries haven’t had decades to build their shopper bases like Walmart or…

Features March 3

Responsible Retail: How Purpose Becomes Performance

Responsible retailers do more than earn the right to bask in the warm glow that comes from doing the right thing. They also do better financially. New research suggests that…

Executive Viewpoints March 3

Walmart Promotes Sam’s Club CEO To U.S. E-Commerce COO

Walmart has named Jamie Iannone Chief Operating Officer for U.S. E-Commerce, according to an internal memo seen by CNBC. He will report to CEO of U.S. E-Commerce Marc Lore and…

News March 2

Bed Bath & Beyond Cuts Corporate Workforce By 10% In Restructuring Effort

Bed Bath & Beyond will lay off 10% of its corporate workforce, totaling approximately 500 workers, as part of restructuring efforts. The retailer aims to simplify its field operations, reduce…

News March 2

Hudson’s Bay Shareholders Approve Privatization Plan

More than 98% of Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) shareholders voted to take the department store retailer private for a price of $11 (Canadian) per share in cash. The vote, held…

News March 2

Foot Locker Plans To Open 20 ‘Power Stores’ Amid $150 Million Brick-And-Mortar Reinvestment

Foot Locker is continuing to rethink its brick-and-mortar strategy following a poor holiday showing that saw comparable sales decrease 1.6%, total sales drop 2.2% and net income decrease 10.8% from the…

News March 2
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Rapid Fire Retail w/ Melissa Gonzalez: Personalization Gets The Spotlight

Featuring: Melissa Gonzalez, Lion’esque Group How does one of the key leaders in experiential retail prefer to shop? What brands is she loyal to? Most importantly, what advice does she…

Podcasts March 2

The Home Depot, TJX And Best Buy Shine Brightest In Q4 But It’s Dark Days For Department Stores

While Walmart and Target may have underwhelmed in November and December 2019, the full holiday season produced clear-cut winners and losers — results that will surely shape the retail landscape…

News March 2

As Data Breaches Continue, Merchants Face More Account Takeover Fraud

The year 2019 may go down as one of the worst for data breaches and account takeover fraud (ATO). These two types of crime go hand in hand, because fraudsters…

Executive Viewpoints March 2
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