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European Resale Marketplace Vinted Raises $141 Million, Now Valued At $1 Billion
Vinted, a Lithuania-based online peer-to-peer marketplace where individuals sell secondhand apparel, raised $141 million in a funding round that valued the company at more than $1 billion. The e-Commerce business…
News December 4
JCPenney Names New Chief Digital Officer
Karl Walsh, an executive with more than 18 years of e-Commerce expertise, has been named SVP and Chief Digital Officer (CDO) at JCPenney. Walsh, who will report to EVP and…
News December 4
Thinking Retail: Ruminations From A Walk In Williamsburg
Photo: Space Ninety 8 by Urban Outfitters We at HighStreet had the pleasure of hosting a group of Aptos clients on a walking tour of the hip urban hamlet of…
Features December 4Amazon Pilots Temporary Warehouse Storage Service For Faster Holiday Deliveries
Amazon is testing a new inventory storage service, designed to help meet holiday demand and its next-day shipping commitment without overcrowding its warehouses or running out of products. The service,…
News December 4
Costco’s Minimal Communications Following Thanksgiving Site Outage: A Mistake Or A Strategy?
Costco’s e-Commerce site went down for more than 16 hours on Thanksgiving Day, impacting an estimated 2.65 million customers who were trying to access the web site and creating sales…
Executive Viewpoints December 4
Shoppers Don’t See ‘Black Friday’ Or ‘Cyber Monday’ — They See A Weekend Of Deals
Cyber Monday sales hit $9.4 billion this year, up 19.7% from 2018, topping the $7.4 billion sold on Black Friday, according to data from Adobe Analytics. However, Cyber Monday is…
Features December 4
Upgrade Your Marketing For A Better Consumer Experience
Consumer promotions and engagement (CPE) tactics, such as displays, coupons, gifts or other incentives designed to influence a purchase decision at the POS, represent a significantly underutilized weapon in the…
Executive Viewpoints December 4Brown Thomas, Arnotts Empower Store Associates To Personalize Shopping Journeys
Venerable Irish retailers Brown Thomas and Arnotts, both part of Selfridges Group, will equip their store associates with a clienteling solution designed to provide 360-degree views of customers’ preferences and…
News December 3Report: Lord + Taylor To Open Holiday Pop-Up In NYC
Lord + Taylor will return to New York City with a holiday pop-up, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The 2,400-square-foot store is scheduled to open in mid-December…
News December 3
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