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Mall Vacancies Hit Seven-Year High, Impact Low-End Spaces Hardest

Shopping mall vacancy rates rose to 9.1% in Q3 2018, up from 8.6% in Q2 and 8.3% in Q3 2017. This is the highest vacancy rate since Q3 2011, when…

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Pet Costumes Entice Millennial Shoppers At Zulily

As Halloween approaches, zulily is offering Millennial pet owners a critical component for their celebrations: pet costumes. The retailer saw revenue from pet costumes jump 53.27% in 2017 from 2016,…

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ThoughtWire Integrates With Mappedin To Provide IoT-Based Store Mapping Guides

Mappedin has integrated its mapping and wayfinding technology into commercial IoT applications from ThoughtWire, an operations performance management platform provider. The integrated solution is designed to change how retail property…

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Paysafe Launches ‘Accelerated Funding’ For U.S. SMBs

Paysafe has launched Paysafe Accelerated Funding, a suite of same- or next-day funding settlement options for U.S.-based small businesses (SMBs). This offering leverages PayPal’s collaboration with Company.com and Ingo Money to help…

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Customer Engagement: It’s About The Journey, Not Just The Destination

When you think of companies getting customer engagement right, you probably think of those rare moments where a company gets a headline grabbing story that shows their service teams going…

Executive Viewpoints October 4

Loot Crate Will Sell Collectibles In 3,500 Walmart Stores Via Exclusive Partnership

Pictured: Walmart-exclusive boxes from Loot Crate Walmart has been busy adding digitally native brands to its arsenal through acquisitions, most recently Eloquii. But the retail giant has just added a…

News October 3

Express Joins Growing List Of Apparel Brands Offering Subscription Services

Express is launching Express Style Trial, a new service that allows shoppers to rent three items whenever they choose for $69.95 a month.Once a user is ready to return the clothing,…

News October 3

Walmart Acquires Plus-Size E-Commerce Fashion Retailer Eloquii

Walmart has acquired Eloquii, a plus-sized fashion retailer, marking yet another business the retail giant can add to its collection of digitally native brands. Financial terms of the acquisition have…

News October 3

Nectar Sleep Targets Hispanic Market With Dedicated Spanish Platforms

Nectar Sleep, an e-Commerce mattress retailer, is expanding its offerings to serve the Hispanic market with a Spanish-language website, dedicated social media, and Spanish language servicing. Additionally, the company has…

News October 3
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