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Food Supplier Partners With Alipay To Expand Reach In U.S. Chinese Community
Alipay has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Han Feng Inc., a food supplier for Chinese restaurants and supermarkets in the U.S., with the goal of expanding Han Feng’s…
News July 5Will Prime Day 2017 Continue Amazon’s Hot Streak?
Prime Day 2016 was the largest single sales day in Amazon history, generating a 60% global sales increase over the previous year’s total and a 50% jump in the U.S.…
Executive Viewpoints July 5True Religion Sheds $350M In Debt With Bankruptcy Filing
Add True Religion Brand Jeans to the growing list of 2017 retail bankruptcies. The company has reached an agreement to reduce its debt by more than $350 million via a…
News July 5
Circle K Adds 1,300 Stores In $4.4 Billion CST Brands Acquisition
The Canadian parent company of Circle K Stores, Alimentation Couche-Tard, has received regulatory approval for a $4.4 billion acquisition of CST Brands. After selling off 229 stores to satisfy antitrust…
News July 5
Three Ways Retailers Can Compete Against The Amazon Effect
Today, you can’t have a conversation about the current state of retail without mentioning Amazon and the effect it’s had on the entire industry. Not only Amazon, but a growing number of companies…
Executive Viewpoints July 5
Walgreens Works To Make Mobile App Friction-Free For Shoppers 55 And Up
Walgreens has managed to leverage its mobile app to encourage usagefrom a generation that is elusive for many retailers: the 55-and-up crowd. More than 20% of the pharmacy’s app users are age 55 and older, more than twice the industry average.Just 9% of all…
News July 5Indian Designer Ritu Kumar Optimizes Product Assortment With Advanced Analytics
Ritu Kumar, a designer wear brand in India, has chosen the Manthan Advanced Retail Analytics solution to power key merchandising decisions, better forecast demand, identify assortment gaps and improve allocation…
News June 30The Hybrid Solution To The Customer Service Dilemma
By James Ramey, DeviceBits Assisting customers on a brand’s products and services has provided countless solutions to the number of daily customer inquiries. On the surface, it seems agents have…
Executive Viewpoints June 30
Nike Shows No Brand Is ‘Too Good’ For Amazon
With Amazon capturing national attention with the acquisition of Whole Foods Market, the e-Commerce giant managed to keep its potential new partnership with another high-profile brand — Nike — largely under the radar. Nike will…
Editor's Perspective June 30
