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Walmart Canada Lifts Visa Card Ban In 19 Stores

Walmart Canada will continue accepting Visa credit cards within all 409 of its Canadian stores, ending a months-long stalemate in which the retailer threatened to ban the payments network from…

News January 11

Holiday 2016: The Best Of Times Or The Worst Of Times? Experts Weigh In

Multiple choice quiz: The 2016 holiday season was: A) Great! B) So-so C) Rough It’s a trick question: all three answers are true, depending on which retailers and verticals you’re…

Features January 10

Gildan Wins American Apparel Auction With $88 Million Bid

Although Amazon and Forever 21 both reportedly showed interest in bidding on American Apparel during its bankruptcy auction, Canadian apparel manufacturer Gildan Activewear won the rights to the brand after…

News January 10

Yahoo Trims Board As It Preps For Verizon Acquisition

The feel-good 1990s dotcom era is truly over. Verizon, which purchased AOL in 2015, has agreed to pay $4.83 billion for Yahoo. But not all of the once-dominant web portal…

News January 10

Sephora, Ahold USA Adopt Product Discovery Platform

Sephora and Ahold USA, the parent company of supermarkets Stop & Shop, Giant and online grocery service Peapod, have partnered with online product discovery platform RangeMe. With the platform, both…

News January 10

Zebra Launches SmartSense To Optimize Inventory Visibility

Zebra Technologies Corporation has unveiled Zebra SmartSense for Retail, a solution designed to deliver deeper visibility into retail operations. The platform provides visibility of the entire store, with real-time location…

News January 10

Urban Outfitters CEO Joins Eponym Board Of Directors

Trish Donnelly, CEO of Urban Outfitters, Inc., has joined the Board of Directors of eponym, an open platform provider that empowers contemporary brands including Steven Alan, alice + olivia and…

News January 10

Understanding the Customer Journey In A Multiscreen World

Remember the days of one screen, one activity? Those days are long gone, and have given way to a more fast-paced, dynamic user experience. Today’s digital habits can be summarized…

Executive Viewpoints January 10

Merchandising In Multiple Dimensions: The Importance Of Setting A Brand Mood

The last time you threw a successful party, you likely spent a good deal of time upfront thinking about the mood you wanted to create for your guests. The choices…

Executive Viewpoints January 10
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