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Cali Bamboo Manages Rapid Growth With Electronic Order Tracking Solution
After doubling its sales from $22.3 million in 2013 to $45.6 million in 2015, and building a valuable partnership with Lowe’s, sustainable flooring manufacturer Cali Bamboo needed to scale up…
Features June 22
Vitamin Shoppe Taps Former Family Dollar Exec As COO
Nutritional product retailer Vitamin Shoppe has appointed Jason Reiser as Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective July 11, 2016. Reiser will be responsible for operational execution, encompassing store operations, merchandising and…
News June 21Online Activewear Retailer Selects RetailNext For Planned Stores
RBX Active, currently an online-only activewear brand, has plans to stretch into brick-and-mortar retailing by opening stores across the U.S. As its first step, RBX has signed a multi-year contract…
News June 21Potential Modell’s, Sports Direct Bid For 200 Sports Authority Stores: Home Run Or Error?
Modell’s Sporting Goods and UK-based Sports Direct are in talks for a potential joint deal to buy as many as 200 Sports Authority stores, according to the Wall Street Journal.…
News June 21Online Grocery Pickup: A Shortcut Around The Last Mile?
By Glenn Taylor, Associate Editor The classic fulfillment image of online grocery shopping remains home delivery. But recently, big name brands such as Walmart and Kroger have stepped up investments…
Executive Viewpoints June 21Walmart Seeks Faster China Growth Path In Deal With Alibaba Rival
Walmart has agreed to sell its Chinese online operations to the country’s second-largest e-Commerce company, JD.com, as it attempts to compete with retailing behemoth Alibaba. JD.com will take ownership of…
News June 21Drugstore.com, FreshDirect And Instacart Join Digital CPG Marketing Network
Health and beauty retailers Drugstore.com and e-Grocers Instacart and FreshDirect can now reach high-intent shoppers, drive traffic to their site and correctly attribute the resulting sales via a closed-loop system,…
News June 21
Private Label For Profitability: Six Things To Consider
Costco has its private-label Kirkland brand. Nordstrom has Caslon. And Kohl’s has Sonoma as its billion-dollar in-house brand. Retailers can boost profit margins with private-label goods by controlling the entire…
Executive Viewpoints June 21
Why Retailers Are Upgrading Their Retail Management And POS Systems
Generally speaking, retailers have three primary objectives in mind when it comes to new technology deployment. The first is to streamline business operations with the goal of increasing management and…
Executive Viewpoints June 21
