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Target, Williams-Sonoma, Bath & Body Works and More Line Up for Netflix’s Bridgerton Season 3 Bonanza
Retailers and brands are gearing up for the season three debut of the Netflix hit series Bridgerton, which will drop May 16, 2024: Target, Williams-Sonoma, Primark, Bath & Body Works,…
News April 30
Walmart Closes all 51 Health Centers, Calling Business Model ‘Unsustainable’
Walmart has ended its five-year effort to become a direct health care provider, announcing plans to close all 51 Walmart Health centers across five states and shutter its virtual care…
News April 30
What Retail Brands Can Learn from Beyoncé
What can retail brands learn from Beyoncé? A lot, according to marketing professor and author Dr. Marcus Collins. And he should know: he helped drive digital strategy for Queen Bey…
Features April 30
Rite Aid Expands Uber Eats Partnership for Alcohol Deliveries in 8 States
Nearly 1,000 Rite Aid stores will now offer alcohol delivery via the retailer’s expanded partnership with Uber Eats. Customers of legal drinking age can get delivery from select stores in…
News April 30
How Retail Tech Solutions Address Stadium Concessions Gripes
The retail technology revolution has brought forth many new innovations such as palm scanning and AI chatbots over the last few years, all of which have sought to meet the…
Executive Viewpoints April 30
Ebay ‘Up & Running’ Grants Program Awards $500K to SMB Sellers
For the fifth year, Ebay is awarding $500,000 to small businesses with its Up & Running Grants program. The company will select 50 U.S.-based Ebay sellers that will each receive…
News April 29
Emojiplanet Entertainment Centers Planned Across the U.S., Canada and China
The Emoji Company GmbH is partnering with UNIS Technology Ltd. on a new emoji-branded entertainment concept that brings retail and entertainment together. The venture into physical experiences will elevate the…
News April 29
UPDATE: Nordstrom Launches Third-Party Marketplace
Update as of 4/29/24 – As promised during its Q4 2023 earnings call, Nordstrom’s third-party marketplace is now live, with the goal of expanding the retailer’s online assortment and allowing…
News April 29
Starbucks, Workers United Make ‘Significant Progress’ in Contract Bargaining; Retailer Plans Series of Global Pop-Ups
Starbucks, once one of the country’s staunchest anti-union retailers, met with the Workers United union last week for collective bargaining discussions that yielded “significant progress.” The two-day session in Atlanta…
News April 29
