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Blue Yonder Introduces Two Solutions to Assist With DC Digitalization

Blue Yonder has launched two solutions – Warehouse Execution System (WES) and Adaptive Fulfillment & Warehousing — designed to speed up digitalization in both warehousing and micro-fulfillment operations. The solutions…

News October 27

Why Worker Safety Needs to Top Retailers’ Lists This Holiday Season

This year has been especially perilous for Industrial Athletes, the critical personnel who get our goods where they need to go and keep the retail industry running. The turbulent labor…

Executive Viewpoints October 27

Target and Apple Triple Store-in-Store Relationship to 150 Locations

Target and Apple have tripled the number of Apple at Target locations to 150 in preparation for the holiday season. Additionally, Target Circle members will now have year-round access to…

News October 26
Amazon's newest advertising offerings include connected tv, digital signage in Fresh stores and Twitch.

Amazon Expands Advertising Options in CTV, Fresh Stores and Twitch

Amazon unveiled a slate of new advertising products and capabilities at its unBoxed conference, touting its ongoing mission to “make marketers’ lives easier” and help them adapt to the changes…

News October 26
Bed Bath & Beyond Promotes Interim CEO to Permanent Leadership Role

Bed Bath & Beyond Promotes Interim CEO to Permanent Leadership Role

Bed Bath & Beyond has appointed interim CEO Sue Gove to the role of President and CEO. Gove has held the interim position since June 2022 following the departure of…

News October 26
Starbucks Brings Experiential Reserve Concept to NYC’s Empire State Building

Starbucks Brings Experiential Reserve Concept to NYC’s Empire State Building

With its Nov. 16 opening, Starbucks will bring its Starbucks Reserve concept to three floors of the iconic Empire State Building. Customers visiting the 23,000-square-foot New York City space will…

News October 26
Amazon will now accept payments from Venmo.

Amazon to Begin Accepting Venmo Payments

Amazon will begin offering Venmo as a payment option on its website and app, rolling it out to select customers immediately and available to all U.S. shoppers by Black Friday.…

News October 26

Simon and Shop Premium Outlets Team Up with Tmall for Livestream Events Linked to 11.11 Festival

Simon and Shop Premium Outlets (SPO) are partnering with Alibaba Group’s Tmall Global to launch a series of live shopping events in China. The livestreams will allow shoppers in China…

News October 26
Cross-border B2B platform help smaller retailer source sustainable products from other markets besides China.

How Qalara is Bringing the ‘Inherently Eco-Friendly’ Products of South Asia to the World

Aditi Pany grew up in India, the daughter of a first-generation entrepreneur (her father manufactured telephone exchanges) and an interior designer. She didn’t immediately follow in either of her parents’…

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