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Kua Designs to Embark on Pop-Up Tour to Five U.S. Cities

Kua Designs to Embark on Pop-Up Tour to Five U.S. Cities

Ghanaian accessory and jewelry brand Kua Designs will visit the U.S. this summer via a five-city pop-up tour that will include Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, New York City and Washington,…

News June 14

Holiday Oil Company Introduces Cashierless Checkout Lanes

Holiday Oil Company, a convenience store retailer with 67 locations in Utah, has selected the Gilbarco Veeder-Root Passport Express Lane self-checkout system, to help ease its labor challenges and create…

News June 14
FARFETCH Joins Gucci and Other Luxury Brands in Accepting Crypto Payments

FARFETCH Joins Gucci and Other Luxury Brands in Accepting Crypto Payments

Luxury platform FARFETCH will accept cryptocurrency payments for all purchases on the FARFETCH Marketplace, with plans to expand to FARFETCH Private Clients in the coming months and to all customers…

News June 14
PetSmart launches new franchise opportunity for veterinarians to open a practice in its stores

PetSmart Invites Vets to Open Clinics in its Stores

PetSmart has launched PetSmart Veterinary Services (PVS) in a bid to fill empty clinic spaces in its stores while simultaneously helping veterinarians launch their own private practices. Individually owned veterinary medical…

News June 14

7-Eleven Adds Another On-Demand Delivery Option at 700+ Stores

7-Eleven has partnered with Waitr to add another delivery option at more than 700 of its stores. Waitr specializes in on-demand restaurant and grocery store delivery in 1,000 U.S. cities,…

News June 14

Customer Service in the Metaverse: How Retailers Can Prepare for a Whole New (Virtual) World

When Facebook, Inc., announced in October 2021 that it planned to change its name to Meta, searches for the term “metaverse” skyrocketed. But despite its buzz, the metaverse is still…

Executive Viewpoints June 14
Zalando Acquires Highsnobiety to Fortify Creative Strategy

Zalando Acquires Highsnobiety to Fortify Creative Strategy

Online fashion retailer Zalando has acquired a majority stake in luxury and streetwear media and ecommerce brand Highsnobiety in a bid to enhance its creative strategy. Highsnobiety Founder and CEO…

News June 13

Timberland Treks into the Metaverse Via Fortnite

Footwear brand Timberland has stepped into the metaverse with the launch of its semiannual CONSTRUCT: 10061 design program within Fortnite, to engage customers in an updated product design process that…

News June 13
Amazon will begin testing drone delivery a town in California later this year.

Amazon Reveals First Locale to Receive Prime Air Drone Deliveries

Back in 2013, Jeff Bezos proclaimed his plans to begin delivering packages by drone on a 60 Minutes interview. Now, nine years and more than two dozen prototypes later, Amazon…

News June 13
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