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REI Expands in Women’s Activewear Through Athleta Collaboration

REI Co-op will stock a curated selection of Athleta products at 135 of its stores nationwide and online. The wholesale partnership will help Athleta meet its goal of reaching $2…

News September 10

UPS Seeks Share of Same-Day Delivery Market with Roadie Acquisition

United Parcel Service (UPS) plans to buy Roadie, a delivery platform supporting local same-day delivery across the country. Roadie’s crowdsourced network of 200,000 drivers have delivered orders to more than…

News September 10

Clarus Commerce Expands Loyalty Options With Acquisition of PrizeLogic

Clarus Commerce has acquired digital engagement solution provider PrizeLogic in a deal that aims to combine both companies’ core competencies and proprietary technologies. The companies seek to leverage their loyalty,…

News September 10

Making It Work! Curbside Pickup Edition

We saw curbside pickup surge during the pandemic. But as consumers crave to get back into stores, how will demand change? Will we continue to see retailers invest heavily in…

Features September 10
Amazon Whole Foods Just Walk Out

Amazon to Deploy Just Walk Out Tech in Two Whole Foods Stores in 2022

Amazon will let Whole Foods customers “skip the checkout line” at two new Just Walk Out-enabled locations, in Washington, D.C. and Sherman Oaks, Calif., set to open next year. Amazon’s…

News September 10

Why Retailers Need Cloud-Native Payment Orchestration: 5 Tips to Flexible, Scalable, Customized Payment Infrastructure

Why is payment orchestration suddenly getting so much attention? The truth is, it’s not a new idea, but what is different is the accelerated drive toward digital transformation and the…

Executive Viewpoints September 10

Retailers Don’t Want to Build All-New Stores Just to get Autonomous Checkout

Autonomous checkout (sometimes called cashierless checkout) is the biggest change in retail since the advent of ecommerce, and it’s on the radar of just about every retailer. While some of…

Executive Viewpoints September 10

From Online Quizzes to In-Store Screens, Madison Reed Emphasizes a Fluid Customer Experience

Building connections with consumers is one of retail’s most enduring challenges, and highly tactile brands faced extra difficulty when the pandemic limited traditional in-person efforts. Madison Reed responded by building…

Features September 10

Activewear Category’s ‘Legs’ Demonstrated by Lululemon, Under Armour and Athleta Q2 Results

The activewear category, boosted by the pandemic, has maintained its momentum even through supply chain challenges and the threat of the Delta variant. Lululemon, Under Armour and Athleta all posted…

News September 9
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