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Bed Bath & Beyond Goes All in on Private-Label Brands
Bed Bath & Beyond will launch at least eight new owned brands in fiscal 2021, with six debuting sequentially in the first six months of the fiscal year, which begins…
News March 5
Deliverr Raises $170M to Scale Up Ecommerce Delivery Service
Ecommerce fulfillment provider Deliverr has raised $170 million in new funding, bringing the total capital raised to more $240 million. Deliverr describes itself as “democratizing fulfillment” by enabling merchants of…
News March 5
Burlington Doubles Store Total Target to 2,000, Plans 75 Net New Locations for 2021
Burlington Stores has doubled its long-term store footprint target to 2,000 stores, up from the 1,000-store target established when the company launched its IPO in 2013. In reporting its Q4…
News March 5
HBC Splits Saks Fifth Avenue Into Separate Ecommerce and Brick-and-Mortar Businesses
HBC will spin off Saks Fifth Avenue’s ecommerce business as a standalone entity that will be called Saks. Growth capital investor Insight Partners will make a $500 million minority equity…
News March 5
Carrefour Franchisee in UAE Automates Online Order Fulfillment
Majid Al Futtaim, the exclusive franchisee of French hypermarket chain Carrefour in the United Arab Emirates, has opened a fully automated micro-fulfillment center (MFC) at the Carrefour store in Ibn…
News March 5
15 St. Patrick’s Day Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses
While St. Patrick’s Day is a fun holiday to celebrate for anyone, boutique owners stand to gain even more from it. Whether you mainly sell clothes, wholesale accessories, decor, jewelry,…
Executive Viewpoints March 5
The Future of Retail: Enriching the Customer Experience via Conversation APIs
As COVID-19 quickly spread in early 2020, the retail industry was among the first to be affected. But unlike hard-hit sectors such as airlines and live events, retail saw a…
Executive Viewpoints March 5
How Constellation Brands is Using DTC Tactics to Take its Wholesale Business Omnichannel
Constellation Brands — home to top beer, wine and spirits brands including Corona, Modelo Especial, Kim Crawford, Meiomi and SVEDKA Vodka — is embarking on a digital transformation driven by…
Features March 5
Dollar Tree Plans 600 New Stores and 1,250 Renovations; Will Expand Combination Format for Small Markets
Dollar Tree plans to open 600 new stores and to renovate 1,250 Family Dollar stores in fiscal 2021, which runs through the end of January 2022. The new stores are…
News March 4
