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Disney Plans to Close At Least 60 Stores as it Emphasizes Ecommerce

Disney has announced plans to significantly reduce its brick-and-mortar footprint, beginning with the closure of at least 60 Disney Stores across North America as the retailer bolsters its ecommerce operation.…

News March 4

Retail Remix Recap: Gen Z Shoppers Present Retailers with a World of New Opportunities

While the COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly been a time of disruption, it also has been a time of evolution and, in some cases, complete reinvention. Retailers had the unique opportunity to step back and take a hard…

Executive Viewpoints March 4

Escher Helps Retailers Keep Better Track of Parcels

Escher, a postal retail and logistics solution provider, has launched Riposte Track, Trace and Last-Mile Delivery, a cloud-based suite of parcel tracking and traceability solutions designed to help postal operators…

News March 4

Inbenta Technologies Enhances the Search Experience With Natural Language Processing

Inbenta Technologies, an AI-based customer interaction and natural language processing (NLP) solution provider, has rolled out Conversational AI Search, a tool designed to help shoppers find the right product at…

News March 4

Exclusive CEO Q&A: Building a Footwear Retail Business from the Ground Up

If you think “grounding” is just the name of the punishment sitcom parents are always threatening their naughty kids with, think again. “Grounding” also has a biomechanical meaning related to…

Features March 4

Keeping up with the Customers: How Retailers are Adapting to New Shopping Behaviors

Retail success is dependent on understanding and meeting the needs of shoppers. But what happens when your customers unexpectedly shift their behaviors and years of data goes out the window?…

Executive Viewpoints March 4

Indie Superette

(Hover over a photo in the gallery above to read more details in the captions, or click on a photo to expand and open the full-size images.) The new Indie Superette market…

News March 3

Walmart to Invest $350 Billion in U.S. Manufacturing Over the Next Decade

Walmart will invest $350 billion in U.S. manufacturing over the next 10 years, a move the retailer estimates will support the creation of more than 750,000 new American jobs. The…

News March 3
Instacart

Following 2020 Online Grocery Boom, Instacart Raises Another $265M

Online grocery platform Instacart has raised $265 million in new funding, increasing its valuation to $39 billion. Instacart will use the money to increase its corporate headcount by 50% in 2021, as…

News March 3
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