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How College Town Retailers Can Best Cope With a Fraction of the Student Population
Predicting retail shopping demand in college towns has been unprecedented this school year. Typically, during a normal year, the U.S. has more than 20 million college and university students with…
Executive Viewpoints November 2
From In-Store to At Home, Real-Time Decision Making Helps Retailers Adapt to Changing Customer Behavior
Over the last several months, the retail industry has experienced seismic shifts in how retailers operate day to day and connect with customers. The pandemic flipped traditional business models and…
Executive Viewpoints November 2
Chartwells Debuts Checkout-Free C-Store at University of Houston
The convenience store experience just got more convenient at Chartwells, a division of Compass Group that operates thousands of stores on college and corporate campuses. The retailer recently debuted its…
Features November 2
Amazon Expects Chaotic Q4 Despite Highly Successful Q3
Amazon reported a 37% net sales increase, to $96.1 billion, in Q3 2020, which ended September 30. However, the ecommerce giant now expects an uncertain holiday season, leading to a…
News October 30
DICK’S Sporting Goods Opens 3 CALIA by Carrie Underwood Pop-Ups
DICK’S Sporting Goods has launched three temporary pop-up locations for CALIA by Carrie Underwood, one of the retailer’s top-selling women’s brands. Highlighting the fitness and lifestyle brand, the pop-ups are located…
News October 30
Report: Walmart Pulls Guns and Ammunition From Sales Floor, Citing ‘Civil Unrest’
Walmart has removed guns and ammunition from its sales floors due to isolated incidents of “civil unrest,” according to CNBC. The retailer will continue selling the items in the stores…
News October 30
Pier 1 Returns as Revamped Ecommerce Retailer
Pier 1 Imports has officially been relaunched as an internet-first retailer selling home furnishings and accessories online. The brand had liquidated all 940 of its brick-and-mortar stores earlier this year…
News October 30
Sam’s Club to Offer Same-Day Pharmacy Deliveries
Sam’s Club will now offer same-day pharmaceutical delivery in more than 500 of its stores across 41 states. The retailer has partnered with Drive, the DoorDash white-label fulfillment platform. Customers…
News October 30
LVMH Purchase of Tiffany Back On at ‘Marked Down’ $15.8 Billion Price Tag
After nearly a year of false starts, lawsuits and accusations of bad faith and mismanagement, a cut in the purchase price has finally cemented the LVMH purchase of Tiffany &…
News October 30
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