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Raymour & Flanigan Launches B2B Arm With Consulting and Packaging Recycling

Furniture and mattress retailer Raymour & Flanigan has launched Raymour & Flanigan for Business, a B2B service for commercial interiors professionals in…

Office Depot Will Split Consumer, B2B Businesses into Two Independent Companies

Office Depot will separate itself into two independent, publicly traded companies, each with its own focused strategy and investment profile. The first,…

How Zappos Turns B2B Consultation Into Retail Innovation

Zappos is known for taking a unique approach to business, whether by crowdsourcing films to feature at Sundance or partnering with Shaq…

Alibaba Opens B2B Marketplace To U.S. SMBs

Alibaba has opened its platform to more than 30 million small- and medium-sized businesses in the U.S., enabling these companies to sell their…

Office Depot Expands B2B Service Portfolio

Office Depot is expanding the business services offered through its Workonomy platform, which was formerly known as BizBox. The program provides small-…

CGS Updates BlueCherry B2B E-Commerce Platform

CGS has unveiled the newest release of the BlueCherry B2B eCommerce platform, designed to help wholesalers make informed purchase recommendations to retailers…

Magento, NetSuite Conferences Illustrate What B2C Can Teach B2B

While the Retail TouchPoints team is gearing up for next week’s 2018 Retail Innovation Conference in New York City, I had the opportunity to attend two…

When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Go B2B

Last year was a tough one for many retailers. There were at least 19 retail bankruptcies in 2017 including Toys “R” Us, Gymboree…

Office Depot Appoints New CFO Amid B2B Shift

Office Depot has appointed Joseph Lower as EVP and CFO, effective Jan. 8, 2018. As CFO, Lower will report directly to CEO…

Boxed Hires Staples Exec To Bolster B2B Sales Team

Boxed has chosen Neel Madhvani to be its new Head of Sales. Madhvani will focus on building a B2B sales team at a…

Staples Names First CTO

Staples, Inc. has appointed Faisal Masud to the newly created role of Chief Technology Officer. He had previously served as EVP of…

Episerver Accelerates “Autonomous Personalization” With Peerius Acquisition

Digital experience provider Episerver acquired London-based Peerius, a provider of intelligent cloud-based omnichannel personalization. The acquisition adds Peerius’ smart personalization technology to…