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Sears CEO Offers To Purchase Sears Home Improvement, PartsDirect

An April 20 letter from Sears Holdings CEO Eddie Lampert’s hedge fund, ESL Investments, to the retailer’s board of directors urged divestment…

Is Staples One Step Closer To Selling Off European Stores?

Three months after reports indicated that Staples was seeking a ‘Brexit’ of its own, the office supplies brand may be closer to…

Apple Stores Renovate, Rebrand And Rename Employee Positions

Rarely one to stay in the same place before trying out a new concept, Apple is making some tweaks to its brick-and-mortar…

Coming To Terms With Millennials: Advice From The Experts

Millennials are mentioned in almost every article related to retail marketing these days. And Retail TouchPoints is no exception. We focused a special…

Ralph Lauren To Cut Jobs, Shutter 50 Stores

Ralph Lauren is cutting about 1,000 jobs and closing 50 stores as part of a wide-ranging plan to lower costs and revive…

Q&A With Venture Capital Expert: Are Retailers Trapped By Outdated Performance Metrics?

For most of us, real estate represents a tremendous asset. But real estate also can become a heavy albatross (see The Big…

GameStop Wins Bid To Take Over 163 RadioShack Stores

Spring Communications Holding, a division of GameStop Corp. has won a bid on 163 stores that RadioShack planned to close following its…

Staples To Close Up To 225 Stores By 2015

Staples will close up to 225 stores in North America as part of a multi-year cost savings plan designed to cut as…

Who Owns The Customer Experience?

Whether it is a Chief Customer Officer, Chief Omnichannel Officer or another C-level executive, retailers are debating the advantages and disadvantages of…

The Paradies Shops Taps BI Tools From Information Builders To Fuel Continued Growth

A complete business intelligence (BI) platform allows retailers to address a specific store’s unique needs based on consumer preferences and purchase behaviors….

Office Depot Canada Closes All Stores, Focuses On Ecommerce Channel

In early 2011, Office Depot Corporation made the strategic decision to close its Canadian retail stores and take its multichannel operation exclusively…