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Salesforce Global Holiday Forecast: AI Will Drive $1.6 Trillion in In-Store Sales

AI already has affected shopping habits for large numbers of consumers, and its ability to make hyper-personalized product recommendations — and also…

Alimentation Couche-Tard Sells 35 U.S. Stores to Majors Management

As part of a U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) order requiring divestiture to preserve competition, Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) — the Canada-based c-store…

Reimagined Champs Sports Stores Feature 3D Fitting Tools, Dedicated Running Club Spaces

Champs Sports has introduced its first two reimagined stores, designed to embody the brand’s “Sport For Life” platform. The stores, in Tampa,…

Affordable Beauty Retailer Miss A Aims to Have 100 Stores by Early 2026

Miss A, a value-priced beauty retailer with 65 stores, plans to boost its store count to 100 locations by Q1 2026. The…

Kizik Takes its Hands-Free Shoes on a National Tour to Deliver ‘A-ha’ Moments

Everyone over the age of two has put on their shoes thousands of times, but hands-free shoe retailer Kizik insists that putting…

Home Depot Buys Specialty Building Products Distributor GMS for $4.3 Billion

The Home Depot’s SRS Distribution division will purchase GMS, a leading North American specialty building products distributor, for a cash tender offer…

FTC Approves Alimentation Couche-Tard Acquisition of 270-Store GetGo Café

Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT), the Canada-based convenience store giant, has received approval from the Federal Trade Commission to complete its purchase of the…

CVS Launches Workforce Training Center in Chicago

CVS Health has opened its new Workforce Innovation and Talent Center (WITC) in cooperation with the Chicago Baptist Institute, where the center…

PwC Back-to-School Survey: To Stretch Their Budgets, 37% of Parents will Only Buy Items on Sale

A back-to-school (BTS) spending survey conducted in May by PwC has some good news for retailers: shoppers are not planning to curb…

Staples Canada Launches Electronics Trade-In Program

Staples Canada and Allstate Protection Plans have introduced Staples Trade-in by Allstate, allowing Canadians to exchange unwanted electronics for Staples e-gift cards….

How ‘Process Mining’ Refines Ikea’s Rich, Plentiful Data so it Can be Put to Use

Last year, 650 million people across 30 countries visited an Ikea store, and the company’s website attracted more than 4 billion visitors….

Walmart Tests Dark Stores in its Multi-Front Effort to Improve Delivery

Walmart has pursued numerous initiatives designed to improve its delivery speed and reach over the past year, and now the retail giant…

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Store Operations

Salesforce Global Holiday Forecast: AI Will Drive $1.6 Trillion in In-Store Sales

Alimentation Couche-Tard Sells 35 U.S. Stores to Majors Management

Reimagined Champs Sports Stores Feature 3D Fitting Tools, Dedicated Running Club Spaces

Affordable Beauty Retailer Miss A Aims to Have 100 Stores by Early 2026

Kizik Takes its Hands-Free Shoes on a National Tour to Deliver ‘A-ha’ Moments

Home Depot Buys Specialty Building Products Distributor GMS for $4.3 Billion

FTC Approves Alimentation Couche-Tard Acquisition of 270-Store GetGo Café

CVS Launches Workforce Training Center in Chicago

PwC Back-to-School Survey: To Stretch Their Budgets, 37% of Parents will Only Buy Items on Sale

Staples Canada Launches Electronics Trade-In Program

How ‘Process Mining’ Refines Ikea’s Rich, Plentiful Data so it Can be Put to Use

Walmart Tests Dark Stores in its Multi-Front Effort to Improve Delivery

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