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Brick-and-mortar grocery stores are here to stay
The brick-and-mortar grocery store isn’t going away anytime soon.<p>Amazon’s recently announced $13.7 billion purchase of high-end grocer Whole Foods …
BusinessAmazon's Is Trying to Control the Underlying Infrastructure of Our Economy
Companies that want to reach the market increasingly have no choice but to ride Amazon's rails.<p><i><br>Stacy Mitchell is co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and co-author of its recent report, Amazon's Stranglehold.</i><p>We often talk about Amazon as though it were a retailer. It's an …
AmazonAmazon.com Just Crushed Department Store Stocks Again With Prime Wardrobe
Prime Wardrobe is Amazon's latest foray into the fashion market. Should department stores be worried?<p>The rapid growth of e-commerce has hit U.S. …
BusinessCarrefour at a crossroads as new CEO faces same old problems
Alexandre Bompard must address French retailer’s persistent structural issues<p>The Parisian suburb of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois lays claim to being the …
RetailIn Towns Already Hit by Factory Closings, a New Casualty: Retail Jobs
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Dawn Nasewicz comes from a family of steelworkers, with jobs that once dominated the local economy. She found her niche in retail.<p>She manages a store, Ooh La La, that sells prom dresses and embroidered jeans at a local mall. But just as the jobs making automobile springs and rail …
TrendsPepe Jeans Plans To Open 50 Stores In India In 2017
Global denim and casual wear brand Pepe Jeans will step up its presence in the country by opening 50 more stores this year and is also looking to …
IndiaYou don’t need a Costco membership card with this genius hack
Love Costco, but can’t afford the membership? You’re in luck! You can get Costco grocery items through Instacart and totally get around paying the …
MoneyGet Ready To Shop Benefit Cosmetics At An All-New Retailer
It never hurts to have more ways to buy your favorite brands. This cosmetics company is already sold in retailers such as Ulta and Sephora, but soon, …
MakeupMerchandiser 1.5 eCommerce WordPress Theme for WooCommerce
Merchandiser 1.5 eCommerce WordPress Theme for WooCommerce<p>Download<p><b>Merchandiser 1.5 eCommerce WordPress Theme for WooCommerce</b><i><br>Merchandiser 1.5</i> …
WooCommerceWhy Amazon Bought Whole Foods? Just Look at How It Crushed Walmart
To understand why Amazon bought Whole Foods, you need only look at how Bezos boxed out Walmart.
RetailModa Operandi, Amazon, Curalate Roll Out Social Shopping
The retailer has teamed with Amazon again.<p>Moda Operandi is embedding Amazon Pay’s technology even further into its e-commerce experience — this time …
RetailHow Amazon fights counterfeit goods
Back before the internet, counterfeit goods were found mostly on city street corners, at flea markets, or in other places where sketchy providers could set up shop. In general, you had a sense you might be buying a fake because it's hard to get a genuine Rolex watch for $20, and the company almost …
AmazonIs Amazon About to Disrupt Procter & Gamble?
<b>Amazon.com</b>'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) recently announced acquisition of <b>Whole Foods Market</b> has other retail stocks running scared. Companies like <b>Wal-Mart</b> and <b>Target</b> <b>Corporation</b> dropped close to 5% the day of the announcement. On the other hand, <b>Proctor & Gamble</b> (NYSE: PG) shares were up just a bit on the …
StocksJD or Alibaba: Which Is a Bigger Threat to Amazon?
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is pushing further into the apparel market with the launch of Prime Wardrobe, but Chinese rivals JD.com (JD) and Alibaba Group …
RetailBetter Buy: Costco Wholesale vs. Wal-Mart
A look at two of the biggest retailers in the country reveals a similar set of challenges facing both.<p>For decades, <b>Costco Wholesale Corporation</b> …
StocksStores, Stuck In Shame Spiral, Still Overlook In-Store Digital
While Amazon’s plan to snap up Whole Foods Market is just the latest proof that there’s plenty of power in brick-and-mortar stores, a new study from …
RetailKroger, Walmart have time to bid for Whole Foods, but is it worth it?
It’s been one week since Amazon’s (AMZN) bombshell $13.7-billion bid for Whole Foods Market (WFM) was made public. But with the deal yet to be signed and sealed, there’s still time for other competitors to ignite a bidding war for the struggling grocery chain…the question is: Will the effort be …
Fortune 500How Amazon Is Changing the Way We Buy Clothes
Tracking the giant e-commerce company’s moves in the fashion world.<p>It’s no secret that Amazon wants to be the place you buy clothes. The e-commerce juggernaut has crept further and further into the fashion world over the past five years, starting in earnest with the launch of Amazon Fashion in 2012.<p>…
Amazon EchoHandbags at dawn with Farfetch, the latest thing in upmarket online fashion
It has a Chinese deal, a Condé Nast tie-up and has lured the founder of its biggest rival, but can it really change the luxury market?<p>First it lured Natalie Massenet, the queen of online luxury, then it teamed up with fashion bible Vogue, and now it has won a multi-million pound investment from …
Condé NastStore closings have tripled so far this year
Everything must go!<p>Stores are closing at alarming rate. The number so far this year is triple what it was in the same period last year, according to an analysis by Fung Global Retail & Technology, a retail think tank.<p>There have been 5,300 store closing announcements through June 20, making it the …
TrendsSears says it will close 20 more stores
More bad news for Sears Holdings: The beleaguered chain on Friday said it will shutter an additional 20 U.S. stores, amounting to more than 260 …
PhiladelphiaStep-by-Step You Can Turn Your Ecommerce Side Hustle Into a Real Company
You'll need the right mix of data, people and planning to quickly scale your startup.<p>The nature of work is evolving. To make a living and build a successful career for yourself, you no longer need to work a traditional 9-to-5 job, commute to a physical office or wait patiently for someone to …
EntrepreneurshipTo Survive Amazon, Supermarkets Need to Get to Know You - Bloomberg
Walk into a grocery store 10 years from now, and you’ll see more prepared meals, personalized recommendations and perhaps even an in-house restaurant.<p>…
BusinessSears to close more stores amid retail industry tumult
Struggling department-store retailer Sears on Friday said it will shutter another 20 stores – including 18 Sears stores and two Kmart locations – by mid-September, as it continues to respond to an industry-wide shift in consumer shopping habits that’s hitting traditional retailers particularly hard.<p>…
BusinessBrick and Mortar Retail Is About to Get a Technology Makeover
In a week that saw over a thousand U.S. retail stores shuttered, many analysts are quick to lament the end of days for brick-and-mortar shopping. But …
RetailBaggingThe Future: 7 Ways Grocery Will Change By 2020
The item supermarkets don’t yet sell by the pound is the one Americans crave most: convenience. In time, that will change.<p>The table is already set for it. When it comes to meeting a household’s grocery needs, we are facing a famine of sorts — not of food, but of capacity. From a lack of time to a …
TrendsAmerica is over-malled, with not enough warehouses to support Amazon
America has too many malls.<p>It's a problem that has vexed Wall Street and is an even darker cloud hanging over investments known as real estate …
RetailRetail's Last Hurrah Against Amazon
Online shopping is a $395 billion industry, but it's only about 8% of total retail sales in the U.S.<p>Amazon is the 800 pound gorilla in online …
BusinessChina's AliPay, UnionPay & WeChat Pay Join LATAM Fintech's Digital-Payments Platform Revolution
The fintech dLocal that specializes in cross-border payments for emerging markets, has integrated AliPay, UnionPay and WeChat Pay – China’s three major digital payments providers – into its platform. The addition for Uruguay-based dLocal with a US presence is touted as enabling global merchants to …
FinTechHow Brick-And-Mortar Businesses Can Fight Online Stores
For owners of brick and mortar stores, keeping an online presence and up with technology will be a key component to success. Here are some options to …
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