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Circuit City Plans to Curate Shop-in-Shops Using its Electronics Expertise

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Circuit City has launched a Series A funding round along with plans for alliances with national companies, though it did not identify which companies will be involved. The integrations are slated to begin online and in select locations this year, with a more expansive rollout planned for 2024.

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Dollar General Adds 100+ Private Label Products as it Expands Fresh Food Offerings

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Originally introduced in 2009, the expansion will bring the range of Clover Valley items to approximately 600 , with new additions including sauces, condiments, entrees, sides and snacks. “We As of Q1 2023, Dollar General offers fruits and vegetables in nearly 3,900 stores, with plans to offer produce in 5,000 locations by January 2024.

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The Face-Off Between Amazon and ‘Alternative Marketplaces’ is Shaping the Next Era of Ecommerce

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These costs include not just advertising (a crucial expenditure to stand out on Amazon’s crowded “shelves”) but also sales commissions and fulfillment services including warehousing, packing and delivery (which, while optional, are used by 86% of third-party sellers). Source: Jungle Scout Ebay, however, may be coasting on its long tenure.

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Hy-Vee reveals site of first Tennessee store

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on Monday released details about its planned expansion into Tennessee, revealing that its first store in the state will be located in the city of Spring Hill. The retailer has submitted initial plans to the city calling for an approximately 160,000-square-foot store that is tentatively scheduled to open in 2023. “As

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Fast-growing national brownie brand opens flagship shop in Leeds

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Love Brownies, an award-winning café and gifting brand, which started on owner and head-baker Chantal Teal’s kitchen table in Ilkley in 2009, has opened five brownie shops and cafés across the UK in 2021 and will open two more this year, bringing its total number of shops to 18.

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Dollar General expands its private label brand

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Introduced in 2009, Clover Valley has expanded to include approximately 600 items. We have put ‘Food First’ this year because we see a need and to fulfill the desire for even more options.” Customers shared that they believe in the quality and equity of Clover Valley and were receptive to more innovative products.

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Inside the Online Bookstore Building a ‘Model for Small Businesses to Compete with Amazon’

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But then, “from the years of like 2009 to 2018, I just watched Amazon start eating everybody’s lunch,” he said. The key is that every sale — whether it’s through a bookstore page, an affiliate shop or a direct purchase on Bookshop — are fulfilled and managed by Bookshop and its distribution partner Ingram.

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