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Ron Johnson’s Enjoy Technology Files for Bankruptcy, Set to be Sold

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Johnson co-founded Enjoy in 2014 after leaving JCPenney and currently serves as its CEO. The idea was to bring the store experience to consumers’ homes via a technology-powered “mobile storeoperation, with an initial focus on telecommunications and consumer electronics ( AT&T and Apple are partners in the U.S.).

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Apple Store Creator’s ‘Commerce-at-Home’ Startup Enjoy to Go Public via SPAC

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Retail pioneer Ron Johnson — the man responsible for the Apple Store and Target ’s first designer collaboration — is taking his new retail company public through a SPAC merger with Marquee Raine Acquisition Corp. BT Group in the UK, Rogers Communications in Canada and Apple in select U.S.

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Saving Shoppers from the Sea of Sameness

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How are consumers rating your product? Have you made it easy for them to share with customers what makes your brand stand apart, and how it will solve the customer’s problem or fulfill their need? But how do we share this unique innovation with consumers so that they truly understand how it benefits them?

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More Private Label, Smaller Store Footprints: How COVID-19 Is Accelerating Existing Retail Trends

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Additionally, the percentage of consumers willing to pay the same or more for private labels over name-brand products rose from 34%. in 2014 to 40% in 2019. store count increased from 244,000 to 270,000. COVID-19 Creates The Foundation For Private Label Renaissance. over the past three years. ”

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Dollar General promotes 18 executives

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In this role, she will continue to support DG’s store operations team, which now encompasses more than 20,000 retail stores including pOpshelf and Mexico. She also led NMG’s supply chain transformation strategy to modernize its omnichannel distribution and fulfillment network.

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How RFID Powers Retail: Past, Present and Future

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In fact, according to a recent Accenture study , 92% of the 50 North American retailers surveyed said they are either piloting RFID or have reached full adoption, up from 34% in 2014. Additionally, it boosts sales margins and expedites returns and exchanges, making it a valuable tool for profitably improving the consumer experience.

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Report: Rent The Runway Exits Brick-And-Mortar

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Founded as an e-Commerce business in 2009, Rent the Runway did not open its first retail location until 2014. A primary reason Rent the Runway added stores and built a network of physical drop-off locations was to make it easier for customers to return merchandise.

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