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Amazon to Shutter 68 Stores Across Multiple Brick-and-Mortar Concepts

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Even as Amazon continues to open fashion, grocery and convenience brick-and-mortar stores, the ecommerce giant announced planned closures of all 68 of its 4-star , Books and Pop-up locations — 66 stores in the U.S. These shops didn’t use in-store price labels, relying on customers to scan goods with their phones.

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Macy’s Picks New Bluemercury CEO as Rightsizing and Revitalization Efforts Continue

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“Maly is a champion for diversity in leadership, people development and data-based insight, and she will leverage the values of the brand to build community and experiences in its neighborhood locations.”. The Becks had been with Bluemercury for 20 years and stayed on after Macy’s acquired the company in 2015.

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Central Group snaps up KaDeWe’s remaining assets. What’s next?

Inside Retail

The acquisition was foreseeable as the group had already co-invested in KaDeWe Group with Signa since 2015. Central’s acquisition move is not unusual,” Selvane Mohandas du Ménil, International Association of Department Stores managing director, told Inside Retail. The post Central Group snaps up KaDeWe’s remaining assets. What’s next?

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How UNTUCKit Scales Workforce Empowerment While Ensuring Chainwide Consistency

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He took what he learned to UNTUCKit and ultimately helped expand the brand’s store count from two to more than 80 locations. The brick-and-mortar business is my realm, and my job is to ensure we’re delivering what the customer needs across our stores,” said Paulsen. Building Employee Confidence Across Channels.

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Monica + Andy Founder Details Multiple Expansion Paths for Baby Retailer

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Unlike many DTC brands that were born online and later found their way into physical retail, Monica + Andy has had a strong brick-and-mortar presence almost since its 2015 founding. And I think back to that and I’m like ‘What were we thinking to be a small company and taking on that level of physical retail?’”

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Is Staples’ Latest $1 Billion Bid for Office Depot Better Positioned for Success?

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billion merger that had been in the works since February 2015 was derailed by a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ruling in May 2016. That path was to split Office Depot into two companies: ODP, which operates the 1,100 retail locations along with the ecommerce business, and NewCo , which inherited Office Depot’s B2B business.

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Analysis: Should Macy’s accept its $8.8 billion acquisition offer

Inside Retail

The price marks a far cry from the company’s US$70-a-share peak in 2015, the beginning of its battle with digitally-focused retailers. A strategic investor would have expertise in store operations, merchandising, labour, marketing, and more. The acquisition offer values the retailer at $32 per share, a 32.4