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Walmart Debuts Second In-Store Fulfillment Center in Bentonville

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Walmart has opened an in-store Market Fulfillment Center (MFC) at Store 100 in its home town of Bentonville, Ark. Like the retailer’s first MFC , which opened in 2019 in Salem, N.H., This new order fulfillment system is truly game-changing,” said Ryan Simpson, Store Manager at Store 100 in a statement.

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Target Names New COO, Divvies Up Merchandising Responsibilities

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Target has tapped Michael Fiddelke, who has served as the retailer’s CFO since November 2019, to add the COO role to his responsibilities. Current COO John Mulligan announced his retirement plans in October 2023. He will wear both hats until Target names a new finance chief.

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Big Lots Plans to Open 500 New Stores, Increase Annual Sales to $8-10 Billion

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Home discount retailer Big Lots is returning to expansion mode after more than a decade of flat store growth, with plans to open as many as 500 new stores in the next six to seven years. Big Lots currently operates 1,431 stores across the U.S. billion in sales.

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GameStop Will Close Up To 450 Stores In Fiscal 2020

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GameStop is accelerating store closure plans as part of its “de-densification” strategy. The retailer plans to shutter 400 to 450 stores worldwide in fiscal 2020, which ends in February 2021. GameStop already has closed 388 locations this year; the retailer currently operates more than 5,100 stores around the world.

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The Need for Delivery Speed Drives Holiday Hiring

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Ecommerce execution will lean more heavily on store-based fulfillment. Holiday hires will help retailers leverage their store-based omnichannel fulfillment capacity through buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, home delivery and ship-from-store services. 13-14 , will kick off the season.

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OSHA Cites Amazon for Safety Violations at 3 Warehouses; Company Plans Appeal

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Over the last several months we’ve demonstrated the extent to which we work every day to mitigate risk and protect our people, and our publicly available data show we’ve reduced injury rates nearly 15% between 2019 and 2021. What’s more, the vast majority of our employees tell us they feel our workplace is safe. “We

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Tuesday Morning Receives $32 Million Lifeline from Retail Ecommerce Ventures and Ayon Capital

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The funding, along with $3 million in convertible debt financing from certain Tuesday Morning leaders including CEO Fred Hand, will help the troubled retailer implement an omnichannel turnaround plan. The deal will give Tuesday Morning access to REV’s fulfillment network, infrastructure, systems and technology and ecommerce capabilities.

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