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Wilson Sporting Goods Turns First Physical Stores into Ultimate Urban Playgrounds

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The sporting goods retailer has existed for elite athletes as a wholesale brand for more than 100 years, being the “official ball of everything” from tennis to golf. For aspiring sportspeople, Wilson products existed on a par with everything else in department stores and retailers like Dick’s Sporting Goods.

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Walmart to Create Its Own Cryptocurrency

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The trademarks were for virtual goods including electronics, décor, toys, sporting goods and personal care products. Walmart filed three applications under “Walmart Connect” – its digital advertising arm – for a financial exchange for virtual currency and advertising.

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Walmart Eyes Metaverse, Cryptocurrency

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The trademarks were for virtual goods including electronics, décor, toys, sporting goods and personal care products. Walmart filed three applications under “Walmart Connect” – its digital advertising arm – for a financial exchange for virtual currency and advertising.

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Centenarian Celebration

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L Frank Baum (who would go on to author “ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ” just a few years later) was editing the first edition of The Show Window, a trade publication dedicated to the art of window dressing, store design and visual merchandising. Advertisement Also, be sure to meet our staff and regular contributors on pg.

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IRDC 2022 Delivers a Hands-On Experience for Retail Design Pros

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Fake it Till You Make It,” led by Chuck Palmer, Retail Strategist, and Stephanie Bair-Garant, Director of Visual Merchandising, ZenGenius Inc., Advertisement. NO CRYING IN VISUAL MERCHANDISING. Advertisement. After the opening keynote, attendees moved into two hands-on workshops.

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These Were the Top 10 Retail Stories of 2021

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Advertisement. So did a great many retailers in 2021, including Belk Stores, ABC Carpet, Paper Source, L’Occitane and Christopher & Banks (plus, last year, Pier 1 Imports, Modell’s Sporting Goods, Dean & Deluca, J.Crew, Neiman Marcus and Lord & Taylor, among many others). Advertisement. What the L Happened?