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AT&T Resets Account Passcodes After Big Leak of Millions of Customer Records Online

Retail Wire

The telecommunications giant AT&T is resetting millions of customer account passcodes due to a huge leak of records online earlier this month.

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Best Buy Canada to Operate 165 Small-Format Bell Canada Stores Under Renamed Banner

Retail TouchPoints

We’re excited to collaborate with Bell on this unique venture to expand Best Buy’s presence to new communities across the country,” said Ron Wilson, President, Best Buy Canada in a statement.

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Disconnected: Optus takeover talks conclude

Inside Retail

Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel), Southeast Asia’s largest telecom operator, reiterated on Wednesday that there was no “impending deal” to divest its Australian telecom unit Optus. per cent at S$2.46 Shares of Singtel were down 3.15 on Wednesday before trading was halted pending an announcement.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Johnson likens the impetus behind Enjoy’s “commerce-at-home” model to that which has driven successful companies such as Peloton and Airbnb. With Enjoy, customers make an appointment with a retailer, and a trained expert shows up at their door with the store experience neatly packed up in a suitcase.

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Outgoing Myer CEO John King on why Black Friday might overtake Christmas

Inside Retail

At Myer’s annual general meeting this week, outgoing CEO John King predicted that trading activity on Black Friday would likely surpass Christmas, with the department store preparing stock ahead of time to mitigate any logistical delays related to potential industrial action. per cent increase in total sales to $3.36

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

Retail TouchPoints

Back in 2016, Ron Johnson was asked in a fireside chat at Shoptalk about the biggest mistake he had ever made. Six years later, Johnson might answer that question differently — his “commerce-at-home” startup Enjoy Technology filed for bankruptcy on June 29, 2022, after a series of setbacks including staffing shortages and dwindling liquidity.

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Flight Centre to reopen 35 stores as travel demand soars

Inside Retail

At a time when regional and suburban communities in Australia are witnessing services such as banking and telecommunications closing branches and becoming available only online, Flight Centre will continue to provide customers with the choice.”.