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Troubled Ted Baker Brand Begins Store Closing Sales in North America

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and Brooks Brothers and Lucky Brands in Canada, has begun store closing sales across select locations. As of May 10, the retailer also ceased ecommerce sales “for the time being,” according to a statement , and noted that all stores sales are final. in the U.S.,

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Bullring & Grand Central secures 27,500 sq ft JD Sports upsize for Summer 2023

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Last November, it was announced that M&S and TOCA Social would enliven a former department store, while designer fashion brand Tessuti will open its largest offering in the West Midlands at Bullring in 2023. .

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Can Nearshoring Prevent the Next Supply Chain Crisis?

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“While we’ve returned to some sense of normalcy, the VUCA [volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous] proposition has become a reality,” said Dr. Thomas Goldsby, Professor and Chair in Logistics in the Supply Chain Management Department of the University of Tennessee. We’re now battle-tested.”

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How RFID is Powering Perry Ellis’ Customer Operations, from Inventory Planning to Checkout

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Perry Ellis is managing this challenge through the rollout of RFID technology, in partnership with Mojix , that will help the retailer manage its supply chain from the store level all the way through broader inventory planning.

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How Woodman’s Markets is Harnessing In-Store ‘Anti-COVID Robots’

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Woodman’s Markets operates 230,000-square-foot stores with approximately 100,000 SKUs each, and like most grocers its inventory was hit hard by shoppers stocking up early in the pandemic. The robots also can improve merchandising. This will help them make better-informed decisions about how much shelf space each item needs.

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Sustainable shopping: what options are available to retailers?

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“For both new and existing stores, these requirements span store build-out, energy and water, responsible sourcing of materials, visual merchandising, store operations and innovation.” Recently, the retailer received a £2.5m

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