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How Dick’s Sporting Goods Fights Premium Sneaker Diversion with its Mobile App

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The customer-facing mobile app for Dicks Sporting Goods has traveled a long way since its debut in 2021. One of the first additions was a geolocation software development kit (SDK) from Radar , to answer the question of whether athletes were actually opening the app while shopping in the store.

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Walmart Buys Pittsburgh-Area Mall for $34 Million

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According to the CBL website , the 985,073-square-foot Monroeville Mall contains 133 stores, including Dicks Sporting Goods, Macys, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Forever 21, Victorias Secret and JCPenney. The 185,517-square-foot Annex contains eight stores, and the combined property received approximately 3.49

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Macy’s Store Closures Partially Responsible for 274% Increase in Retail Layoffs, According to a New Report

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Both continue to operate—but only until liquidation sales wrap later this year, with discounts topping 90% off ticketed prices. On Long Island, the March shutdown of Macy’s at the historic Sunrise Mall in Massapequa turned the regional center into a near-vacant “ghost mall,” leaving Dick’s Sporting Goods as the last major tenant.

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How Localization is Helping CVS Position Itself as the Modern General Store

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If you want tennis balls, you can wait for them to be delivered or you can go to a big-box sporting goods store, but if you’re on the way to the courts shouldn’t you be able to go somewhere really convenient along the way? It’s almost like the old general store that is the core of what we offer.

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Citing Theft and Safety Issues, Target Closes 9 Stores in 4 States

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Target will be closing: One store in NYC’s Harlem, leaving 96 locations throughout the city; Two in Seattle, leaving 22 stores; Three in San Francisco/Oakland, leaving 32 stores in the metro area; and Three in Portland, Ore., leaving 15 stores in this market. reduced specific storesoperating hours; 29.7%

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WSJ: Peloton to Cut 500 Jobs as CEO Attempts a Rescue

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While the layoffs will be felt companywide, they will heavily impact the marketing department. Dara Treseder, SVP of Marketing, Communications and Membership, left the company a few weeks later to join software provider Autodesk as Chief Marketing Officer.

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6 Trends Driving Store Design Innovation in 2024

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Trend 3: Store Design Teams Become ‘Experience Teams’ When a brand decides to open a new store, the design team cannot work within its own silo. This is a new reality for typical projects, according to Cornelius, and it is why her firm has changed its vernacular from “store design” to “experience design.”