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Retail
Department Store Forum Stresses Importance of Retail Experiences
Speakers noted that the role of physical retail spaces in a digital world is not to sell products, but to provide what online shopping can’t.
Technology
With BOPIS, Efficiency and Timeliness Is Key to Bring Back Shoppers to the Service
Bell and Howell and OrderDynamics teamed for the “state of the industry” report.
Real Estate
A&G Realty Partners Chosen to Manage Payless Store Lease Sales
Payless ShoeSource filed for bankruptcy last week.
Retail
As Weekly Sales Gain, Results Reveal Census Bureau Data Hiccup
Weekly sales rose 2.7 percent, year-over-year.
Business Features
Study Shows Demand for Personalization for Better In-Store Experience
The survey from BRP noted that just over half of retailers surveyed see personalization as a top priority.
Government and Trade
Strong U.S. Jobs Gains Mask Fall Among Fashion Retailers
Both clothing stores and departments stores shed workers last month.
Retail
NRF: Government Labor Data Flawed
The U.S. Labor Department doesn’t count warehouse and fulfillment center jobs as “retail.”
Technology
Multimedia Plus Taps Ann Taylor Executive for Board Role
Kevin Finnegan is joining the company’s board of advisers.
Financial
Bricks-and-Mortar Clothing Stores Hit by Summer Slowdown
Retail sale rose in June, but clothing stores and department stores lost out.
Retail
Dirty Lemon’s Zak Normandin on Retail as a Marketing Channel
The wellness beverage company is focused on selling its product via text and sees physical retail as a means of storytelling and consumer engagement.
Business Features
The ‘Retail Apocalypse’ May Have to Wait a Bit
A new report from The Conference Board projects slowed retail job growth as e-commerce expansion moderates.
Business Features
The WWD List: Best and Worst Stock Performers
Investors bargain-hunted stocks following strong quarterly results, which resulted in more winners than losers so far this year.
Business Features
Think Tank: The Case for Hiring a ‘Digital Anthropologist’
James Ingram, chief executive officer of Splashlight, explains.
Business Features
Think Tank: How Malls and Retailers Can Turn ‘Experience’ From a Buzzword to a Best Practice
Emily Webster, senior designer and technologist at experience design studio ESI Design, discusses how stores and malls should use technology to reimagine the shopping experience.
Business Features
Think Tank: Why the Store Still Matters
Technology has forever changed the way we shop, but despite a lot of flashy headlines, it hasn’t really created the retail apocalypse we’ve all read about.
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