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Best Buy Is Catching Up With Amazon In The Last Mile
06 Dec 2018
Top retailers have improved their speed in last-mile fulfillment dramatically over the last two years and those gains have been instrumental...
Costco downgraded as members-only retailer faces higher sales hurdles
06 Dec 2018
Tougher sales comparisons and food price deflation at Costco will cut into performance in 2019, according to Citigroup, which downgraded the...
Kroger, Walgreens step up grocery pilot
06 Dec 2018
Expanding on a partnership announced this fall, The Kroger Co. plans to roll out a curated assortment of grocery products and Home Chef meal...
Coborn’s to acquire Hornbacher’s
06 Dec 2018
Coborn’s Inc. plans to buy the Hornbacher’s grocery chain from Supervalu Inc. Financial terms of the agreement, announced late Friday, w...
These 5 retailers are investing billions of dollars in their stores
06 Dec 2018
Though shoppers are increasingly spending more time and money online, that doesn’t mean retailers should ignore their stores. In fact,...
Three ways to meet the expectations of connected consumers
06 Dec 2018
With the undeniable rise of mobile devices and forecasts indicating 20.4 billion ‘connected things’ will be in use worldwide by 2020, to...
How retailers are responding to disruptive challenges
06 Dec 2018
Retailers are facing increased challenges and competition both to the concept of the physical store and with online shopping. This calls for...
AI technology drives savings for large energy users in retail sector
06 Dec 2018
Partnership with ESB’s Smart Energy Services delivers significant energy and cost savings for Tesco Ireland ESB’s Smart Energy Services ...
On Sale: AI Lessons from the Retail Industry
06 Dec 2018
All industries can learn from the retail sector’s work with artificial intelligence, and explore how AI can define product and service...
How retailers can get the most out of AI
06 Dec 2018
Technology is constantly changing the way we live our lives, the way we do business, and the way we interact with one another. It will conti...
Pragmatic AI For Retail: An Introduction
06 Dec 2018
Across many industries, innovators are looking at machine learning as a solution for bringing their organization to the next level of produc...
Retail boosted by fashion and online sales
06 Dec 2018
Shoppers outlaid more on clothes and shoes, offsetting lower spending on eating out and takeaways to lift retail sales 0.3 per cent in Octob...
Microsoft And LinkedIn Can Revolutionize Retail
06 Dec 2018
Microsoft is partnering with retailers and brands to help companies reimagine business and thrive in today’s competitive environment. Micr...
5 Trends That Will Redefine Retail In 2019
06 Dec 2018
The retail industry has undergone a significant transformation over the past decade, and it continues to evolve quickly. Led by advancements...
A Vision Of The Future Mall: Four Innovation Scenarios
06 Dec 2018
I remember going to the mall in Orange County with my best friend’s mom. We would happily tag along for the ride where she would purchase ...
Alibaba to open first e-commerce trade hub in Europe
06 Dec 2018
Alibaba struck a partnership with the Belgian government on Wednesday to create a trade hub that aims to help companies in the country to se...
Walgreens, Kroger Expand Grocery Partnership To 65 Chicago Drugstores
06 Dec 2018
Walgreens Boots Alliance said Tuesday they will offer the Kroger grocery chain’s “Home Chef Express Meal Kits” in 65 of its Chicago ar...
Toys ‘R’ Us’ $11 Billion Bounty Is An Unprecedented Retail Free-For-All
06 Dec 2018
Toys “R” Us has become Toys “R” Them. For the first time in modern American retailing history, the majority share of a major merchan...
The Last Christmas? Maybe For Sears, Kmart, Lord & Taylor, JC Penney — And Others
06 Dec 2018
You don’t need to be a soothsayer, a psychic or a super-intelligent visitor from another planet to know that some of America’s greatest ...
Amazon Cyber Monday Sales Hit New Record
28 Nov 2018
Amazon announced Tuesday (Nov. 27) that this year’s Cyber Monday was the single biggest shopping day in the company’s history, with more...