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2021's Top 10 Retail Experiences: No. 8 Avalon

Chain Store Age picks physical retail's most engaging centers
Party City to open 80 to 100 Halloween pop-ups; plots more store remodels

Party City is ready for one of its most important selling events — Halloween.
Amazon delays office return until 2022

Amazon is postponing the return to its office by four months.
Walmart giving weekly bonuses to warehouse workers

Walmart Inc. is providing a new incentive to keep workers on the job at its warehouses and fulfillment centers amid a tight labor market and as it ramps up for the holiday season.
Presidente Supermarkets in store expansion; to unveil wholesale concept

Miami-based Presidente Supermarkets is expanding into Central Florida.
Petco getting on board with buy now, pay later trend

Petco Health and Wellness Company has joined the growing ranks of retailers offering flexible payment plans.
DSW in exclusive partnership with iconic Hush Puppies brand

DSW will soon be the only physical destination in North America where shoppers can buy Hush Puppies footwear.
Amazon to cut waste from returned, unused goods by giving them a second life

Amazon is making changes to the way it deals with products that get returned to businesses that sell items on its platform or fail to get sold in the first place.

Famed New York City store may be considering bankruptcy