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  • Delhaize, Ahold prepare for merger

    The $11 billion purchase of Belgium-based supermarket operator Delhaize Group by Netherlands-based grocery conglomerate Ahold is coming closer.   The two companies both announced they expect the deal, approved by the shareholders of both companies in March 2016, to go through before the end of July 2016, subject to regulatory approval by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).   

  • The results are in for Amazon Prime Day

    The dust is clearing from the aftermath of the second annual Amazon Prime Day, and the industry can now see how well the online sales extravaganza actually performed.  

  • Prime Day Update: Best-sellers and positive buzz take center stage

    While Amazon Prime Day got off to a bit of a rocky start, performance appears to be improving as the day goes on.   According to analysis from Clavis Insight, consumer electronics is the most popular category among Prime Day “spotlight deals,” promoted at the top of the page as especially in-demand items. As of 10 a.m. ET Amazon had run 21 spotlight deals, almost half of which were consumer electronics. At the same on the 2015 edition of Prime Day, Amazon had only posted 10 spotlight deals.  

  • Amazon Prime Day: Morning clouds lead to sun

    So far, it appears that some early Prime Day performance issues on the Amazon.com site gave way to much stronger results as the day continued.   According to multiple media reports, a glitch was causing problems for some U.S. and U.K. consumers attempting to check out their Amazon purchases the morning of Tuesday, July 12. Numerous shoppers tweeted their frustrations using hashtags such as #PrimeDay and #PrimeDayFail.  

  • Retailers back swipe fee limit

    The National Retail Federation (NRF) has been actively campaigning to keep federal caps on debit card swipe fees, and now its constituents are speaking out.  

  • Another retailer enters Prime Day battlefield

    Walmart is not the only big-name retailer preparing a July 12 online sales extravaganza.   Toys “R” Us is launching an online discount event so simple even a child could take advantage of it. All day Tuesday, July 12, shoppers on the Toys “R” Us and Babies “R” Us e-commerce sites can receive 15% off regular-priced items. There will also be more than 50,000 toys and baby products on sale sitewide.  

  • Now Showing: Stores in classic L.A. movie palaces

    Los Angeles’s Broadway Theater District was the first such entertainment strip to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Is the famed alley of theater palaces now poised to make retail history?  

  • New bricks-and-mortar concept taps into consumers’ digital photo obsession

    Blink is eyeing retail expansion thanks to new financing.  
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