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  • Kitchenware retailer cooks up delivery service

    A new partnership is helping Sur La Table take the term “farm to table” to a new level.   Sur La Table is the go-to source for all things culinary — from cooking tools and kitchen gadgets to tableware. All it was missing was a way to be at their shoppers’ beck and call — and at a moment’s notice — as they prepared a stellar meal.  

  • RECon Report: New times, not end of times, for physical retail

    As the International Council of Shopping Centers shut the doors on its RECon show in Las Vegas this week, Chain Store Age asked top brokers and third-party managers for their take on the temperature of physical retail. Not quite sick, not quite well, but certainly out of rehab and hard at work on recovery, was the general diagnosis.  

  • Ulta sizzles in Q1 — offline and on

    Ulta Beauty came out of the first quarter starting gate strong, with earnings that easily topped Wall Street estimates and big increases in store and online sales.       While online sales are growing at a fast pace, the beauty products and services retailer isn't slowing down its store growth. It said it will open 100 new stores in its current fiscal year.    

  • Amazon takes on Etsy with new bridal destination

    Amazon is making its debut in the bridal category —a move that will take another hit against its crafting competitor Etsy.   

  • Twitter features fun — not transactional — bot program

    A social media giant is getting in on the chatbot wave.    Twitter launched a new, customizable Direct Message Card that brands can use to promote and share bots and other customer experiences built in its Direct Messages tool. Direct Messages helps companies create personalized ads and interactions — ranging from customer acquisition programs to engaging bots.  

  • Study: Email, not Facebook, drives consumer engagement among brands

    Despite social media’s growing presence in many consumers’ lives, it is not the ideal platform for brand interaction.   That's according to the “2017 Generational Marketing Insights Survey,” from Campaigner, the email marketing brand of j2 Global. According to findings, less than a quarter (24%) of online shoppers use social media as one of their preferred channels for brand interaction. And it seems that not all social media channels are created equal.  

  • Real Estate Report Digital Edition, courtesy of Phillips Edison

    Phillips Edison & Company is the fastest-growing company in retail real estate, and it wanted to applaud that fact by giving retailers the fastest route to Chain Store Age’s Annual Real Estate Report. Dig in to learn about the leading developers, the best third-party managers, and the future innovators in the business.

    Get the digital report.

  • Study: Handbags, purses, personalization top Mother’s Day

    While handbags and purses have historically been considered a “risky gift,” times are a’ changin.’   In fact, handbags and purses were the most popular gift for Mother’s Day 2017, representing six of the top 10 gifts for the holiday. Overall, the accessories category led the top gifts purchased for Mother’s Day, according to data from Loop Commerce. Results were based on sales made on the company’s GiftNow platform.  
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