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SPECS — the retail industry’s top event for store development — will hold its 57th annual conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Md., just minutes from Washington, D.C., on August 22 - 24, 2021.

Piercing Pagoda is updating its 50-year-old brand and looking to inline mall locations for growth. 

More retailers are revising their mask requirements in the wake of the updated recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

The new DoorDash Kitchens Full Service offering provides fast-food retailers with a hosted storefront.

Walmart Inc. is reinstating its employee mask mandate but, at least for the time being, it does not apply across all its locations.

Wegmans Food Markets has signed a 30-year lease for its second store in the Big Apple, this time in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood.

A new survey indicates the COVID-19 pandemic has permanently changed consumer shopping habits, including a number of new expectations for stores.

Shoppers in select Apple stores will once again have to wear masks — vaccinated or not.