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  • Belk goes omnichannel for back-to-school

    Belk Inc. looks like it has found a winner in a just-completed omnichannel back-to-school promotion.

    Working with digital marketing provider HelloWorld, Belk allowed customers to both submit and vote on “looks” such as dorm room, game day and night out, created with Belk merchandise.

  • Gilt makes offline leap — but no walk-ins

    New York -- Members of the flash sale site Gilt will soon be able to see close up some of the site’s designer deals on the popular website, complete with a personal stylist — but only if they book ahead.

  • JCPenney, Bluemercury featured at retail summit

    Some major retailers are participating in the 30th Retailing Summit conference hosted by The Texas A&M University’s Center for Retailing Studies at Mays Business School.

  • Start-up shopping site rewards social influencers

    Charlotte, N.C. – How do social influencers discover the latest hot retailers and products?

    Yuno, a new social shopping e-commerce site, allows users to discover and shop for more than 70 million products, curates fashion, lifestyle, sports and technology products from retailers including Macy's, Best Buy, Nieman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Foot Locker.

  • Lowe’s makes big purchase for big Hawaii store

    Mooresville, N.C. – Lowe’s Companies Inc. is making a big purchase that will enable it to build a big store on one of Hawaii’s biggest islands.

    The retailer is purchasing an 11-acre property in Kahului, Hawaii for $18.7 million from A&B Properties Inc., a subsidiary of Alexander & Baldwin.

    Lowe’s plans to build a 167,000-sq.-ft. store on the site, located on the island of Maui. The new store will be 16% larger than Lowe’s current store in Kahului, which it leases from a third party.

  • Shopping Neiman Marcus as simple as taking photo

    Neiman Marcus is expanding its 3-D app called Snap. Find. Shop. to include all categories within the store.

  • Sports Authority begins biggest sale of the year

    Sports Authority is encouraging customers to line up early on Saturday, Sept. 5 for the retailer’s annual winter sports blowout sale identified for the past 61 years by the quirky name Sniagrab.

  • Uniqlo to make Midwest debut in a big way

    New York -- Uniqlo will open its second-largest U.S. store to date, in Chicago.

    The 60,000-sq.-ft. location, which also marks the Japanese apparel giant’s entry into the Midwest, will open on Oct. 23, on Michigan Avenue near Water Tower Place, according to the Chicago Tribune.

    The store will take up three floors in the former Filene's Basement space.

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