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  • Mashable, Visa mix it up for e-commerce

    Digital media company Mashable and Visa are doing a little mashing of their own to launch a new online retail entity.

    The two companies have launched the Mashable Shop, an e-commerce storefront accessible via the Mashable media site. Mashable Shop offers both original apparel and accessories, as well curated technology products and select merchandise from Williams-Sonoma. The Visa Checkout online payment service will be the exclusive form of payment.

  • Smart & Final expands California footprint with store purchase

    It’s official: Smart & Final Stores is acquiring 32 Haggen stores in Central and Southern California.

    Smart & Final has been approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court to purchase 32 store leases – four of which are supplemental to the chain’s previously announced stalking-horse bid –from affiliates of Haggen Holdings for a total cash purchase price of approximately $68 million. Smart & Final plans to convert the 32 stores to its Extra! Store format.

  • Unusual twosome mix it up for e-commerce

    Digital media company Mashable and Visa are doing a little mashing of their own to launch a new online retail entity.

  • The New Stand—it’s not your average c-store

    A new day, every day. That’s what an unusual new retail concept in Manhattan promises shoppers.

    It’s called The New Stand, and it’s located underground in the Union Square subway station, near the entrance to the L train. A second location is set to open, this one above ground, at Brookfield Place, a shopping center in lower Manhattan.

  • Canadian furniture retailer sets its sights on the U.S.

    Just in time for Black Friday, Structube, a leading Canadian retailer of modern furniture, has launched its e-commerce site in the United States.

    In addition to its online platform, Structube, which operates 47 stores in Canada, plans to open stores across the United States, starting in 2016.

    Structube specializes in contemporary style furniture, and offers “high style/low priced” pre-assembled and easy-to-assemble products. The company says it caters to young professionals, condo dwellers and small businesses.

  • Wolverine World Wide making key growth moves

    More Stride Rite shoe stores are closing as parent company Wolverine World Wide increases its focus on direct sales and improving the performance of lifestyle brands.

  • Jet.com secures more funding to build brand

    Online retailer Jet.com has secured an additional $350 million in funding and joined the ranks of startup unicorns whose valuation exceeds $1 billion.

  • Same store sales drop 3.3% at Chico's

    Chico's FAS blamed the holiday calendar and a volatile stock market for its disappointing financial results in the third quarter.

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