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  • Report: Online retail sales to hit $440 billion in 2017

    Online growth — and along with it, online market share — continues to accelerate.   The trajectory is so strong that sales are on pace to hit $440 billion in 2017, a leap from $395 billion expected in 2016, according to “U.S. Online Sales Forecast: Omni-Channel Retailing Challenged by Its Success,” a report from FTI Consulting.   

  • Report: A majority of shoppers use social media throughout their path to purchase

    Social media is increasingly influencing the shopper’s entire path-to-purchase.  

  • Troubled apparel retailer heading toward bankruptcy—again

    American Apparel Inc. reportedly is preparing to file for its second bankruptcy just nine months after it emerged from its first one.     According to Bloomberg, the beleaguered retailer, whose sales continue to slide, could file as early as in the next few weeks.  

  • Shoptalk reveals speaker lineup

    Brian Cornell,  chairman and CEO of Target Corp., and Mindy Grossman, CEO and director of HSN,  are among the headliners at  Shoptalk 2017, the nex-gen retail and e-commerce event.   Also on the bill: Devin Wenig, president and CEO of eBay.  

  • Report: Digital and human interactions key to brick-and-mortar success

    The more help a consumer receives—digital and human—the more he or she is willing to spend while in the store.     Consumers spend twice as much in-store when they receive assistance from a store associate, according to a new study by InMoment, and 2.2 times more when they surf the brand’s web site while in the store. What’s more, a consumer’s average single-trip spend increases nearly four times when engaged by both in-store staff and the brand’s web site.  

  • Report: Aeropostale has potential to become a 500-store chain—again

    A big mall developer thinks Aerospostale still has plenty of life left in it.   Simon Property Group, along with General Growth Properties and several other companies, bought the failing chain out of bankruptcy in September.  Speaking to a group of investors last week,  CEO David Simon expressed confidence in Aeropostale’s ability to regain momentum.  

  • Amazon Prime makes it way to China

    Amazon is looking to give Alibaba and JD.com a run for the money on their home turf.   The online giant is making its Amazon Prime subscription service available in China, a country where it has struggled to gain market share.     

  • Tech Bytes: Three solutions to solve the ‘card-not-present’ conundrum

    Online shopping is expected to reach record levels this holiday season, with some reports suggesting it may even match — for the first time ever — physical store spending.     
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