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  • Budget family-fashion retailer continues to expand

    Forever 21 is growing its its lower-priced format, F21 RED.

    The chain has opened three new stores, with locations in Brooklyn, New York; San Diego, California and Kendall, Florida. The Brooklyn store is 35,000 sq. ft., while the San Diego and Kendall locations are more than 20,000 sq. ft.

    Forever 21 launched F21 RED, which carries merchandise for men, women and children, in the first quarter of 2014. There are currently more than 20 F21 locations in the United States.

  • Pinterest promotes social commerce value

    Pinterest is adding a new feature to its Buyable Pins in-app purchase mechanism aimed at price-conscious shoppers.

  • IDC: ‘Mobile first’ looks like a smart strategy

    Retailers who are focusing on mobile as a means of digitally engaging customers have some solid data backing up their approach.

  • Update on American Apparel

    Dov Charney, the founder and ousted CEO of American Apparel, continues with his efforts to regain control of the company. But with the chain slated to emerge from bankruptyc in mid-January, time is running out, Bloomberg reported.

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  • Newegg walks the personalization talk

    Holiday shoppers who need a friendly ear while looking for products online may want to check out Newegg.com.

  • The dark — and costly — side of holiday returns

    Return fraud during the holidays is a growing problem for retailers—and also an extremely expensive one.

  • This city is a retail melting pot

    When it comes to retail diversity, Manhattan is about as inclusive as it gets.

    A first-of-its-kind survey of 906 existing retailers in three of Manhattan’s leading shopping districts (SoHo, Fifth Avenue, and Madison Avenue) found a virtual “United Nations” of merchants originating from 26 countries. The Cushman & Wakefield study found that nearly four out of 10 retailers – 39% -- originate from outside the United States.

  • Study: Holiday delivery performance worsens

    Delivery performance in the first half of December may land many providers on the naughty list.

    According to analysis of what more than 130,000 shoppers said in surveys about on-time deliveries of their full orders between Dec. 1 - Dec. 15 by Bizrate Insights, a division of Connexity, time is not on their side.

    Bizrate Insights data indicated on-time delivery rate went from 93.3% on Tuesday, Dec. 1 to 89.9% on Tuesday, Dec. 15. There were small day-over-day spikes in on-time delivery rate on Saturday, Dec. 5, Tuesday, Dec 8 and Friday Dec. 11.

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