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  • Instacart in big expansion

    Online delivery service Instacart is launching its first expansion of 2016 – and it’s a big one.

    Instacart is now offering deliveries in as little as one hour from Whole Foods Market, Gelson’s Market, Stater Bros. Markets, Ralphs, Smart & Final, Costco (no membership needed), Petco, and H Mart to residents of Orange County, California. Whole Foods will offer delivery via Instacart at prices that are the same as shoppers find in-stores.

  • Digital retailing in a faster, more demanding world

    Consumer expectations are increasing and retailers are keeping up—but their trading partners are lagging.

    This is one of the key takeaways from the fourth annual industry benchmark survey by Retail Systems Research (RSR) commissioned by SPS Commerce. The goal of the survey was to examine the internal and external forces driving today’s retail ecosystem, an industry that has evolved more in the past decade than in the past century. That evolution continues this year, with three critical drivers at the forefront:

  • Ingles Markets names new CEO

    Persistence has paid off at Ingles Market for Jim Lanning who was elevated to the role of CEO after joining the $3.8 billion supermarket chain 41 years earlier.

    Asheville, NC.-based Ingles Markets named Lanning, 56, to the role of CEO, filling a position previously held by company Chairman Robert P. Ingle, II. Lanning will retain his position as president while Ingle, 47, will continue to serve as chairman and continue his day-to-day active operational role in the executive leadership of the company, according to a statement.

  • Korean beauty retailer sets up shop in the United States with more stores to come

    Photo: Aritaum, H-Mart, Ridgefield, New Jersey

  • Ross Dress for Less on the move in Texas

    Ross Dress for Less opened a new store in El Paso, Texas on March 5.

  • Online luxury retailer gets physical again

    Online luxury consignment retailer The RealReal continues to make moves in the physical world as it seeks to simplify how customers interact with its innovative retail model.

    San Francisco-based The RealReal began establishing a direct physical presence last August when it opened an office in New York City to authenticate and accept goods for sale, followed by a location this past February in Los Angeles. And it has now opened a third location focused on jewelry and watches in Chicago.


  • GameStop emerges victorious from transitional 2015

    GameStop's efforts to generate growth by diversifying its business model worked well in 2015, as the video game retailer posted its third straight year of positive comps.

  • Ex-Walmart, Sears exec joins Conn's board

    Conn's is adding two independent directors with deep retail expertise to its board.

    The company announced that James Haworth and Oded Shein have been appointed as independent directors.

    “Jim and Oded are proven leaders with more than a half century of combined retail experience,” said Theodore M. Wright, non-executive chairman of the board, Conn’s. “They add even greater depth to our Board as we continue implementing Conn’s strategic plan.”

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