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  • Retailers to get tax relief for store remodels/improvements?

    Two bills passed by a key House committee would help retailers save on store remodeling and improvement costs upfront.

  • Ikea going bigger in Seattle

    Ikea is expanding yet another of its older U.S. stores.

    The home furnishings giant has begun demolishing a covered parking structure where it will construct a new, larger store in Renton, Washington, across the 29-acre parcel from its current Seattle-area store.

    Razing the building will make room for construction of the new Renton store, slated to open in spring 2017.

    Actual store construction likely will commence later this year after completion of the demolition and site preparation.

  • Walmart strategy boosts mobile engagement

    Walmart has figured out how to tap into its shoppers’ offline habits to drive more engagement online, according to a new report from Quartz.

    Walmart has managed to do something very few retailers have accomplished: Convince millions of people its mobile app is useful enough to snag a prime spot on their phones’ home screen.

    Read more about Walmart's strategy by clicking here.

  • The Force awakens the toy aisle

    Star Wars merchandise is shaking up the busy fall retail season, according to a new report.

    According to new research from 360pi, between Sept. 4 and 10, Star Wars-themed toys comprised nearly two in 10 of the daily top 100 best selling toys on Amazon, dethroning bestsellers Cards Against Humanity, Crayola and Exploding Kittens, and replacing traditional Lego items with Star Wars-themed versions.

  • Holiday shoppers go crazy for free shipping

    Online shoppers will do anything to quality for free shipping-even spend more money.

    Sixty percent of holiday shoppers say they have increased their online spending in the past to qualify for free shipping, according to the 2015 Holiday Shopping Survey from Pitney Bowes. 

  • Target is looking for a few good startups

    Target Corp. has operated an innovation lab in San Francisco since 2013, but now the retailer is eyeing a more accelerated and outward-focused approach to innovation.

  • Target workers OK first union in company’s history

    A group of pharmacy workers within Target Corp's store in Brooklyn, N.Y., have won a vote to form a micro-union, making it the first unionized store at the retailer since its inception in 1902, according to Reuters.

    A group of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians won an initial ballot, 7-2, to form the union, according to a filing on the National Labor Relations Board website and union officials, the report said.

  • How Walmart built the fastest growing retail app

    Walmart has figured out how to tap into its shoppers’ offline habits to drive more engagement online, according to a new report from Quartz.

    Walmart has managed to do something very few retailers have accomplished: Convince millions of people its mobile app is useful enough to snag a prime spot on their phones’ home screen.

    Read more about Walmart's strategy by clicking here.

     

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