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  • Holiday Forecast: Will earlier Hanukkah fuel even bigger November sales?

    October will be over in a flash, and with it, all eyes will be on the holiday season, which is measured from November 1 through December 31.

    The 2015 retail calendar has several distinctions, as we saw Memorial Day fall on the earliest possible date and Labor Day on the latest possible date. This holiday season, there are 28 days between Thanksgiving (not counting the actual day) and Christmas, which is an average amount for the period separating the two holidays.

  • 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.

  • Major retailer CEO joins Yum Brands board

    The CEO of one of America’s most prominent discount retail chains has joined the board of directors of quick service restaurant operator Yum Brands. Target CEO Brian J. Cornell, 56, is now a member of the Yum Brands board.

  • Report: Leading pet retailers may merge

    The two biggest specialty pet retailers in the U.S. may merge. According to Reuters, Petco Holdings Inc. is considering a possible acquisition from chief rival PetSmart Inc.

  • Rite Aid beats street in Q2, adjusts guidance

    Rite Aid on Thursday reported $7.7 billion in revenue for its fiscal second quarter ended Aug. 29, representing an increase of 17.5%. Retail pharmacy segment revenues were $6.6 billion and increased 1.9%, primarily as a result of an increase in same-store sales. And pharmacy services segment revenues were $1.1 billion from the date of the acquisition of EnvisionRx — June 24 — through the end of the quarter. 

  • Macy's has a new omnichannel payment option

    Macy’s Inc. is getting in touch with a new omnichannel payment option.

  • Online footwear retailer sprints toward faster delivery

    Vancouver-based specialty online footwear retailer Shoes.com is sprinting toward new levels of fast delivery.

    Shoes.com is offering home and office delivery in two hours or less on select items on its Canadian website.

    The service costs $19.95 per order and launches Thursday, Sept. 17 in Vancouver and Toronto and surrounding municipalities, with plans to expand to Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal and Ottawa by the end of 2015.

    Shoes.com will use a network of local fulfillment centers that have access to the retailer’s technology, operations and marketing.

  • Webinar on how Saks’ million-dollar energy savings started with data

    New York -- Learn how Saks Fifth Avenue used data as the foundation for its energy efficiency initiatives at a Webinar on Thursday, September 24, 2015, at 2 p.m. (EST).  

    Gary Levitan, senior manager of energy and utilities for Hudson’s Bay Company, parent of Saks Fifth Avenue, will explain how Saks used data — and how it efficiently identified and leveraged the right data — to make the business case for an efficiency initiative that drove the following benefits:   

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