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  • Fast-growing Five Below secures second DC

    Specialty retailer Five Below doubled in size the past three years and now the company has secured a new distribution center to help it replicate that accomplishment going forward.

    The new 600,000-sq.-ft. facility in the northern Mississippi community of Olive Branch will become operational in 2013 and will complement the company’s existing distribution facility in Newark, De. Five Below is focused on teen and pre-teen customers and derives its name from a merchandise mix price at $5 or less.

  • Neiman Marcus to launch international shipping for e-commerce customers

    Dallas -- Neiman Marcus Group said Tuesday it has launched international shipping and payment options for online sales via a relationship with global e-commerce expansion platform FiftyOne Global Ecommerce.

    The move will allow Neiman, which has only a domestic bricks-and-mortar presence, to expand its online reach to 100+ countries. It kicks off with a promotional flat-rate shipping offer on all international purchases through Dec. 10.

  • Report: Amazon packages for pick-up at Staples

    New York -- According to a Monday report by Reuters, Staples will install Amazon lockers inside its U.S. stores, providing consumers an alternative location to receive packages from the online retailer.

    According to the report, customers are sent an email code with a pickup code for opening the locker. Shoppers then have three days to retrieve the package.

     

  • P&G to provide showers, personal care kits and portable power to those impacted by Hurricane Sandy

    UNION BEACH, N.J. — In partnership with the American Red Cross, beginning Nov. 6, the P&G Mobile Relief Center will be stationed in Union Beach, N.J., to provide showers, personal care kits, household products — including Bounty, Charmin, Tide and Dawn — and baby products, including Pampers diapers and wipes, to victims of Hurricane Sandy, Procter & Gamble announced Monday. This service will be free to all victims, responders and their families.

  • Supervalu cutting 700 positions at New England subsidiaries

    New York -- Supervalu Inc. is cutting 700 positions at its Shaw’s and Star Market divisions in New England.

    The company said Friday that the job cuts will take place in 169 Shaw's and Star Market stores.

     

  • DSW acquires corporate headquarters and Columbus DC

    Columbus, Ohio -- DSW Inc. announced Thursday the acquisition of 810 AC LLC, which owns the corporate headquarters of DSW, as well as its 700,000-sq.-ft. distribution center and trailer lot on its home office campus in Columbus, Ohio.

    Purchase price was $72 million.

    The company recently completed the $15 million installation of an automatic sortation facility in the distribution center to support its size replenishment program.

     

  • The case for unconventional collaboration

    This holiday season promises to be the most digital of all time with forecasts calling for e-commerce growth to handily outpace overall industry sales. At UPS, the multi-channel movement is a trend we have watched intensify and helped facilitate during the past decade. Chances are good one of our delivery vehicles will visit your home or that of a family member this Christmas.

  • Nordstrom Rack to make Alabama debut in 2013

    Seattle -- Nordstrom said it plans to open a Nordstrom Rack in Birmingham, Ala. This will be the retailer's first location in the state.

    The approximately 35,000-sq. ft. store is scheduled to open in spring 2013 at River Ridge Shopping Center. The center is owned and operated by DDR Corp.

     

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