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  • New Shopify partnership turns influencers into retailers

    E-commerce platform Shopify wants to help social media content creators expand into the world of online sales.

    Shopify is partnering with FameBit, a Santa Monica, California-based platform that allows social media influencers and brands to collaborate for product and service endorsements. The new partnership will allow more than 31,000 of FameBit’s influencers to leverage Shopify’s VIP program and technology to expand into e-commerce.

  • Bebe reports Q2 loss as comps fall

    Traffic and conversion troubles led to a disappointing performance by fashion retailer Bebe Stores in the second quarter. For the period ended Jan. 2, the company reported a loss of $5.5 million.

  • Papa John’s delivers – on the back end

    For pizza retailer Papa John’s International Inc., successful customer delivery begins with successful delivery in the supply chain.

    Papa John’s is optimizing routes, improving on-time store deliveries and enhancing the performance of its transportation fleet by using transportation modeling capabilities from the Manhattan Associates Transportation Management Solution.

  • Jos. A Banks turns in troubling Q4 performance for Tailored Brands

    Tailored Brands, formerly Men’s Wearhouse, vowed more changes after its Jos. A Bank division logged a 31.9% decline in same store sales.

  • Use Visual Merchandising Online to Ring Up Profits

    Fashion and department stores, perhaps more than other retail segments, understand the benefits of visual merchandising. Consumers may set out to shop for a specific item, but seeing “that item” curated as part of an outfit with related garments and accessories is a surefire way to upsell complementary apparel.

  • Foursquare will pick up the groceries

    Local discovery app Foursquare is the latest entity to join the increasingly crowded on-demand delivery market.

    Foursquare is partnering with Delivery.com to enable users to order groceries, food and alcohol directly through the Foursquare mobile app. The integration, facilitated by the mobile commerce platform Button, leverages Button's DeepLink Commerce technology to enable cross-functionality between the Delivery.com and Foursquare apps.

  • What channel are digital buyers flocking to?

    Consumer trend data shows that more than half of digital shoppers will use one specific channel for making purchases at least once within a year.

    According to a new report from eMarketer, 95.1 million Americans ages 14 and older, or 51% of digital buyers, will make at least one purchase via a smartphone during 2017. This figure will rise to 55% by 2020.

  • No grout about it, the Tile Shop is surging

    The Tile Shop paved the way for continued growth in the fourth quarter, with an increase in same store sales and profits.

    For the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, the specialty retailer reported a 9.8% same store sales increase, a 70.4% gross margin increase, and diluted earnings per share of 7 cents. Net sales grew 13.5% to $71.9 million for the fourth quarter compared with $63.3 million for the prior year quarter. 

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