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  • Walmart donates nearly $1 million to help retail's front line

    Walmart is one step closer to fulfilling its mission of donating $100 million toward increasing the economic mobility of entry-level workers.

    The retailer and its Walmart Foundation are donating nearly $1 million to Innovate+Educate to fund research and build recommendations that support the advancement of entry-level workers in retail and adjacent sectors.

  • RetailNext: Holiday sales expected to climb only 2.8%

    A sluggish economic recovery will prevent sales from rising more than 2.8% this holiday season, according to analytics firm RetailNext.

    Last week, the National Retail Federation estimated a 3.7% increase in holiday sales, slightly less than last year. Deloitte also called for a 3.5% to 4% increase. This week the International Council of Shopping Centers predicted a 3.3% increase.

    RetailNext's forecast for U.S. retail stores this holiday season (November – December) includes:

  • How to prepare for an omnichannel holiday season

    Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel recently interviewed people who had already finished their 2015 Christmas shopping. And while they might seem like “very, very sick people,” as Kimmel put it, in the e-commerce world they would be behind schedule. If you haven’t started prepping your online store for the holidays, it’s beyond time to get rolling.

  • Tech Guest Viewpoint: Four Essentials of E-Commerce Holiday Prep

    Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel recently interviewed people who had already finished their 2015 Christmas shopping. And while they might seem like “very, very sick people,” as Kimmel put it, in the e-commerce world they would be behind schedule. If you haven’t started prepping your online store for the holidays, it’s beyond time to get rolling. Here are four essentials of ecommerce holiday prep:

    1. Have Yourself a Mobile Little Christmas

  • Target joins UNICEF in new health charity initiative

  • Rooms to Go to open massive furniture complex in N.C.

    Rooms to Go is cutting the ribbon this weekend on the largest retail furniture store in the Southeastern United States.

    The Florida-based retailer will open a Rooms to Go Super Center and Distribution Center on Oct. 17 in Dunn, N.C. The newly built facility comprises approximately 1,450,000 square feet on 120 acres and houses a state of the art Rooms to Go showroom, a Rooms to Go Kids/Teens showroom, a Rooms to Go Outlet Center and a huge distribution center housing tens of thousands of pieces of furniture.

  • Starbucks deal costs Square

    There are no sure things in business – not even a partnership with Starbucks.

    In paperwork filed for a planned IPO, Square revealed that since launching an agreement to process back-end mobile transactions for Starbucks in October 2012 (the coffee chain did not adopt Square reader hardware), it has recorded $309.8 million in revenue but $380.4 million in processing costs.

  • Watch this: Walmart CEO McMillon on 'Mad Money'

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