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  • Off-price category hot, but newcomers should watch out

    New York -- The off-price segment is on fire, but newcomers to the sector should watch out, warns a report by Moody’s Investors Service.

    The U.S. off-price apparel and home products segment continues to grow rapidly as consumers who developed a taste for cheaply priced luxury goods during the recession keep up their hunt for bargains, Moody's Investors Service said in a new report.

  • Walmart piloting product content system for suppliers — and customers

    New York -- Walmart wants to keep customers better connected with supplier information.

    The discounter on Monday unveiled a pilot program called the Product Content Collection System (PCCS), which is designed to provide rich, descriptive data about Walmart products from all suppliers and manufacturers, while providing the most accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive product information to customers. Walmart introduced the new venture on the blog of its Silicon Valley-based, technology laboratory, WalmartLabs.

  • Online grocery shopping popularity grows

    Louisville, Colo. - U.S. online grocery shoppers are upping the amount of grocery shopping they complete online. According to a new survey of 1,100 U.S. online grocery shoppers from natural and organic online grocer Door to Door Organics, more than half (54%) said in the past year they had increased the amount of grocery shopping they do online by an average of 29%.

  • Retailers Lead the Way in Energy Management Initiatives

    In December 2014, Ecova released the findings of its 2015 Energy and Sustainability Predictions survey to better understand what’s on the minds of those involved in energy and sustainability management.

  • Bon-Ton selling stores to help pay off loan

    The Bon-Ton Stores is looking to help pay off a $105 million mortgage on 12 properties with a new deal.

    The retailer announced it will sell six properties to CPA:17-Global, a real estate investment trust of W.P. Carey, and lease them back. The deal will generate $84 million for Bon-Ton.

  • Oracle unveils solution to ease e-commerce deployment, management

    Redwood Shores, Calif. -- Oracle is enhancing its efforts to attract customers in the e-commerce sector.

    The company on Monday officially launched its new Commerce Cloud, a flexible and scalable SaaS solution designed to make it easy for retailers to include e-commerce as part of their larger digital customer experience strategy. The new tool, built for the Oracle Public Cloud, is part of Oracle’s Customer Experience (CX) applications portfolio.

  • Accenture completes Javelin purchase

    London - Accenture has completed its acquisition of Javelin Group, a retail strategy consulting and digital transformation services provider. The acquisition was first announced on May 18, 2015.

    Javelin Group will be a distinct business unit within Accenture Strategy. Accenture will leverage Javelin’s specialist retail strategy and digital capabilities to help retailers accelerate digital transformation.

  • Peapod debuts 'farm in a box'

    As food delivery increases in popularity among U.S. consumers, online grocer Peapod is launching an innovative service focused on produce.

    The company is going to start offering the Peapod Local Farm Box. Throughout the summer, Peapod customers in New York City, New Jersey, Eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin will have the option of adding a box of produce from local farms to their virtual grocery cart.

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