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Startups Spotlight: Technologies On the Rise
From hyperlocal social media intelligence to mobile survey creation, this month’s crop of startups is filling niche spaces that can have a big impact on a retailer’s business. Learn about an augmented reality platform that’s elevating the online experience, a social referral startup that makes it easy to spread rewarding word-of-mouth recommendations and an analytics company that helps retailers and CPG companies get the most out of their online and transaction-level customer data.

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CVS Pharmacy debuts across Utah Targets
CVS Health on Thursday announced that the first CVS Pharmacy locations in Target stores are now open in Utah. The 13 pharmacies are being operated through a store-within-a-store format and are branded CVS Pharmacy.

HBC promotes former Saks exec to run new PR department

Andrew Blecher, SVP of public relations at Hudson’s Bay Company
Study – Don’t take mobile shoppers for granted

Consumers are willing to use their mobile devices for shopping, but retailers still need to carefully design their mobile apps and experiences.
Macy’s unseats Kohl’s as ….

Macy’s ranked as the department store of the year in the Harris Poll’s 28th annual EquiTrend Study, which recognizes the strongest brands based on consumer response.

In coming out on top, Macy's unseated Kohl's, which has held the honor since 2012. Macy's also showed one of the largest brand equity increases (+7%) over a three-year period.
300+ CEOs weigh in on future of retail

With 2,400 confirmed attendees, the new retail and e-commerce event Shoptalk has handily exceeded its first year goals, and glancing at the program it’s easy to see why.
Study: Two tech trends ready to disrupt retail

There is no shortage of emerging technologies with the potential to transform how retailers operate, but some are closer to realizing that potential than others.

Virtual and augmented reality and Internet of Things (IoT) are most likely to disrupt retail, at least in the short term. That’s according to the first quarter 2016 Retail Innovation Report from the Center for Advancing Retail & Technology (CART).
Retailers rank supply chain challenges

One key area of the supply chain is an area of concern for almost three-quarters of North American retailers.
Local supermarket retailer stays with the time — and keeps expenses in check

PSK Supermarkets, a 14-unit Mount Vernon, New York-based grocer that operates stores under the Foodtown banner, needs to run at maximum efficiency in order to compete with national rivals and keep food prices low for shoppers Controlling expenses is a big part of PSK’s efforts to ensure optimal operations. To stay on top of finances. the retailer leverages cloud-based Dayforce Human Capital Management (HCM) technology from Ceridian.
Study: Retailers rank supply chain challenges

One key area of the supply chain is an area of concern for almost three-quarters of North American retailers.
Macy’s unseats Kohl’s as...

Macy’s ranked as the department store of the year in the Harris Poll’s 28th annual EquiTrend Stud, which recognizes the strongest brands based on consumer response.

In coming out on top, Macy's unseated Kohl's, which has held the honor since 2012. Macy's also showed one of the largest brand equity increases (+7%) over a three-year period.
Wayfair partners with home services start-up Porch to compete with Amazon

Online home furnishings retailer Wayfair Inc. is partnering with Seattle-based home services platform Porch.com to offer home installation and assembly services to its customers.