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Why curbside pickup has been a win for both retailers and consumers

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 26, 2021
The ease of online shopping combined with the immediacy of pickup could save retailers on logistics and draw customers back from delivery.
An employee delivers a curbside pickup order to a customer's vehicle at a California Best Buy store in November 2020. Curbside pickup has proven a win-win for customers and retailers during the pandemic.
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Back in name only: Toys R Us brand to reappear in more than 400 Macy's stores

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 20, 2021
Just a few years ago, the toy retailer closed its U.S. operations and laid off 30,000 workers.
A Toys R Us store in New York in 2018, after the chain said its U.S. locations would close. Macy's plans to use the brand name to boost traffic in its department stores.
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The back-to-school shopping season is critical for this small business

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon and Daniel Shin
Aug 5, 2021
Nneka Brown of Innovative Supplies Worldwide says all-digital education deprives children of the opportunity to learn key skills.
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How do retailers decide when to raise prices?

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 3, 2021
The price of many products, supplies and raw materials has been rising. Retailers must figure out when to pass those costs along to customers.
A shopper checks her receipt in a mall in April 2021.
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Remembering art supply store Pearl Paint, a mecca for New York artists

by Rose Conlon
Jul 28, 2021
Architectural lighting designer Sylvia Olmos talks about her personal connection to the famed art supply store.
Pearl Paint, an art supply store in lower Manhattan, was an institution for artists until its closure in 2014.
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Is fast fashion catching up to real time?

by Kai Ryssdal and Minju Park
Jul 22, 2021
Shein, a fast-growing, China-based clothing brand, relies on a “real-time fashion” model that slashes the time from design to production.
Expanding Chinese clothing brand Shein prioritizes its web presence. Its "real-time fashion" model enables it to capture opportunities quickly.
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Warehouse space in high demand as companies shift to e-commerce

by Andy Uhler
Jun 23, 2021
The U.S. may need an additional 330 million square feet of distribution space by 2025 to handle the expected expansion of online sales.
As people are pivoting away from buying goods, retailers are faced with surplus inventory.
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Despite e-commerce boom, a leading cardboard maker's profits fall

by Victoria Craig
Jun 22, 2021
For DS Smith, higher demand from individual customers wasn't enough to offset a drop in corporate clients.
An estimated $171 billion in returns are expected from this holiday season, says a report from the National Retail Federation.
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What happens after a beloved fabric store closes?

by Rose Conlon
Jun 14, 2021
Hancock Fabrics, with its rows and rows of possibilities, was a fixture in the lives of many, including Joanna Clark of Brunswick, Georgia.
Hancock Fabrics was one of the country’s largest fabric retailers. The company announced it was closing its stores in 2016.
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Remembering the iconic store Thrift Town

by Daniel Shin
Jun 9, 2021
Beatrice Hogg talks about what she remembers and misses about her local Sacramento Thrift Town.
Like many local shops that live over generations, Thrift Town became a landmark to some in the Sacramento region.
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