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Department stores face an uncertain future

by Mark Garrison
May 12, 2016
To compete, they've got to completely transform themselves.
Pedestrians walk by Macy's flagship store in Herald Square on May 11, 2016 in New York, New York. The retailer faces a second year of sales declines, overall sales fell 7.4 percent to $5.77 billion in the quarter ended April 30.
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How some brick-and-mortar retailers will survive e-commerce

by Mitchell Hartman
May 10, 2016
Retailers are trying to generate foot traffic in stores with food offerings and more "branded experience."
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Are mall-based clothing stores doomed?

by Andy Uhler
May 3, 2016
Mall brands take another hit with news of Aeropostle's reported plans to file for bankruptcy.
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Why are there so many mattress stores?

by Marketplace Contributor
May 2, 2016
It's not your imagination. Mattress stores are popping up everywhere.
A recently opened Mattress Firm in Chicago's South Loop. After a wave of acquisitions, Mattress Firm now has 3,500 stores in 48 states and controls one-third of the market.
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Are chip cards worth the wait at the checkout line?

by Marketplace Staff
Apr 19, 2016
We asked, you answered.
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German grocer Aldi expands all the way to California

by Annie Baxter
Mar 25, 2016
Germany's largest grocer brings its discount model to California.
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Was the Lands’ End site scrub a branding faux pas?

by Donna Tam
Feb 25, 2016
The clothing company deletes an interview with feminist Gloria Steinem after enraged customers threatened to boycott.
A woman shops for Lands' End brand sweaters October 15, 2003 at a Sears store in Niles, Illinois.
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Presidents Day sales may struggle

by Mitchell Hartman
Feb 15, 2016
The sales on furniture and appliances are still important to the bottom line for brick-and-mortar retailers.
Presidents Day may be "the un-sexiest of all the shopping holidays." 
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Wal-Mart boosts workers' hourly wages

by Annie Baxter
Jan 21, 2016
Wal-Mart Stores will dole out pay increases to about 1.2 million hourly workers.
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Actuality, by Marketplace and Quartz

Fear Fast Fashion

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Nov 27, 2015
Quartz and Marketplace race into the world of fast fashion.
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