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Articles on retail finance (from results to investments).

  1. Corporate Finance

Bensons for Beds boosted by strong ecommerce sales

Bensons for Beds has recorded strong sales growth in the last three months of 2022, following investment in its stores and ecommerce site. The bed and mattress retailer saw its… The post Bensons for Beds boosted by strong ecommerce sales appeared first on Latest Retail Technology News From Across The Globe – Charged.
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Should Your Business Invest in Technology Now?

The big takeaway Your customers will respond to offerings that are genuinely useful and helpful to them, even in an economic downturn. The key is investing in innovation that adds value, rather than chasing what’s trendy. Need proof?  Beauty giant L’Oreal has invested more in research and development every year, even in tough times. That […]
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  1. Corporate Finance

Bestway buys £195m slice of Sainsbury’s

The Bestway group this morning reported that it has taken a £193m stake in Sainsbury’s and might buy more shares in the supermarket. Bestway, which operates Costcutter, Best-one and Bargain Booze in the independent convenience sector, now has a 3.45% stake in Sainsbury’s. It has indicated that this is purely an investment and is not […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Boston Engineer Tests Pure-Play Curbside Pickup Store in Boston

The Boston Globe writes about Addie’s, a new independent pickup-only grocery store that has opened in Norwood, Massachusetts, about 20 miles south of Boston. It is, the Globe writes, “the brainchild of Jim McQuade, an aerospace engineer by training, who says he became ‘obsessed’ with the online grocery concept more than a decade ago, after […]
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  1. Department & Category

Food Lion launches ‘food pharmacy’ pilot program

SALISBURY, N.C. —  Food Lion and Novant Health are collaborating to launch a food pharmacy pilot program at Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC. A leading omnichannel retailer serving towns and cities across 10 states, Food Lion is committed to nourishing neighbors and families, setting them up for success in life. […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

Chipotle seeks to hire 15,000 restaurant workers ahead of busy spring months

[[ Getty Images Chipotle Mexican Grill is seeking to hire 15,000 restaurant workers ahead of its busiest time of the year, which runs from March to May. In recent months, restaurants have found it easier to attract and retain workers, a reversal after the labor crunch that ensued after pandemic lockdowns. However, the sector has […]
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  1. Department: Consumer Durables

Hasbro warns of weak holiday quarter results, cuts 15% of its workforce

[[ Getty Images Hasbro said Thursday it would eliminate around 1,000 employee positions and warned of weak holiday-quarter results. Shares of the toy maker fell more than 6% in extended trading. “Despite strong growth in Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming, Hasbro Pulse, and our licensing business, our Consumer Products business underperformed in the […]
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  1. Corporate Finance

NRF 2023: Top Retail Influencers’ Key Takeaways

The RETHINK Retail team ventured to NYC from January 14-17th for NRF 2023: Retail’s Big Show. While there, we had the opportunity to speak with attendees from our Top Retail Influencer community and learn about their event experience. #TRI members- April Sabral, Andrew Smith, Carl Boutet, Alberto Serrentino, Charles Haseman, Christine Russo, Guy Courtin, and […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Retailers use layoffs as a hedge against potential downturn

Saks Off Fifth laid off an unspecified number of workers on Tuesday. Saks.com cut about 100 workers from its payroll. Stitch Fix, Wayfair and others have also cut job cuts the start of 2023 as they attempt to operate profitably. “Retailers are really being cognizant of capital preservation,” said Catherine Lepard, who leads the global […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

New-Seller Savings Gives Sellers a Boost To Grow at Walmart

The start of the year is always an exciting time. It’s a time for reflection, setting goals, pushing boundaries and trying new things. This year, sellers can win big with us as Walmart Marketplace continues to grow and deliver a top-quality product selection and a world-class shopping experience.Our New Year’s resolution is simple: To be […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

How to Get Discovered by U.K. Retailers: Understanding British Consumers

Before you launch your brand in the United Kingdom, it’s important to know what’s going on in today’s U.K. retail market as it may differ from the markets your brand currently has a presence in. Whether the British market is familiar territory or completely new, here’s a deep dive into understanding the U.K.’s marketplace, retailers, […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

How to Start a Retail Business

Starting a business can be one of the most rewarding experiences of someone’s life, and the satisfaction that comes with owning a successful business can be life-changing. It isn’t all easy, but seeing your labor bear fruit can be worth the effort. Starting a retail business, in particular, is one of the most popular small […]
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  1. Corporate Finance

What Retail Investors Need To Know About Gold

Who still thinks about gold? Apparently, some long-term investors do. In the age of digitalization, gold remains a lucrative, stable investment. It has existed for a long time and provides many advantages to those who choose it to build assets.  Why? First, it’s a non-perishable asset, which means its quality doesn’t change regardless of market […]
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  1. Department: Consumer Durables

Nike’s Journey To Marketing Excellence

When Nike’s ten business development principles were written by Rob Strasser in 1977 the words marketing, systems, research and planning were all dirty words inside of Nike’s culture. I know, I was there at a critical time in Nike’s growth. During those days Nike had very idiosyncratic, gruff, scruffy but brilliant leaders, who even thought […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Sam’s Club to Add 30+ Larger-Format Stores, 5 New Fulfillment Centers

Sam’s Club is embarking on an ambitious expansion of its physical footprint, beginning with five new fulfillment and distribution centers opening this year — the first, in Georgia, in Q3 2023. The club retailer also plans to open more than 30 larger-format stores, most of which will include enhanced perimeter departments, bigger healthcare spaces and […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Your Views:  Spotlight

We had a story the other day about a poll suggesting that while ;people were cutting back on day to day expenses, they still want to indulge in occasional luxuries, which prompted MNB reader Rich Heiland to write: I used to use a statistic about Millennials in one of my presentations about finding and attracting […]
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  1. Stores & Formats

Sam’s Club plans to add 30 new clubs

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Buoyed by record membership growth, Sam’s Club on Thursday announced plans to open more than 30 new clubs across the country, starting with a unit in Florida that is slated to open next year. The Walmart division also revealed a multiple-year plan to invest in and modernize its supply chain through new […]
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  1. Corporate Finance

Serta Simmons Bedding Files for Bankruptcy as Part of Agreement With Lenders

Serta Simmons Bedding (SSB) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. The filing is part of a “Restructuring Support Agreement with key financial stakeholders” aimed at reducing debt and enabling future investments, according to a company press release. The restructuring effort has the support of […]
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  1. Corporate Finance

Mattress Company Serta Simmons Files for Bankruptcy

Serta Simmons Bedding, the Georgia-based mattress company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday, saying the move is an attempt, in part, to reduce the company’s debt. The company, owned by private equity firm Advent International, said it’s “operating as normal” — it earmarked $125 million in financing to keep operating — and the restructuring […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

The Innovation Conversation:  The Connecting-The-Dots Opportunity

The continuing goal of “The Innovation Conversation” is to explore some facet of the fast-changing, technology-driven retail landscape and how it affects businesses and consumers. It is, we think, fertile territory … and one that Tom Furphy – a former Amazon executive who led the team that developed Amazon Fresh, and currently CEO and Managing […]
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  1. Operations & Supply Chain

How Costco Dealt With Inventory Overstocks

The Street has a story about how in the summer of 2022, as the consumer spending that typified the pandemic slammed headfirst into inflation and a post-recession mindset, “Walmart and Target both publicly declared that they had warehouses full of the wrong merchandise for the holiday season. “To fix that, both chains heavily discounted certain […]
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  1. Start Ups

Emperia raises $10 million to further develop its virtual store management SaaS platform

Emperia, which creates immersive e-commerce spaces for retail brands, has raised a $10 million Series A. This follows an $875k pre-seed in 2021 (featuring Concept Ventures, SFC Capital, Blissgrowth). The Series A round was led by Base10 Partners and joined by investors including Daphni (via its retail fund Dastore), Sony Innovation Fund, Background Capital, Stanford […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Inflation is cooling, but prices on many items are going to stay high for months

Inflation may be cooling. But, for most Americans, the price of a cup of coffee or a bag of groceries hasn’t budged. In the months ahead, the big question is whether consumers will start to feel relief, too. Over the past few months, many of the key factors that fueled a four-decade high in inflation […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Market Research for Small Businesses

Market research is an essential tool for businesses of any size or industry to understand their target audience, identify customer needs and preferences, and gather information about their competitors. In a nutshell, market research helps businesses grow and succeed. This is a primary goal for small businesses, making market research integral to small businesses making […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

2023 Retail Predictions (Part 2)

Last week we released the first batch of Steve’s predictions. This week we conclude with six more, centering on how “hybridization” will steal the crown from omni-channel, how trading-down (in product and format) will define the year, the likelihood that big consumer credit troubles emerge, why strong balance sheets reign supreme, how the Metaverse is […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Implementing Market Segmentation In Retail

Market segmentation is fundamental to brand-business building. When creatively and intelligently managed, market segmentation can provide insight into: Superior understanding of the customer so the brand-business can provide outstanding competitive advantage; Strategic focus that is essential for effective marketing; Identifying market priorities that can drive brand-business strategies. Dollar General applied market segmentation to generate its […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

The Value of Advertising During a Recession

Coming off a historic Black Friday and Cyber Monday performance, with sales at $9.12 billion and $11.3 billion respectively, according to Adobe Analytics, U.S. retailers can breathe a small sigh of relief. However, looking beyond the busy holiday shopping season is critical. With many economists predicting the country will enter a recession in 2023 and […]
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  1. Operations & Supply Chain

How Sellers Can Avoid the Holiday Hangover: 4 Steps to Minimize Excess Inventory

2022 was a tough year for retailers and e-commerce sellers. With supply chain snarls around the globe, they’ve struggled to get the products they need. Now that those snarls are easing and products are flowing, sellers face diminishing consumer demand, which poses the threat of inventory sitting around unsold. In a survey of retail executives […]
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Millennials Dominated Holiday Shopping Spend — Here’s What it Means for 2023

In a year when holiday spending on gifts, travel and entertainment was down 1 percent from the year prior, one age group bucked that trend in a huge way. Millennials, perhaps aided by increased incomes due to “The Great Reshuffle,” told us it would spend a whopping 11 percent more than it did in 2021, […]
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Retail Traffic Trends #112: Consumer Habits 2023

While some trends come and go, there were a few trends that have stayed with consumers throughout the year.   As online shopping continues to be a popular choice for consumers, physical stores can offer shoppers perks that e-commerce can’t replicate.    This week we look at trends to increase foot traffic and customer loyalty. […]
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