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Home Depot plays up innovative products with new seal by Adrianne Pasquarelli at Ad Age. “The award, given annually, highlights 10 products that create more value and convenience in the home improvement space for customers…Each item will be marked with the seal online beginning Oct. 2; in-store customers will see the label next […]
Kroger and Walgreens to collaborate on exploratory pilot at CNBC. “Kroger and Walgreens are exploring a partnership to offer customers a new service that allows them to pick up groceries ordered online at Kroger at certain Walgreens locations, the two retailers announced Tuesday. The two are testing the concept at 13 Walgreens stores in Northern Kentucky, near […]
This is the beginning of the end for Lord & Taylor’s flagship store by Lisa Fickenscher at NY Post. “The upscale retailer’s 104-year-old flagship store at 424 Fifth Ave. — New York City’s oldest — is set to launch a final “store closing” sale on Thursday that will hawk deals on fashions and accessories […]
Target CMO Says NYC Opening That Went Viral for the Wrong Reasons Made It Rethink Its Strategy by Diana Pearl at Adweek. “Our intention was to celebrate the community,” (Rick) Gomez said. But in trying to do so, the team realized it had “made a big mistake” because it had “tried to be the […]
FDA wants to start naming retailers during food recalls to help consumers by Zlati Meyer at USA Today. “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing a draft of rules about when retail information should be part of a food recall announcement, according to a notice published in the Federal Register on Wednesday.” Read more Rite […]
Amazon sues over malicious ads, alleging a ‘sophisticated and widespread’ scheme to deceive consumers by Todd Bishop at GeekWire. “It’s an unusual lawsuit from Amazon, and possibly the first of its kind to be filed by the company against what’s known as “malvertising” — reflecting its increasingly aggressive stance against fraudsters who take advantage […]
Snapchat is partnering with Amazon to let users shop through their smartphone cameras by Sam Dean at LA Times. “This partnership marks Snap’s first venture into point-and-shoot shopping…The new feature is rolling out to only a small percentage of U.S. users as an initial trial run.” Tiered subs. SAN DIEGO – Whole Foods backs […]
Doug McMillon gives Ivanka Trump tour of Mesquite Walmart store by Brooke Rogers at CBS DFW. “Ivanka Trump visited…to learn about the company’s workforce training program…met with members of Walmart Academy, a training curriculum for supervisors and managers…tried out the training herself via virtual reality.” Video/Read more Carrefour denies takeover talks with rival Casino at MarketWatch. “Casino Group, […]