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MEAGHAN BROPHY | October 31, 2017

It is 2017 and not even the retail industry is safe from fake news. We have all seen the headlines declaring a “Retail Apocalypse” and that “Retail is Dead.” The truth is, people will always need to buy stuff and there will always be a need for someone to sell it to them. Every few years, or perhaps every few decades, technological advances disrupt the status quo of a once almighty industry....

retaildive | November 10, 2017

It's been another weird week in retail. Tiffany released a line of "Everyday Objects" with far-from-ordinary price tags, Moschino started selling a $900 life-size dry cleaning bag and teenage rebels can now buy into the anarchist movement with a simple $400 investment....

REI | November 07, 2017

REI recently named Christine Putur, a technology veteran of retail sector companies such as Coach and Staples, as its new chief information officer, REI confirmed to Retail Dive. The news was first reported by GeekWire, which noted that Putur fills the CIO job left open when former REI CIO Julie Averill left the company earlier this year to become the CTO at Lululemon....

retailworldmagazine | November 06, 2017

Australian retailers have now experienced three consecutive months of zero or negative growth, highlighting the very challenging environment they currently face. Australian retail turnover was unchanged (zero per cent) in September 2017, seasonally adjusted, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade figures. This follows a fall of 0.5 per cent in August 2017....