Sprint

retaildive | July 30, 2018

Sprint executive chairman and former CEO Marcelo Claure on Friday tweeted out an announcement that the mobile carrier is "expanding into 700 Walmart stores." The nature of the tie-up is unclear at the moment, and Walmart didn't immediately respond to Retail Dive's request for more information around the reported partnership. Sprint was previously a partner in a co-branding partnership with RadioShack, helping the struggling electronics dealer run about a third of its brick-and-...

pymnts | February 12, 2020

Regardless of whether you think it’s a good idea for the market or a legal misstep, the T-Mobile and Sprint merger is going to put 5G on a faster track. Exactly how fast the technology will be a consumer factor depends on the prognosticator you subscribe to. But one thing is clear. For retailers, 5G stands to be an opportunity to get closer to consumers and amp up the in-store experience. The new combined company “will compete for consumers at all price points, and customers includin...

trtworld | January 13, 2020

Lindsey Vonn was among the luminaries on hand last month to christen "Big Snow," North America's first indoor ski facility, part of a new $5 billion mega-mall in New Jersey. For about $30, consumers can ski for two hours on a 300-metre hill of man-made snow, the glare of the sun replaced by a metal ceiling in a venue that will be kept below freezing even in the dog days of August. Big Snow is a flagship experience at the partially opened "American Dream," an ambitious, lo...

supplychaindive | January 13, 2020

Fabric, the robotic micro-fulfillment technology company formerly known as Commonsense Robotics, will open at least two new fulfillment centers in Manhattan in 2020, the company's Chief Commercial Officer Steve Hornyak told Supply Chain Dive at the National Retail Federation's Big Show in New York City on Sunday. Both facilities will serve multiple, yet-undisclosed, non-grocery clients. The first micro-fulfillment center will be located in Brooklyn, New York and open in the first quarter...