All USA articles – Page 8
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Cartoon
Retail cartoon: James Daunt's American tale
Patrick Blower’s take on Waterstones chief executive James Daunt also becoming boss at US bookseller Barnes & Noble.
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News
Barnes & Noble snapped up by Waterstones owner
Barnes & Noble has been acquired by Waterstones’ parent company Elliott Advisors in an all-cash deal.
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News
Watches of Switzerland boss targets US expansion after IPO
The boss of Watches of Switzerland has said the US offers “more potential” for growth, following the business’ float on the London Stock Exchange this morning.
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News
Urban Outfitters launches rental subscription service
Urban Outfitters is rolling out a fashion rental subscription service called Nuuly in the US.
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Ocado boss: Kroger will be number one in ecommerce
Ocado boss Tim Steiner believes its partnership with Kroger will transform the American grocer into “the number one player in ecommerce in the US”.
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Gallery
In pictures: The RealReal opens new format on Madison Avenue
Luxury consignment business The RealReal has opened a new format, which focuses on expert services, on Madison Avenue, New York.
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News
Amazon to open dozens of supermarkets across US
Amazon is set to open dozens of grocery stores across the US in major cities including San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Washington, DC and Philadelphia.
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Cartoon
Retail cartoon: Taxi for Amazon...
Patrick Blower’s take on Amazon’s second headquarters being driven out of New York.
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News
Amazon ditches plans for second HQ in New York
Amazon has rolled back plans to open its second US headquarters in New York following political backlash over the tax subsidies the firm would have received.
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Analysis
Showfields: the ‘most interesting store in the world’?
While the wellness trend is typically closely associated with America’s West Coast, New York is home to a multitude of retailers with wellbeing at their heart.
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News
Sears seeks liquidation, putting 68,000 jobs at risk
US retailer Sears is seeking liquidation, less than three months after it filed for bankruptcy.
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News
Walmart rolls out robot cleaners that collect data
Walmart will roll out 360 robotic cleaners across the US that will clean its stores and collect data in the process.
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Analysis
Death of the town centre? Walmart plans to build its own
Walmart has unveiled plans to build ‘town centres’ in the car parks of its existing big-box stores in the US.
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Analysis
What can we learn from Sears’ demise?
Sears’ collapse into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection may have been looming for a while, but it nevertheless led to sharp intakes of breath.
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Opinion
Opinion: A store without stock? Yes please
You don’t need to have ‘stuff’ in a store for it to be a shop. There are alternatives.
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News
Amazon to shake up health sector with PillPack acquisition
Amazon is to acquire US online pharmacy PillPack in a deal likely to rock the healthcare sector.
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Opinion
Opinion: Don’t write off Lidl’s US expansion just yet
There is very often a perverse sense of glee when a foreign entrant into a retail sector stumbles, or even falls entirely.
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Analysis
Analysis: Walmart vs Amazon – clash of the titans
Walmart last week unveiled a same-day online grocery delivery service that will cover about 40% of US households by the end of the year.
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News
Toys R Us plans to close down all US stores
Toys R Us has reportedly told its US employees that it will sell or shutter all of its 885 US stores, putting 33,000 jobs at risk.
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Analysis
Inspiration from overseas: Fantastic fulfilment
From lockers to drive-thru collection, fulfilment is a hotbed of innovation. We look at some of the most inventive solutions from around the world.