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Crocs Expands Shoe Takeback Program Nationwide

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.; Anthropologie brought denim recycling to its stores on a year-round basis; Footwear retailer Dr. Martens debuted a resale program in March 2024 ; and Dick’s Sporting Goods expanded its partnership with sporting goods marketplace SidelineSwap in April 2024 , leveraging the resale platform for trade-in events at its stores.

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6 Trends Driving Store Design Innovation in 2024

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After years of lockdowns and digital-driven behaviors, consumers’ actions have shown how crucial the store experience is to how they shop and interact with brands. That’s only going to further accelerate the expectations of consumers and technology adoption within retail environments.

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Modell’s Will Become Digital-Only With $3.6 Million Purchase By Retail Ecommerce Ventures

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Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV) has added a new brand to its collection by acquiring certain assets of Modell’s Sporting Goods for $3.64 Before declaring bankruptcy in March , days before COVID-19 stay-at-home orders went into effect, Modell’s operated 141 stores in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.

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The Post-COVID Store: How to Tap the Pent-Up Need for Interaction Without Sacrificing Safety

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“The retailers that really invested in buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS), shops-within-shops in larger footprint locations or even experiential retail — those retailers really started to thrive during this time,” said Joe Scaretta, Co-CEO and Founder of CS Hudson in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Now consumers look for that.”.

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5G in Retail: Creating the WOW factor

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Dick’s Sporting Goods , one of the largest sporting goods retailers, recently unveiled its House of Sports store with a running track, rock wall, batting cages and outdoor turf field. Circle K , and AutoZone are already using 5G to connect their stores. Tractor Supply Co.

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7 Stories that Shaped 2023 — and What They Foretell for 2024

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Resale Continued its Rise but Came Under Financial Scrutiny Consumers’ enthusiasm for secondhand goods, as well as other forms of more sustainable consumption like rental and repair services, showed no sign of slowing in 2023. But negative press didn’t stop either app from drawing U.S. Nicole Silberstein 6.

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Dick’s, Lowe’s, Target Execs Cite Theft’s Impact on Financial Results and Safety

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While shrink is far from a new problem in retail, the impact of theft — particularly large-scale operations run by organized retail crime (ORC) rings — has been garnering the attention of executives at some of the country’s largest retailers, including Lowe’s , Target and Dick’s Sporting Goods.