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retailX Announces Plans to Support the Retail Industry Year-Round
retailX has announced the launch of its new brand identity, vision and corporate website, which signifies its pivot and focus to the rapidly evolving digital future of retail. Read More

What Do Shoppers Really Want?: Lessons Learned from Clicks to Bricks
While online shopping is currently the preferred method due to the pandemic and, in some cases, the only available method of shopping, shoppers’ choices are on the increase as retailers are reevaluating the physical space. Read More

Cult Features Launches Episode Three of The Creatology Report
Cult Futures, the new insight and incubation program launched by creative agency Cult, has released episode three of The Creatology Report white paper. Read More

design:retail Announces 40 Under 40 Class of 2020
design:retail has announced the 40 Under 40 class of 2020. Nominated by their peers and chosen by the editorial staff of design:retail, the 40 Under 40 represent the up-and-coming future leaders of the retail industry under the age of 40. Read More

design:retail to Host “Retail in a Post-Pandemic World: Adjusting to the ‘Connected Economy’”
design:retail is hosting a webinar—“Retail in a Post-Pandemic World: Adjusting to the ‘Connected Economy’”—on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at 2 p.m. EST. Read More

Re-Entry for Retailers: Returning to the Store
As part of its ongoing exploration of how design is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gensler global retail leaders look at short-term and long-term responses in order to best modify or retool retail spaces to accommodate customer expectations.  Read More

Coresight Research Releases 2020 Report on State of U.S. Online Grocery
Coresight Research has released its third annual U.S. Online Grocery Survey, in which they explore how many shoppers are buying food and essentials online, how much they purchase online and which retailers they are buying from. Read More

Neiman Marcus Group Enters into a Restructuring Support Agreement with Creditors
Dallas-based Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. LLC has announced it has entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (RSA) with a significant majority of its creditors to undergo a financial restructuring. Read More

design:retail to Host "Hope for the Future: How Brick and Mortar Can Bounce Back Better than Before"
design:retail will host a webinar titled “Hope for the Future: How Brick and Mortar Can Bounce Back Better than Before” on Friday, May 8, 2020 at 2 p.m. EDT. Read More

Smart Retail in Uncertain Times
Steve Dennis looks at how retailers can be successful after the coronavirus, and how to focus on the physical in-store experience. Read More

Kroger Offers Blueprint for Businesses
The Kroger Co. has published the first installment of “Sharing What We’ve Learned: A Blueprint for Businesses” to provide actionable recommendations for retailers, restaurants and food service companies, and other industries to consider. Read More

The ‘Right’ Retail Experience 
In today’s ever-challenging retail sector, understanding what retail experiences work for your business, brand, customers and staff is the key to success in a retail landscape redefined by customer’s changing expectations. Read More

design:retail to Discuss When Creativity and Technology Collide in New Webinar
Join design:retail for a new webinar, “The Retail Revolution—When Creativity and Technology Collide,” on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 2 p.m. EDT.  Read More

J.Crew Group Expects to Emerge from Chapter 11 in September
J.Crew Group Inc. announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has confirmed the company’s plan of reorganization. Read More

Foot Locker Opens Community Power Store
Foot Locker has announced the opening of its first West Coast community-based Power Store in Compton, Calif. Read More

Walgreens Rolls Out Small-Format Stores with Pharmacy Focus
Walgreens has opened a new kind of store that shrinks down its square footage and focuses on the pharmacy. Read More

JOANN Opens New Concept Store in Georgia
JOANN Stores is opening a new concept store this month, the newest in a handful of concept of stores by the fabric and craft retailer, featuring cutting-edge technology, dedicated community learning spaces and custom services. Read More

Aritzia to Launch The Super Puff Pop-Ups in New York and Los Angeles
Aritzia Inc. has announced it will open two exclusive pop-up boutiques centered around its best-selling puffer jacket, The Super Puff.  Read More

U.S. Green Building Council Launches Global Economic Recovery Strategy
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced Healthy People in Healthy Places Equals a Healthy Economy, intended to leverage LEED and the community implementing the rating system to support buildings and communities in a post-pandemic world. Read More

Target Making Products Available Through Instagram Checkout
Target has made shopping a little easier by making its products available through Instagram Checkout. Read More

Cult Launches Cult Futures, The Creatology Report
Creative agency Cult has launched Cult Futures, an insight and incubation program. Read More

In Times Like These, We Need to Think Beyond Design
Experts say digital displays are necessary to keep retail patrons informed and promote consumer confidence amid COVID-19 pandemic.  Read More

Ascena Retail Group Reaches Comprehensive Restructuring Agreement
Ascena Retail Group Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries have announced that it has entered into a restructuring support agreement (RSA) with more than 68 percent of its secured term lenders. Read More

ALDI Surpasses 2,000 Stores, Plans 70 More
Grocery retailer ALDI has opened its 2,000th store and has announced plans to open more than 70 new stores by the end of the year. Read More

The Future of Retail Post-COVID-19
The re-opening of stores will provide companies a chance to re-engage existing clients and a chance to tap new customers as well. Read More

design:retail to Host “Confronting Vulnerability: Tracking the Consumer Mindset and its Implications for Retail Store Design” Webinar
"Confronting Vulnerability: Tracking the Consumer Mindset and its Implications for Retail Store Design" will cover how retailers and consumers will be understandably cautious as the world slowly reopens following the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

ZenGenius Creates Reopening Checklist for Retailers
As businesses get closer to reopening, retail stores will find their in-store experience needs to be adjusted to the current climate. Read More

design:retail Hosts Diversity in Design Webinar
Join design:retail, FIT’s Anne Kong and other retail design experts for “Diversity in Design,” a discussion exploring the importance of diversity in retail design, and ways the industry can promote a more diverse representation of designers with perspectives shared from design schools and organizations to retailers and design firms.  Read More

Lidl US Takes Top Spot on Hot 100 Retailers List
For the second year in a row, Lidl US was the top ranking retailer in the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) Hot 100 Retailers list. Read More

Stein Mart Files for Chapter 11, Closing Stores
Off-price retailer Stein Mart has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization and has authorized going-out-of-business sales at all 279 locations across the United States. Read More

design:retail hosting “The New Normal” Webinar
design:retail is hosting its fourth webinar on Monday, June 15 at 12 p.m. EDT. Read More

The Store of the Future—Post COVID-19
5 Star Plus Retail Design imagines what the store of the future will look like. Read More

Rethinking the Fibers of Store Design 
How stores will be reformatted to flex for a more connected consumer. Read More

The Future of Retail Design
With retailers today facing huge challenges within their traditional business model, it’s essential for them to innovate how they deliver goods to customers. Read More

Amazon Announces Launch of Luxury Stores
Amazon announced the launch of Luxury Stores, a new shopping experience offering both established and emerging luxury fashion and beauty brands. Read More

Herman Miller Announces New Concept Stores
Herman Miller will expand its retail presence this fall with the unveiling of its first concept stores completely dedicated to high-performance task chairs and products that support the home office. Read More

Simon Property Group Reopening 49 Malls and Outlet Centers
Simon Property Group, the biggest mall owner in the United States, is preparing to reopen 49 of its malls and outlet centers across the country starting Friday, May 1. Read More

UPS and Michaels Launch Contactless Curbside Pickup and Return Drop-Offs
Arts and crafts retail chain The Michaels Cos. Inc. and UPS announced curbside service at UPS Access Point locations located within more than 800 Michaels stores nationwide. Read More

design:retail to Host "Hope for the Future: How Brick and Mortar Can Bounce Back Better than Before" 
design:retail will host a webinar titled “Hope for the Future: How Brick and Mortar Can Bounce Back Better than Before” on Friday, May 8, 2020 at 2 p.m. EDT. Read More

Lidl Plans to Add 50 New Stores by End of Next Year
Lidl US announced plans to open 50 new stores by the end of 2021. Read More

Asset Strategies Group Acquires Chute Gerdeman
Columbus, Ohio-based Asset Strategies Group (ASG) has announced its acquisition of leading environmental design agency Chute Gerdeman. Read More

Le Tote And Lord + Taylor Closing All Stores, Selling Inventory
Le Tote Inc. and Lord + Taylor LLC announced they will commence going-out-of-business sales at the brands’ 38 stores and online. Read More

7-Eleven Parent Company Buying Speedway in $21 Billion Deal
Japanese retail company Seven & I Holdings, parent company of 7-Eleven Inc., has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire convenience store chain Speedway from Marathon Petroleum Corp.  Read More

PAVE Launches 26th Annual Student Design Competition
The Planning and Visual Education Partnership (PAVE) has announced a collaboration with SketchUp for the 26th Annual Student Design Competition. Read More

Le Tote And Lord + Taylor File Chapter 11
Famed retailer Lord + Taylor, along with its parent company Le Tote Inc., filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Read More

June Retail Sales Increase, but Recovery Remains Uncertain
According the National Retail Federation (NRF), retail sales rose in June, seeing both a monthly increase and their first year-over-year gain since the beginning of the year.  Read More

Meijer Opens Five Supercenters in the Midwest
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based grocery retailer Meijer announced it has opened five supercenters across the Midwest. Read More

Everywhere Retail: A Technology and Digital Thread Integrated Into Our Lives
How are our branded physical moments woven together by a digital pathway? Read More

Payless Brand Relaunches in North America
Footwear retailer Payless has announced its relaunch into the North American market, unveiling an immersive ecommerce platform and new brick-and-mortar retail concept stores.  Read More

Brooks Brothers Purchase Approved
The sale of Brooks Brothers to SPARC Group, the 50-50 venture of mall operator Simon Property Group and Authentic Brands Group (ABG), has been approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the District of Delaware. Read More

Circle K to Launch Convenience Store with Standard’s AI Technology
Alimentation Couche-Tard, which operates close to 14,500 convenience stores worldwide, including under the global brand Circle K, has selected Standard to pilot touchless, autonomous checkout technology for its stores. Read More