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Chapter 11 Filings Are Up 43 Pct YOY

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Penney and home-goods retailer Pier 1, along with telecommunications company Frontier Communications. retail field, finally filed for Chapter 11 in May after several years going back and forth on whether it would happen. Meanwhile, Golds Gym filed for Chapter 11 in early May, amid a plan to shutter 32 locations.

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Walmart Reshuffles Operations As It Pushes To Stay Competitive

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When the going gets tough, the tough restructure their retail operations in an attempt to better facilitate change. Consolidation is coming to Walmart starting today, when six retail business units will be contracted down to four, according to a recent news release. Well, they do if they’re Walmart anyway.

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Revlon Revs Up New Strategic Growth Plan

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In the new year, it seems very fashionable for retailers to re-think global growth. Revlon has joined the list of companies announcing plans for driving global growth. More research from the Harris Poll recently identified how and where (locations and retail sites) cosmetics buyers are purchasing cosmetics.

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Manifesting Retail’s Week Of Revolution

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Retail, for all intents and purposes, has always been an interdependent system. And all retailers depend on the one constant that separates any business from a hobby: the customer. And all retailers depend on the one constant that separates any business from a hobby: the customer. 2) Owned retail outlets.

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SCA Awareness Issues Persist Among EU Merchants, Consumers

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SCA awareness is thankfully high among the payment providers tasked with executing and communicating the mandates to businesses and consumers. The authentication challenges that SCA presents to merchants and their payment partners mean that many must significantly restructure the ways they treat online payments. Awareness Issues.

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Snapdeal Attempts To Calm Employees As Takeover Rumors Swirl

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As the takeover rumors concerning Indian online retailer Snapdeal continue, the company recently made an effort to address the speculations with employees. In February, Snapdeal restructured by laying off between 500 to 600 employees and making cuts to its online payments division FreeCharge as well as its logistics operation Vulcan Express.

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How Ziosk Is Changing Dining Out

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“I think if most people take a quick survey through their social media feeds it becomes pretty apparent that eating is a social activity and digital communications has made it possible to make it a social activity beyond the people we’re literally eating with, and Ziosk is making it even easier still for consumers to tap into that.”