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JCPenney Explores Debt Restructuring Options With Advisers

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To look into debt restructuring options that would provide the retailer more time to make a turnaround, JCPenney Co Inc has reportedly hired advisers. The retailer is said to be looking into options encompassing negotiating with creditors or raising more cash. The retailer operates over 860 stores and has 95,000 workers.

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Saks President Says Firm Doesn’t Need In-Store AI

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Luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue is taking a stand against the ongoing push for artificial intelligence (AI) in the brick and mortar shopping experience. His comments were in response to questions about the ongoing evolution of retail, the growing focus on online shopping experiences and the emerging trend of AI-based commerce.

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Levi Goes ‘Soft And Stretchy’ In A Rigid Retail Market

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Retailers that are unable to call on substantial financial reserves are struggling in the current environment. Mobile shopping is growing and a key focus of retailers going into the holiday season. Mobile shopping is growing and a key focus of retailers going into the holiday season. Along with Claire’s Stores Inc., billion.

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The Retail Good News Roundup

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By and large, things are not great for retail (particularly of the brick-and-mortar variety). Indeed, it’s popular — dare we say, trendy, even — to postulate that retail as we know it is doomed. “Quarterly losses, schmorterly losses” seems to be the position of H&M. . You know it. We know it.

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Walmart Shares Up Across The Board On Big Earnings Beats

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The planet’s largest retailer by sales crushed their way through Q2, with bigger than expected gains in revenue, earnings, same-store sales and eCommerce sales than analysts were predicting before the numbers hit the wires. Also a highlight was eCommerce, with Walmart reporting 40 percent growth during the second quarter.

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UK’s Dixons Carphone Warehouse Shutters 530 Locations, 3K Jobs Lost

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company is closing 531 stores, which will result in the loss of 3,000 jobs. Whitman Howard Analyst Tony Shiret said the decision for what to do with the remaining stores is the “elephant in the room” when it comes to how the company is going to restructure itself. The company is predicted to see losses of about 90 million pounds ($108.7