Sept. 8, 2025
| This week’s operations news and insights for retail leaders
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The 26,000-square-foot store in Miami follows the brand’s opening of locations in Canada, Chile, Belgium and Germany.
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The cuts come after CEO Elliott Hill unveiled a strategy a few months ago to realign the company’s teams around key sports.
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Deep Dive
Experts foresee hurdles in both pricing and logistics for importers that have relied on the duty exemption for sub-$800 goods.
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Suppliers can now tap the furniture retailer’s CastleGate network as a 3PL alternative for big-and-bulky goods across their entire customer base.
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Mike Motz has been named the CEO of Walgreens. He was formerly the chief executive of Staples U.S. Retail, a Sycamore portfolio company.
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The bankrupt mall chain had moved to shutter 700 locations and was mulling the liquidation of its entire 1,500-store fleet in North America.
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In order to make good on their value promise, TJX, Ross and Burlington are being hyper-vigilant about pricing across the industry.
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The retailer will take recent learnings about which stores are "built to fulfill" and apply it to up to 40 more locations by the year's end.
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The beauty retailer debuted two locations in the country last month and says it is on track to open its first location in the Middle East this year.
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Shoppers can use the Uber Eats app to have electronics delivered from over 800 of the retailer’s locations.
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