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Planning for Shoppers’ Impulse Snack Buys

Click the image above to view a full PDF. Your customers may shop impulsively when they are hungry, but you shouldn’t plan your impulse product offering on a whim. You likely already sell individually packaged snacks, which Nielsen, a consumer …

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Amazon HQ2 Search Narrows to 20 Locations

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The search for Amazon’s second headquarters, known as HQ2, has narrowed to 20 North American locations, The New York Times reports. The retailer’s shortlist of possible HQ2 locations leans heavily on East Coast and Midwestern locations, with Los Angeles as …

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Combat the Growing Cost of Return Fraud

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Return fraud is a growing cost for retailers, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). Recent research from the trade association shows that the average loss per return fraud incident is $1,766. That amount is higher than the average loss …

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Walmart to Cut 1,000 Corporate Jobs

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Walmart is planning to slash more than 1,000 corporate jobs this month, The Wall Street Journal reports. The news comes shortly after the big-box retailer announced plans to raise its hourly minimum wage and close 63 Sam’s Club locations. “We’ve …

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NRF: 2017 Holiday Sales Exceed Expectations

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The National Retail Federation (NRF) says increased wages, consumer confidence and strong employment contributed to holiday sales that exceeded expectations in the final two months of 2017, the organization reports. According to NRF data, sales in November and December were …

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