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Best Buy Tests Remodeled Stores During Busy Holiday Season The Minneapolis Star-Tribute says that some of the Best Buy stores that dot the Twin Cities have begun to function a little differently — with more employees working like Santa's elves preparing items for delivery and pickup and fewer square feet […]

Even before COVID-19 drove the restaurant industry to double-down on apps and online ordering, loyalty programs had become an important offering for most restaurant brands. Now, with delivery and take-out orders skyrocketing, it’s become nothing less than essential. That’s good news for Teriyaki Madness, the fast-growing fast-casual teriyaki franchise, which […]

Caesars Entertainment, Inc., parent company of Harrah's New Orleans, shared plans to transform the award-winning property into Caesars New Orleans as part of a $325 million renovation and construction project that will significantly enhance the property, set to be completed by 2024. The plans, presented today before the New Orleans […]

Natural Grocers Releases 2021 Trends Natural Grocers has announced its fifth annual Top 10 Nutrition Trends predictions, according to a press release. The company’s Nutrition Education team is made up of health and wellness experts ranging from Registered Dietitians to natural food chefs. The team collaborated with Natural Grocers’ buyers […]

How To Deliver Great Customer Experience At Scale Strategy-Business.com reports that as travel restrictions and lockdowns were announced around the world in the spring of 2020, businesses had to quickly rethink their customer experience strategy. Unable to continue in-person interactions, many companies looked for new ways to meet their customers […]

Planet Fitness "Smashes" The Year-That-Just-Won't-End With Piñatas Planet Fitness, Inc., one of the largest and fastest-growing global franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand and the primary sponsor of Time's Square's iconic New Year's Eve celebration, today unveiled the next best thing to […]

How Famous Footwear Tapped Into Its 60 Years of History to Weather the Pandemic FootwearNews.com says that over the course of six decades, Famous Footwear has navigated many ups and downs in the consumer market, all by maintaining a consistent focus on families and providing must-have styles at affordable prices. […]

  No matter whether its B2B or B2C, Dave Etling says that customer loyalty is imperative to the success of a brand. Etling, the Senior Vice President and General Manager of InComm InCentives, says that brands now have unpreceded capabilities for both understanding their customers and delivering loyalty programs, but […]

7-Eleven, Inc.'s new app-based mobile wallet offers all customers — including those who would like to load cash — a true contactless, convenient way to pay nationally at participating U.S. stores. No pin pads to touch, less cash to handle and an easy, contactless way to pay… that’s the 7-Eleven […]