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Australian store implements $5 cover charge to combat showrooming
- Here’s an interesting approach to try and curb showrooming: charge customers $5 for looking around in your store. That’s exactly what one specialty foods store in Brisbane, Australia, is doing to try and stop people from just “looking around” according…
New study explores Amazon's impact on brick-and-mortar retailers
- A recently published report reveals that a number of brick-and-mortar retailers risk falling victim to showrooming, where consumers go to look at items at a local store before placing orders online. According to Placed: Aisle to Amazon, consumers that showroom…
Google retail stores may open this year in U.S.
- Citing an "extremely reliable source", 9to5Google reports that the iconic search company intends to launch its own network of brick-and-mortar retail stores across the United States. According to the report, the company hopes to introduce a select number of these…
Best Buy stores to match Amazon's prices through the holidays
- As online shopping becomes increasingly popular, it would seem traditional brick and mortar operations anchored down by their expensive store fronts can't truly compete -- or can they? In what seems to be a daring game of commerce chicken, Best…
Microsoft to open 32 new "pop-up" stores before the holidays
- Today Microsoft announced its plan to open 32 holiday pop-up stores for consumers who prefer a more tangible shopping experience. These stores are called "pop-up" stores because they are temporary, strategic installments intended to give shoppers more options for purchasing…
Best Buy founder Richard Schulze resigns, new chairman appointed
- Best Buy founder and chairman Richard Schulze resigned Thursday and is exploring options for his 20.1% stake in the ailing company. Alongside business partner Gary Smoliak, Schulze opened Best Buy in 1966 (named Sound of Music until 1983) and remains…
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