Small Retailers Increasingly Concerned with Government (Over)Regulation

The expanding scope and cost of government regulation are placing new burdens on America’s small businesses, hindering their ability to create jobs and drive economic growth, according to a new survey released today by the National Retail Federation, which worked with market research firm GfK. “Overregulation is undermining the resolve of small retailers,” said NRF […]

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Display: 5 Cool Ideas to Borrow from ATS and Circuit Exhibitors

Retailers are always looking for creative ways to display accessories, and who’s more creative than the designers at AccessoriesTheShow and Accessorie Circuit? While walking the New York accessories trade shows these past few days at the Javits Center, these displays caught our eyes. Below, a few easy ideas to steal borrow. Idea #1: CLOTHESPINS These […]

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JCPenney Runs ‘One Penny’ Mother’s Day Promo

One store is taking its moniker very literally this Mother’s Day. JCPenney has launched a promotion where shoppers can buy mom a makeup bag for just one penny (get it?). Even better, that one penny makeup bag is actually a limited-edition Liz Claiborne makeup bag filled with over $35 worth of savings and offers (coupons […]

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Rebagg Closes $8 Million In Series A Financing Led By General Catalyst

Rebagg, an end-to-end luxury resale service, today announced the close of an $8 million Series A funding round led by existing investor General Catalyst, with participation from FJ Labs (the holding company of Fabrice Grinda and Jose Marin), Metamorphic Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Founder Collective and Big Sur Ventures-Necotium. With the new financing, the company plans […]

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HHLA upgrades container rail terminal

The logistics provider and terminal operator’s rail terminal at the Port of Hamburg’s Container Terminal Altenwerder will undergo a project to add two more tracks, increasing the rail terminal’s annual handling capacity by 17.7 percent.