Verifone and Alipay have expanded their global partnership to enable select Lacoste U.S. stores to accept Alipay.

Groupe Dynamite, a Canadian fast-fashion retailer, has selected Oracle Retail to propel growth and drive inventory productivity. By shifting to Oracle Retail, Groupe Dynamite hopes to empower teams with an intuitive and modern interface, and a holistic planning solution that provides store level detail and enables the company to make more strategic merchandise decisions.

Lyons Consulting Group, part of the Capgemini Group, announced its engagement with Claire’s Stores Inc., a specialty retailer of fashionable jewelry and accessories for young women and teens. Claire’s has digitally transformed its business with LYONSCG and Salesforce Commerce Cloud, the fastest path to unified commerce.

Columbus Consulting International, a leading industry consultancy specializing in retail business processes and systems, announced that Finish Line, a premium retailer of athletic shoes, apparel and accessories, is working with Columbus Consulting to design and test business processes for the retailer’s new merchandise financial planning and assortment strategy solutions. Another retailer, PacSun, a leading specialty retailer offering a cross-section of emerging brands and trending fashions, worked with Columbus Consulting to identify the retailer’s technology needs in order to embrace unified commerce.

Theatro announced a partnership with Curbside to improve the “click-and-collect” customer experience. This partnership will allow retailers to increase the efficiency of in-store pickup of online orders by empowering retail associates with hands-free, real-time communication and insights about consumer orders.

DHL Supply Chain and Mills Fleet Farm, a retailer of lifestyle merchandise serving active, outdoor families and farm consumers, partnered together to design, construct and staff a new state-of-the-art distribution center in Chippewa Falls, Wis. The 1,100,000-square-foot facility includes an integrated warehouse and transportation solution that will help Mills Fleet Farm optimize logistic services for its 37 stores located throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and North Dakota by serving as the flagship facility.