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First Edition
When is a health club more than a health club? When it is committed to giving its members a sense of belonging to a community where it’s easy to make friends — and offering a premium experience at affordable prices. Connections at Fit Factory are reinforced by shared workouts in individual studios that specialize in activities like indoor rowing, cycling and group fitness, as well as an infrared yoga room with all the props found in free-standing yoga studios.
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Trends
Millennials have long been characterized by their desire for “clean” eating and local/organic desires. Two new items — not for the weak of stomach — set everything we think about today’s fast food on its head. Kentucky Fried Chicken and its former corporate cousin Cheetos have teamed up for a “dangerously cheesy” sandwich.
The digital edition of STORES includes must-read pieces, including the articles featured here. Read the current issue and browse the archives for issues you may have missed. 
With a background that includes innovations like the interactive mirrors found at Rebecca Minkoff and Ralph Lauren, Zivelo CEO Healey Cypher is helping create the behind-the-scenes tech that brings the best of the online world into physical retail. On this “best of” episode of NRF’s Retail Gets Real podcast, Cypher discusses what retail will look like in the future and how Zivelo is working with retailers today.
Retail Deals
Midwest retailer Meijer has joined forces with Moovila, a leading software vendor in autonomous work and project management, to implement a major cross-company initiative and human resources-based technology initiative.
Perfect Corp., a leading augmented reality beauty company, has entered into a new global strategic partnership with the Alibaba Group, bringing innovative new virtual tryouts to consumers in China.
Whisk has launched a new platform by Sponsored Product to give CPG brands and grocery retailers the ability to maximize sales by assisting their users’ grocery planning with useful product suggestions across the shopping journey.
The Warehouse, a popular retail outlet operating in New Zealand, has chosen Elastic N.V. to power a customer service improvement program that validates customer returns and boosts consumer loyalty by simplifying the returns process while minimizing the risk of fraud. Paradise Tomato Kitchens Inc. has adopted ReposiTrak, an industry leader in compliance, food safety and risk management for the retail supply chain, to automate regulatory and business documentation compliance with its suppliers.
Herbalife Nutrition, a premier global nutrition company, is teaming up with Tencent, China's leading internet and technology company, to help independent distributors more effectively sell products online.
Essentiel Antwerp has signed up for a European deployment of !D Cloud, an inventory visibility platform by Nedap, to enable the brand to optimize inventory accuracy in order to ensure on-shelf product availability. |
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