Adidas still doesn't know what to do with its $1.3 billion mountain of unsold Yeezy stock, 6 months after cutting ties with Kanye West

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Adidas Yeezy.

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Store closures are hitting Downtown San Francisco as office vacancies and fears of crime are on the rise. Here's the full list of retailers pulling out of the city's downtown neighborhood.

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San Francisco's downtown, including Union Square, has continued to lose retailers from Amazon Go to Nordstrom this year.

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There's a real-life 'Succession' drama playing out among the children of Bernard Arnault, the world's richest person and head of luxury behemoth LVMH

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Antoine and Bernard Arnault.

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Thieves in Peru made off with 200 sneakers worth over $13,000 — but they were all just for the right foot: report

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Three thieves in Peru stole 200 shoes only meant for the right foot.

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What boycott? Bud Light controversy led to only a 1% drop in global sales volume, CEO says

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Anheuser-Busch CEO Michel Doukeris said that the drop in Bud Light sales represented only 1% of the company's global sales volume.

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Tyson processing plants accounted for nearly 60% of ammonia-related injuries reported to the EPA between 2012 and 2021, investigation finds

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A CNN investigation found that injuries related to ammonia exposure happened at Tyson plants more often than its competitors in an nine-year time period.

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Crate & Barrel offers to take over gift registries for jilted Bed Bath & Beyond couples and BuyBuy Baby parents-to-be. Here's how to switch.

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A Crate & Barrel store. The retailer is accepting gift registry transfers from Bed Bath & Beyond customers.

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Nike's typical shopper is a white, GenX male making over $80,000 and dropping about $90 per shopping trip

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The average Nike customer spends $87.88 per visit to a company operated store.

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ChatGPT and Retail: Reality, Hype, What's Next, and How to Prepare

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ChatGPT, a language model developed by OpenAI, has fast become one of the biggest buzzwords in retail. The model, launched as a prototype in November 2022, is the latest iteration of the AI technology promising to revolutionize ecommerce. But retailers remain cautious over its potential pitfalls, especially concerning direct interactions with customers. So where exactly will ChatGPT, and generative AI broadly, have the greatest impact in retail, and what are the most and least promising use cases for the technology?

See the 6 most popular 'dumb phones' Gen Z is copping in a rejection of smartphone culture

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Gen Zers have never known life before the internet, but some are trying to go back to a time without smartphones and Instagram posts.

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