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Mark MacKinnon

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Business Development & Marketing at @a2r_inc Tweets are my own #Retail #Ecommerce #Distribution #SupplyChain #Fulfillment #consulting I do not read DM's

 Montreal, QC
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Joined October 2014
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#Taubman joins #SimonProperty in #closing its #shoppingcenters. retaildive.com/news/taubman-… via @RetailDive #brickandmortar #realestate #socialdistancing #pandemic

Taubman joins Simon Property in closing its shopping centers.

Taubman is closing most of its shopping centers, joining its suitor Simon Property, which is closing around 200 malls in the U.S.

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#NRF pushes #government to come to #retail's aid retaildive.com/news/nrf-push… via @RetailDive #pandemic #bailout
NRF pushes government to come to retail's aid

NRF pushes government to come to retail's aid

The group appealed to the White House and Congressional leaders for rent and various forms of tax relief as COVID-19 curtails most shopping.

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'We're putting out fires': Companies adjust to #online #grocery surge grocerydive.com/news/were-pu… via @grocerydive #retail #ecommerce #pandemic
'We're putting out fires': Companies adjust to online grocery surge

'We're putting out fires': Companies adjust to online grocery surge

Retailers are adding servers, hiring fulfillment workers and trying to better sync inventory with their online platforms.

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#BestBuy limits #store #customers, #Walmart and #HomeDepot shorten #hours as #retailers adjust to #coronavirus cnbc.com/2020/03/18/coronavi… #brickandmortar #bigbox #retail #pandemic
Best Buy limits store customers, Walmart and Home Depot shorten hours as retailers adjust to...

Best Buy limits store customers, Walmart and Home Depot shorten hours as retailers adjust to...

The retailers are dealing with a spike in demand as shoppers go to Home Depot for home essentials and to Best Buy for tech-related products for online education and home offices.

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#Amazon #reopened a #NYC #warehouse a day after a #worker tested positive for #coronavirus vox.com/recode/2020/3/19/211… via @voxdotcom #retail #ecommerce #distribution #logistics #pandemic
Amazon reopened a NYC warehouse a day after a worker tested positive for coronavirus

Amazon reopened a NYC warehouse a day after a worker tested positive for coronavirus

Amazon “temporarily closed the Queens delivery station for additional sanitation” Wednesday, but it was back open on Thursday.

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#Malls in #NewJersey #close on #governor's order retaildive.com/news/malls-in… via @RetailDive #retail #pandemic #socialdistancing
Malls in New Jersey shut down on governor's order

Malls in New Jersey shut down on governor's order

They've closed elsewhere, too, as governments and businesses fight the spread of COVID-19. Many are still open, though, with some questioning why. 

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#Macys #closes all of its #stores through March retaildive.com/news/macys-cl… via @RetailDive #retail #departmentstores #pandemic #closures
Macy's closes all of its stores through March

Macy's closes all of its stores through March

The retailer joined Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and scores of others voluntarily shutting down stores to help tackle the spread of COVID-19.

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#Costco brings big and bulky #delivery in-house with $1B #acquisition retaildive.com/news/costco-b… via @RetailDive #retail #wholesale #distribution #logistics
Costco brings big and bulky delivery in-house with $1B acquisition

Costco brings big and bulky delivery in-house with $1B acquisition

The retailer has contracted out some deliveries to Innovel since 2015. But as its main client, Sears, began to decline, Costco saw an opportunity. 

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#Vitamin seller #GNC said it doesn’t expect to have sufficient #cashflows from #operations to repay #debt that is coming due wsj.com/articles/vitamin-ret… via @WSJ #retail #finance #default #creditors
Vitamin Retailer GNC Says It Might Default on Debt Due This Year

Vitamin Retailer GNC Says It Might Default on Debt Due This Year

GNC Holdings said it might not be able to repay a loan that is coming due in May and that it will delay filing its annual earnings report.

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More stores close: #Nordstrom, #NeimanMarcus, #Macys, and family-operated #retailers cut #hours dallasnews.com/business/reta… #retail #departmentstores #closures #pandemic #COVID-19
More stores close: Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Macy's, and family-operated retailers cut hours

More stores close: Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Macy's, and family-operated retailers cut hours

While big national chains determine they can absorb costs of temporary shutdowns , family-owned local stores, such as Sample House, Saint Bernard, cut hours and offer curbside service.

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#App #downloads increased by 42% during #CyberWeek 2019, study says retaildive.com/news/app-down… via @RetailDive #retail #ecommerce #mcommerce #smartphones
App downloads increased by 42% during Cyber Week 2019, study says

App downloads increased by 42% during Cyber Week 2019, study says

App commerce firm Poq predicts that more than 25% of online traffic will come from mobile apps by the 2020 holiday season.

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#Chinese-owned #TikTok launches U.S. ‘#transparency center’ to counter #criticism wsj.com/articles/chinese-own… via @WSJ #China #SocialMedia
Chinese-Owned TikTok Launches U.S. ‘Transparency Center’ to Counter Criticism

Chinese-Owned TikTok Launches U.S. ‘Transparency Center’ to Counter Criticism

The video-sharing app’s Los Angeles facility will allow outside experts to view how teams at the company moderate content, and eventually provide information on source code and data-privacy and...

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Falling #foottraffic and #orders to #close could prompt #retailers to seek relief from #lenders and #landlords wsj.com/articles/coronavirus… via @WSJ #brickandmortar #retail #realestate #malls #pandemic #revenues #debt
Coronavirus Already Taking Big Toll on Urban Malls

Coronavirus Already Taking Big Toll on Urban Malls

Malls in dense, urban locations have generally been more profitable because foot traffic is typically stronger. But with the coronavirus spreading at a faster rate in metropolitan areas, many are...

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#Amazon #Hiring 100,000 For #Coronavirus #Delivery #Expansion, #Investing $350 Million via @forbes forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsie… #retail #ecommerce #order #fulfillment #pandemic
‘There Is Plenty of #Food in the Country’ nyti.ms/38WDuPT #retail #grocery #consumers #panicbuying #pandemic

‘There Is Plenty of Food in the Country’ (Published 2020)

Americans have been alarmed by empty grocery shelves, but while food suppliers and retailers say they are struggling with surging demand, they insist the supply chain remains strong.

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#Ulta #shutters #stores shortly after cutting #services, store hours retaildive.com/news/ulta-tem… via @RetailDive #retail #cosmetics #pandemic #COVID-19 #layoffs #closures #brickandmortar #footprint
Ulta shutters stores shortly after cutting services, store hours

Ulta shutters stores shortly after cutting services, store hours

Over the past few days, the beauty retailer’s response to the coronavirus outbreak has steadily escalated.

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The Dow Jones falls below where it was when Trump took office vox.com/2020/3/18/21181976/d… via @voxdotcom
The Dow Jones falls to where it was when Trump took office

The Dow Jones falls to where it was when Trump took office

More than three years of solid market returns evaporated in a few weeks, due to coronavirus.

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#Retail at risk as #consumers hunker down retaildive.com/news/retail-a… via @RetailDive #pandemic #COVID-19
Retail at risk as consumers hunker down

Retail at risk as consumers hunker down

The industry is reeling as the U.S. takes precautions and shoppers adopt new habits. What is the new normal, and how long will it last?

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#Retail sales in #China dropped by 20.5% after #coronavirus hit, illustrating a scary difference between today's crisis and 2008 businessinsider.com/retail-s… via @businessinsider

Retail sales in China dropped by 20.5% after coronavirus hit, illustrating a scary difference...

2008 was a crisis of finance. Coronavirus is a crisis of work. There are no central bank policy fixes for a lack of work.

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