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Fighting returns with data and policy changes

Serial returning is a costly subset of return fraud, used by organized retail criminals and made more damaging every year. Last year NRF’s ORC survey found 29 percent of retailers had reported an increase in fraud involving items purchased online and picked up in-store. Now some companies are tracking customers associated with high levels of returns and adopting new policies to deal with the growing problem.

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Pay attention to Beyond Meat

Beyond Meat wants retailers to forget everything they think they know about veggie burgers. STORES talks with Seth Goldman, the company’s executive chairman about replacing the term “veggie burger” with Beyond Burger — a plant-based protein that’s shaking up America’s kitchens and leaving a lasting impression on Wall Street.

Visit https://stores.org/2019/08/19/meet-the-new-meat/?utm_medium=STORES%20Weekly&utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=STORES%20August%20&utm_content=Beyond%20Meat to view the full article online.

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.

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Trends

Security continues to get more clear

CLEAR, which scans eyes and fingertips to verify the identity of airport travelers, has decidedly solidified another field of play. There’s now a “fast lane” at Progressive Field baseball park in Cleveland, first made available at this spring’s Indians series against the Miami Marlins.

Visit https://stores.org/2019/08/21/security-continues-to-get-more-clear/ to view the full article online.

Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese — and a three-story glass wall

A new three-story, high-tech McDonald’s flagship at the corner of 45th and Broadway in New York City is helping visitors take a fresh bite out of the Big Apple. The new restaurant, designed by Landini Associates with architecture by Progressive AE, aims to provide a simple, modern and calm atmosphere in the heart of the action — all while allowing diners to see it below through a glass wall.

Visit https://stores.org/2019/08/21/two-all-beef-patties-special-sauce-lettuce-cheese-and-a-three-story-glass-wall/ to view the full article online.

NRF News

The workforce of the future: how retailers can prepare

Demographic, social and technological changes are causing retailers to reevaluate their approach to building teams and workplace cultures. Carrie Duarte, a leader in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Workforce of the Future initiative, joins NRF’s Retail Gets Real podcast to talk about how organizations can keep up with the pace of change, from finding new sources of talent to the business case for diversity and inclusion. Listen here and subscribe.

Visit https://nrf.com/blog/how-retailers-can-prepare-workforce-future?utm_medium=STORES%20Weekly&utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=Retail%20Gets%20Real&utm_content=Ep%20132%20PwC%20Workforce to view the full article online.

Back-to-school shopping continues as classes begin

Families surveyed at the beginning of this month had completed just over half their shopping for school supplies, according to NRF and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Consumers with children in kindergarten through high school had completed 54 percent of their shopping with 49 percent planning to make their final purchase one-to-two weeks before the start of school. Read more.

Visit https://nrf.com/blog/back-school-shopping-update-halfway-done-more-do?utm_medium=STORES%20Weekly&utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=BTS&utm_content=August%20update to view the full article online.

Save up to $400 on NRF 2020 by Friday

NRF 2020 Vision: Retail’s Big Show will be a marketplace for ideas and relationships. Retailers will be able to forge new partnerships, try out best-in-class experiences and learn from some of the biggest players transforming retail by attending the conference in New York City, January 12-14, 2020. Retailers who register by Friday will receive the preview rate and save up to $400 on a full conference pass.

Visit https://nrfbigshow.nrf.com/register?utm_medium=STORES%20Weekly&utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=NRF2020&utm_content=Register to view the full article online.

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