by Bart Mroz,  Co-founder/CEO, SUMO Heavy

We’ve all heard it before: Brick-and-mortar retail is dying. And while it’s true that online retail sales are higher than ever, there’s still plenty of room for the traditional storefront. In fact, many e-commerce retailers, like beauty brand Glossier and menswear brand Bonobos, have opened retail showrooms to accommodate their existing online offerings.

But are all online brands cut out for the “real world?” Here are three questions brands should ask before making the leap from an online-only shop to a physical retail store.

People around the country are mourning the loss of a piece of their childhood today, following yesterday’s announcement that Toys ‘R’ Us will close all 800 of its U.S. stores.

The announcement comes after their bankruptcy filing in September 2017 and the failure to turn the business around during the last holiday season.

The chain employs more than 30,000 people in the U.S. and includes the Babies R Us stores.

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A financial firm for Alibaba founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai has invested $20 million into the women’s clothing rental business Rent the Runway.

Content and technical issues are seven times more common than slowdowns. Here are three types of issues online retailers should focus on to improve revenue.

In 2012, IKEA rolled out a game-changing invention that may have escaped the attention of most shoppers. As part of its “Low Handling Material” initiative, new lightweight platforms hold up stacks of products throughout IKEA’s self-serve areas. The key difference is that the platforms, which double as shipping pallets, are now made of corrugated cardboard.

E-commerce billionaire Michael Rubin has emerged as the latest potential bidder for the Carolina Panthers, multiple sources have told the Observer.

There are some people who might take one look at this photo of Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, and freak the hell out. The Amazon founder is walking with a robotic “dog” called SpotMini—the same robot dog manufactured by Boston Dynamics, which was recently filmed opening doors like a velociraptor out of Jurassic Park.

But it’s really nothing to worry about. This is fine. Everything is fine.