Welcome to the Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news of the day. Coverage includes a bankruptcy filing by Brookstone, Apple surpassing the $1 trillion market cap milestone, Amazon getting hit by Italian regulators, Kroger launching delivery in key markets...
Brookstone, the specialty retailer known for massage chairs and gadgets, filed for bankruptcy protection, reported the Wall Street Journal. According to the report, Brookstone said, as part of its bankruptcy filing, it will shutter 102 stores located in malls. Rewind a decade and Brookstone was...
Amazon has just announced that Echo, its voice-activated home assistant, will be available at over 3,000 retail locations this holiday season. While the hands-free device has been available for several months online and at participating retailers like Staples, this marks the online retailer’s largest in-store...
August 02, 2018
Brookstone, the specialty retailer known for massage chairs and gadgets, filed for bankruptcy protection, reported the Wall Street Journal. According to the report, Brookstone said, as part of its bankruptcy filing, it will shutter 102 stores located in malls. Rewind a decade and Brookstone was a must-see store when people went to the mall, but […]
