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The Reddit Influence: How Altra Running and The Home Depot Capitalize on Community and Context

Digital channels and platforms — especially social networks — have democratized product discovery and access. Through algorithm-powered feeds, consumers receive a curated…

Pinterest and Primal Kitchen Tap Cooking Creators for Summer Pop-Ups

After hosting successful pop-up shops with apparel brands like Abercrombie and Anthropologie, Pinterest is digging into the culinary world by partnering with…

Walmart Expands Perishable Network with New DCs and Facility Expansions

Walmart will increase support for its grocery operations with enhancements to its perishable network, including five new high-tech perishable distribution centers (DCs),…

Shein Commits €250 Million to Circularity Efforts in UK, Europe Amid London IPO Push

Shein may be hoping to grease the wheels of its latest IPO effort in London with newly announced plans to invest €250…

Etsy Updates Policies, Debuts Ad Campaign in Bid to ‘Keep Commerce Human’

During the pandemic, Etsy’s seller community nearly doubled, according to CEO Josh Silverman. But since that time, this marketplace for makers has…

UPDATE: Kroger and Albertsons Detail Post-Merger Store Divestment Plans

[Update as of July 10, 2024] Kroger and Albertsons have identified the 579 supermarkets they plan to sell to C&S Wholesale Grocers…

Ikea Exec: Stores’ Expanded Fulfillment Role Key to Maintaining Lower Prices

Ikea stores, long known as warehouse-sized selling spaces scented with the wafting aroma of Swedish meatballs, have been shrinking and changing functions…

How Online Businesses can Master Inventory Management to Impact Operations

As an online business, your sales numbers won’t matter if you can’t deliver your customers’ orders efficiently. There’s an inventory sweet spot…

Designing with Data: Keeping Retailers Ahead of the Trends

Whether a retail location, office building, hotel or healthcare environment, designing to support client objectives requires bringing to bear as much relevant…

Despite Higher Prices, Consumers Still Paying Cold Cash for Ice Cream

Inflation is leading to pullbacks in spending and product trade-outs across the board in the grocery vertical, but one product segment appears…

HSN Launches Creator Platform to Build Direct Connections with Digital Influencers

Live shopping veteran HSN has launched a new creator platform, HSNfluencer, to directly recruit, manage and analyze its partnerships with online creators….

Co-op Taps Walmart Commerce Technologies to Support Online Grocery Growth

UK retailer Co-op is working with Walmart Commerce Technologies to bolster its “quick commerce” operations. The co-operative store network, which operates approximately…

Big Lots to Close Nearly 40 Stores as SEC Filing Raises Doubts About Retailer’s Future

Big Lots will close 35 to 40 stores in 2024 following a tough Q1, and in a recent SEC 10-Q filing the…

Lowe’s Expands Retail Media Offerings to Include In-Store Audio

Lowe’s Media Network is expanding its offerings to include in-store programmatic audio ads in partnership with Vibenomics, a Mood Media company. Since…

UPDATE: Walmart Canada Joins U.S. Stores by Adding Sensory-Friendly Hours

[Update as of July 9, 2024] Walmart Canada will add sensory-friendly hours in all 400+ stores, reducing noise and moving images to…

5 Strategies for Addressing the Retail Talent Crunch Ahead of the Holidays

Like many industries, retail is currently experiencing a talent shortage. How severe is that shortage? While vacancies for the U.S. job market…

Inside JCPenney’s Transformation: A Data-Driven Vision and Future-Ready Tech Stack

JCPenney has faced the same challenges that bedevil the entire department store vertical, ranging from lower foot traffic at malls to the…

Target Rips Up Paper Checks as Payment Method

Citing “extremely low volumes” of customers using personal checks, Target will stop accepting checks for in-store payments on July 15, 2024, as…

Amazon’s Latest FBA Fee is a Blow for Brands. Here’s What They Can Do.

Forecasts are always wrong — that is a foundational truth of projecting demand. It’s a game of how close you can get…

As Gen AI Gains Traction, Potential Risks Become Impossible to Ignore

Businesses across industries have embraced generative AI across their organizations to power efficiency and performance. In fact, 79% of business leaders said…

Saks Parent HBC to Buy Neiman Marcus Group for $2.65 Billion, Including Investment from Amazon

Marking the culmination of nearly seven years of on-again, off-again negotiations, HBC, parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman, will…

WSS ‘Untethers’ Associates with New Mobile POS System

Athletic retailer WSS, which is owned by Foot Locker, will deploy the Aptos One mobile POS solution across its more than 100…

UPDATE: Tractor Supply Faces Backlash for Plans to Weed Out Support for DEI, Environmental and LGBTQ+ Causes

[Update as of July 5, 2024] The Founder and President of the National Black Farmers Association, John Boyd Jr., said he is…

Small Business, Big Ideas: What a Niche British Cheese Shop Learned from Netflix

Alex Sinclair is Scottish, although you’d have a hard time telling it from his accent, which is more of the posh London…

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