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| Aug 13, 2026 | AgriFood Signals: Ranch tech startup Ranchbot nets $15m, Target hires chief AI officer, plant cell culture megadeal | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
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| Aug 11, 2026 | Adults Drove 35% of US Toy Growth in 2026 as Trading Cards Replaced Christmas Lists | By Keith Benitez
Published: Aug 11 2026, 10:46 AM EDT
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| Aug 4, 2026 | Brand Loyalty Tracker Q2 2026: Card Data Shows Who Americans Keep Buying From and Why | By Maxwell Templeton
Published: Aug 04 2026, 4:53 PM EDT
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| Jul 30, 2026 | Kohl’s Deploys Full AI Stylist for Back-to-School: Rivals Report Spending Lifts Past 375% | By Joshua Mitchell
Published: Jul 30 2026, 4:39 PM EDT
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| Sep 18, 2025 | Younger Shoppers Don't Want 'Human Contact' — Where Does That Leave Stores? What consumers need from physical stores — and how retailers can rise to meet it — is evolving fast. | Nothing beats the human touch of a helpful salesperson, right?
Wrong.
For so long, retailers have been told that what sets brick-and-mortar apart is the "human element." But a landmark new survey shows exactly the opposite: roughl... |
| Feb 4, 2025 | These Are the Top 5 Threats Facing Retailers Right Now — and What You Can Do to Get Ahead of Them Brands that confront these challenges will improve their odds of success in the year ahead. | For retailers, 2025 is shaping up to be a rollercoaster ride.
On the one hand, there's excitement about the economy under President Donald Trump. On the other hand, people want bargains. Although most consumers feel positive about the year ... |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Entrepreneurs Should Invest in Service, Not Just Sales — Here's How to Build a Customer-First Business A customer-first business strategy that prioritizes exceptional service, empowers employees and leverages feedback can transform satisfied customers into loyal advocates, driving sustainable, l ...... | In today's competitive marketplace, it's not just what you sell — it's how you make people feel while buying it. More than ever, customers expect quality products in addition to a seamless and personalized experience. Yet, many entrepreneur... |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Beloved Discount Retailer Will Shutter All Remaining Locations After 70 Years Bob's Stores still had 21 remaining locations across the Northeast. | A beloved Northeastern chain is officially shutting its doors for good after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy a few weeks ago.
Bob's Stores will close all 21 remaining locations across Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, Ne... |
| Apr 29, 2024 | AI for shopper research? Consider these 3 key questions | In our digitally driven world, understanding shopper behavior is essential for brands to effectively merchandise and thrive at the shelf. Luckily, shopper research has evolved significantly over the years, markedly propelled by the advent o... |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Last-Mile Delivery Leader AxleHire Rebrands as Jitsu | New name reflects tech-forward approach to improving doorstep delivery
Thanks to our innovative approach and purpose-built technology platform, brands are no longer forced to choose between shipping speed, cost, or a premium delivery experi... |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Quilt is building AI assistants for solutions teams | The job of so-called “solutions professionals” — people like sales engineers, solutions architects and consultants — revolves around pitching complex enterprise tech to potential customers. It’s important work. But despite this being the ca... |
| Feb 28, 2024 | StarCoder 2 is a code-generating AI that runs on most GPUs | Developers are adopting AI-powered code generators — services like GitHub Copilot and Amazon CodeWhisperer, along with open access models such as Meta’s Code Llama — at an astonishing rate. But the tools are far from ideal. Many aren’t free... |
| Jan 31, 2024 | The retail apocalypse never happened | Data: Cushman & Wakefield; Chart: Axios Visuals
A good retail space is getting harder to find with the vacancy rate for shopping centers nationwide at a 15-year low.
Why it matters: The COVID-era doomsday predictions were wrong.
What th... |
| Jan 30, 2024 | Kore.ai, a startup building conversational AI for enterprises, raises $150M | In the midst of a wave of tech industry layoffs, it’s heartening to see some startups succeeding despite the dour market outlook.
Kore.ai, a company developing enterprise-focused conversational AI and GenAI products, today announced that it... |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Refact aims to make code-generating AI more appealing to enterprises | In 2021, Oleg Klimov, Vlad Guber and Oleg Kiyashko set out to co-create a platform, Refact.ai, that could convince more companies to embrace GenAI for coding by affording users more customization — and control — over the experience.
Klimov ... |
| Oct 6, 2023 | The Importance Of Unlocking AI For The Retailer, And Why Digitalization Is The First Step | CEO at JOOR. |
| Sep 6, 2023 | As the cookie crumbles, ID resolution reignites customer experience | In today's digital world, one customer can have multiple identifiers. These identifiers track customer information, transactions, and interactions as they engage with a business through its web browser, mobile app, and in-store. Each of the... |
| Aug 31, 2023 | Forever 21 Data Breach: Personal Details of Over 500,000 Customers, Employees Compromised | Quincy Jon, Tech Times 31 August 2023, 03:08 pm
Forever 21 has disclosed a serious data breach that occurred earlier this year and affected over 500,000 people.
A data breach notification sent to the attorney general of Maine claims that th... |
| Aug 6, 2023 | Petflation Outpaces Record Inflation Rates | Wondercide
Wondercide offers tips to save money amidst rising costs for pets called petflation.
Wondercide Provides Tips for Penny Pinching When It Comes to Pet Care
As prices for everything else is soaring, many Wondercide products are the... |
| Jun 6, 2023 | How Analytics Make For A Smarter Retail Business | CIO at Oracle. A veteran tech exec with experience in cloud infrastructure services for the enterprise. |
| Mar 15, 2023 | How Companies Can Close Customer Service Gaps | Dmytro Lazarchuk is a co-founder and CEO of Relokia with over eight years of experience in digital marketing and data migration services. |
| Mar 7, 2023 | Digital Shopping Is Shaping Up To Become The New In-Store Retail Experience | Despite stubbornly high inflation and aggressive interest rates biting into consumers’ disposable income, as prices remain elevated, new data suggests that shoppers are continuously looking for more seamless digital experiences in retail an... |
| Feb 28, 2023 | The majority of retailers have incorporated AI and machine learning | While there's still a trust gap, over 40% say they've already seen substantial benefits
There's been a noticeable shift towards manufacturers and retailers relying more and more on technology, like artificial intelligence and machine learni... |
| Feb 11, 2023 | Neiman Marcus says it's only targeting ultra-wealthy customers who can spend around $27,000 a year at the retailer | Neiman Marcus is no longer bothering with the idea of aspirational luxury. Mark Lennihan/AP
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Neiman Marcus is only going after millionaire shoppers who spend upwards of $27,000 there per year.
The company has said that the top 2% ... |
| Jan 24, 2023 | Bluedot Offers Cheaper EV Charging Fee Plus Cash Backs to Customers With Debit Card | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 24 January 2023, 02:01 am
The surging number of EV owners suggests that automakers should produce more units in the next few years to keep up with the demand.
With this, even the charging stations should amp their s... |
| Jan 24, 2023 | You could be buying shoplifted stuff on Amazon, eBay, or Facebook Marketplace | Getty
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| Jan 19, 2023 | The Femtech Founder Creating Sportswear That Prevents Vaginal Infections Secures $1.3M To Scale | CEO and co-founder of Oya Femtech apparel.Courtesy of Mitchella Gilbert |
| Dec 14, 2022 | Walmart shoppers are flocking to stores for cheap groceries, while website visits languish — proving how vital its stores are in a tough economy | Mary Meisenzahl/Insider
Through November, Walmart saw a roughly 8% decline year-over-year for daily website visits, according to Similarweb.
Meanwhile, in-store traffic picked up by about 1%, according to estimates from Placer.ai.
An analys... |
| Nov 15, 2022 | Zest wants to make buying and sending gifts online ‘delightful’ | While e-commerce was on the rise before the pandemic, the massive shift to digital supercharged the online shopping industry — bringing entirely new categories of products (and shoppers) to the web. According to Adobe, Americans have spent ... |
| Oct 26, 2022 | How Sam’s Club uses AI to get pumpkin pie to holiday tables | Register now for your free virtual pass to the Low-Code/No-Code Summit this November 9. Hear from executives from Service Now, Credit Karma, Stitch Fix, Appian, and more. Learn more.
When a member of one of the 600 Sam’s Clubs across the U.... |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Why Retailers Are Racing To Have A Metaverse Presence | Olga Dogadkina is the Founder and CEO of Emperia. |
| Sep 23, 2022 | 7 retail AI startups aim to give stores a happy holiday season | Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! Watch here.
Nothing is hotter than retail AI startups that can help stores win big this holiday shopping season.
According to eMark... |
| Aug 11, 2022 | Amazon Briefing: Aggregators search for growth in other marketplaces with a selective deal strategy | With this expansion beyond Amazon, aggregators are chasing higher revenue numbers, as well as ways to mitigate risk, experts agreed. “Amazon, to us, has always long been just a point of ingress. It is the most data rich, most dynamic pool o... |
| Aug 9, 2022 | Shopic lands $35M to bring its item-scanning ‘smart cart’ tech to more stores | Stores face new challenges in a world forever changed by the pandemic. Amazon and other tech giants are encroaching on their business. But perhaps more urgently, supply chain snarls haven’t gone away, presenting retailers with a host of inv... |
| Jul 22, 2022 | Walmart Partners With DroneUp To Deliver Drones In Northwest Arkansas | Joaquin Victor Tacla, Tech Times 22 July 2022, 03:07 am
Walmart's last-mile delivery operations have officially begun their new era!
A public event was held at a Walmart store in Arkansas on Thursday, July 21, to formally launch the deliver... |
| Jul 21, 2022 | Why the metaverse won’t fall to Clubhouse’s fate | Interested in learning what's next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Register today.
What happened to Clubhouse? Remember that social-audio app t... |
| Jul 20, 2022 | Contentsquare closes a mammoth $600M round as customers clamor for digital analytics | While the pandemic prompted companies to digitize much of the way they do business, not every brand made the pivot successfully. In some cases, it cost them dearly. According to Couchbase, enterprises wasted on average $4.12 million on fail... |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Big-box retailers promote deals alongside Prime Day to offload inventory | Jones echoed Lipsman’s sentiment. “While many Prime users will eventually opt to buy from Amazon to make use of their Prime memberships, competitors will still see traffic spikes that carry vital data about popular products and trending ite... |
| Jun 27, 2022 | Fabletics launches first Yitty by Lizzo shop-in-shop | Online, Fabletics has been using its name recognition to introduce shoppers to the Yitty brand, now dedicating a section on its homepage to the shapewear collection. On social media platforms like TikTok, the Yitty brand has also gained sig... |
| Jun 27, 2022 | 10 new AI unicorns flying high in 2022 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Technology venture capital deals may be slowing d... |
| Jun 14, 2022 | DTC Briefing: For newly-launched startups, TikTok has become the place to find customers | Wu advises brands to approach TikTok like they are hosting their own TV show — with a few commercials or more call-to-action buttons, promoting the product.
“Not every video you are making is about promoting your product — you are basically... |
| Jun 14, 2022 | DTC Briefing: For newly-launched startups, TikTok has become the place to find customers | This is the latest installment of the DTC Briefing, a weekly Modern Retail column about the biggest challenges and trends facing the volatile direct-to-consumer startup world. To receive it in your inbox every week, sign up here.
Startups t... |
| May 18, 2022 | YouTube teases livestream shopping expansion with co-streams, live redirects | In recent years, YouTube has been working to transform its platform into more of a shopping destination with product launches like shoppable ads or more recently, the ability to shop directly from livestreams hosted by creators. Now, it’s f... |
| May 11, 2022 | ‘A really powerful tool’: REI’s circular commerce director on how resale and rental aid in customer acquistion | You also offer gear rentals. How have you worked to streamline rentals and resale?
We view both re-commerce and rentals as part of this larger circular commerce-oriented ecosystem that we’re working to build. You can imagine how over time, ... |
| May 3, 2022 | Why more mall brands are ramping up their third-party partnerships | Indeed, in an announcement about the expansion of the collection, Gap’s head of strategic alliances, licensing and real estate Adrienne Gernand said there had been “an incredible customer response to Gap Home.” Gernand added, “Through our p... |
| Mar 29, 2022 | Google adds new shopping analytics tools to boost merchant sales | Google Shopping announced the rollout of a slew of new updates and tools on Monday aimed at helping merchants better how their listings are performing.
The company unveiled a new conversion measurement tool, a new price insights tool and ne... |
| Mar 29, 2022 | Google adds new shopping analytics tools to boost merchant sales | “We’re trying to build out… this open ecosystem where when users come to Google, we’re the most helpful place in all phases of the shopping journey,” Madrigal said. “What we want to do is connect merchants directly with our users.”
Based on... |
| Mar 16, 2022 | Why greeting card startup Lovepop is opening more stores in 2022 | Lovepop’s cards aren’t cheap: the brand’s most basic model is $13 and more elaborate paper bouquets go up to $39 dollars. But Rose said the team views its assortment as both cards and gifts, with products at different price points to tap in... |
| Mar 16, 2022 | Why greeting card startup Lovepop is opening more stores in 2022 | Greeting card company Lovepop is focused on owned brick and mortar sales for growth in 2022, with plans to open three new stores in the year starting first with a location in New York’s Grand Central terminal.
Over the last two years, Lovep... |
| Mar 10, 2022 | Amazon Briefing: What Amazon’s 4-star store closure says about its future retail ambitions | This is the latest installment of the Amazon Briefing, a weekly Modern Retail column about the ever-changing Amazon ecosystem. To receive it in your inbox every week, sign up here.
Amazon’s decision last week to shut down both its bookstore... |
| Mar 10, 2022 | Amazon Briefing: What Amazon’s 4-star store closure says about its future retail ambitions | What’s more, even if the 4-star model were to work, it would still be an increasingly expensive endeavor. Curation-focused stores, said Lipsman, “have to be in a high foot traffic commercial center or mall. Those tend to come with high rent... |
| Feb 14, 2022 | Price increases wallop retailers as consumer behavior shifts | The trend: Prices increased by 7.5% over the past 12 months, the highest growth rate since 1982, per the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Inflation was a common complaint in companies’ earnings calls, with Coca-Cola, Kellogg Company, Unil... |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Walmart’s Bringing The Farm Closer To The Store | Walmart is venturing with hydroponic vertical gardening company Plenty to bring the farm closer to ... [+] the store. This dovetails with their pledge to meet a plethora of sustainability targets and become a net-zero emissions business by ... |
| Jan 12, 2022 | Foxtrot Bags Another $100 Million. What Will It Mean For Emerging Brands? | Foxtrot's Georgetown location in Washington, D.C. The company recently closed a $100M Series C round ... [+] of financing. It is a launching pad for up and coming brands. Foxtrot |
| Jan 8, 2022 | Lightspeed Commerce : Take on 2022 with confidence | You made it through another holiday season. Congratulations! Now it's time to prepare your business for 2022 using Lightspeed Retail tools.
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Build a strong foundation.
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| Jan 5, 2022 | As Omicron cases rise, retail startups halt in-person events but continue store openings | As coronavirus cases rise, retail brands are being forced to respond.
When the Omicron variant began hitting New York City in December, DTC footwear brand Thousand Fell paused future brand activations and in-person events for the time being... |
| Jan 5, 2022 | As Omicron cases rise, retail startups halt in-person events but continue store openings | Shildt, however, confirmed that though the store launch is on track, the grand opening event is canceled — and the new location will be practicing strict safety measures.
“We’ll maintain necessary precautions, including requiring masks and ... |
| Jan 3, 2022 | Department stores are running out of ways to reinvent themselves going into 2022 | Fueled by this digital growth, many department stores like Kohl’s and Macy’s have finally returned to pre-pandemic sales levels in the back half of 2021. But it’s little cause for celebration as department stores struggle to grow sales from... |
| Dec 21, 2021 | 2022 Retail Trends: Our Top 5 Predictions | As the holiday season and post-holiday sales wrap up, it's time to look back at the past year, as well as cast our eyes forward to the retail trends that will define 2022.
As you close the year and start strategizing for 2022, consider baki... |
| Dec 21, 2021 | My Size : THE FAMILY FEATURE IS HERE. SHOP FOR YOUR LOVED ONES WITH ONE PROFILE. | The nightmare scenario? The box is carefully opened with barely contained excitement, they jump up and down as they rush to try it on and it's two sizes too small. Unfortunately, it's all too often the case that the perfect gift is tried on... |
| Dec 7, 2021 | Retail Sales Tips: Selling More During Peak Hours | There's no getting around it: 2020 was a rough year for in-store traffic. April 2020 saw a whopping 96.4% reductionin foot traffic for US retailers. The good news is that traffic is starting to recover, with Black Friday seeing nearly half ... |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Joann’s earnings dip highlights the end of the crafting sales boom | “Generally, the leadership team has done a good job of modernizing Joann in terms of its image and in-store experience,” said Saunders. “Without this activity the declines would likely be sharper than those posted.”
Still, the decline mirro... |
| Dec 1, 2021 | Aki Technologies Enables Data-Driven Personalized Advertising To Better Target Spirits Buyers with ReserveBar | Aki Technologies and ReserveBar
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Aki Technologies, the leader in moment marketing and personalized advertising, and ReserveBar, the established leader in luxury and super-premium spirits e-commerce, to... |
| Nov 30, 2021 | Five Steps To Inspiring A Customer-Committed Employee Base | Camille Nicita is President & CEO of Gongos, Inc., a consultative agency focused on driving customer centricity for Fortune 500 companies. |
| Nov 22, 2021 | Deliverr raises $250M to grow its ecommerce fulfillment network | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
While ecommerce sales are on the rise — with reve... |
| Nov 22, 2021 | Deliverr raises $250M to grow its ecommerce fulfillment network | Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more
While ecommerce sales are on the rise — with revenue projected to increase from $2.3 billion i... |
| Nov 22, 2021 | Adobe enables faster payments with Mastercard and Bolt partnerships | The news: Adobe announced new partnerships that should help speed up payment processes.
Adobe teamed up with Mastercard to enable quicker business-to-consumer (B2C) payouts using Mastercard Send, a debit network push payments offering.
Cons... |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Dollar General Receives Globee Business Excellence Award for COVID-19 Response | Dollar General recently received a silver Globee Business Excellence Award for the Company's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The award highlights the ways companies gave back during the pandemic with recipients illustrating endeavor, res... |
| Nov 2, 2021 | 5 Ways to Turn Ecommerce Shipping Delays into Opportunities | Fast ecommerce shipping has become the standard for online shoppers, with big players offering 24 hour-and sometimes even same day-shipping. The only thing more pleasing is fast and free shipping. Unfortunately, ongoing struggles with the g... |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Amazon Briefing: Why Amazon is pushing in-store pickup | Amazon in particular spends a lot of money refunding orders. Especially as it struggles to manage global supply chain issues and the post-Covid spike in demand, in-store pickup promises to be a way to ease some of the worst fulfillment bott... |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Amazon Briefing: Why Amazon is pushing in-store pickup | This is the latest installment of the Amazon Briefing, a weekly Modern Retail column about the ever-changing Amazon ecosystem. To receive it in your inbox every week, sign up here.
In the U.S., no company is more responsible than Amazon for... |
| Oct 11, 2021 | Buy Now, Pay Later Fraud: How to Stop it From Impacting Your Bottom Line | Buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments have become the latest target for fraudsters. In this article, explore why BNPL is becoming a difficult (and costly) service for merchants to offer.
Offering “buy now, pay later” payment options is the lat... |
| Oct 8, 2021 | Zebra Technologies : Three Ways to Prepare Your Retail Warehouse and Distribution Center Teams for the Holiday Season | It's never too early to prepare for the holiday season, especially with so much uncertainty and disruption still looming over the retail industry. Based on what we know about last year's holiday season, and based on future projections for o... |
| Sep 30, 2021 | How Google is trying to improve product search with its latest update | According to Google, the recent Shopping updates have been producing meaningful results. Since beginning to overhaul its shoppable search tab, Google has seen an increase in both merchant listings and consumer search numbers, said Madrigal.... |
| Sep 30, 2021 | How Google is trying to improve product search with its latest update | Starting this week, Google Shopping is rolling out an update in hopes of making online shopping easier.
The update give the Search tab a new look and features improvements and several new interface updates. These include the ability to bett... |
| Sep 15, 2021 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: US eyes $7.8bn ag research investment; Spiber, SpotOn & Halter raise | Spiber is valued at $1.22 billion following its latest fundraising round – while SpotOn hit a post-money valuation of $3.15 billion, according to reports.
Elsewhere this week, the US Congress is planning a major spending spree on agricultur... |
| Sep 7, 2021 | Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization | Sindhya Valloppillil Contributor
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| Aug 27, 2021 | New Zealand-based Imagr thinks camera-based AI is the future of shopping trolleys | When it comes to contactless, automated supermarket shopping, Imagr is backing a vision-based approach. But unlike Amazon Go stores, which use cameras and sensors to monitor the shopper as they walk in and out without scanning or paying at ... |
| Aug 23, 2021 | Why The Best Opportunity To Sell On Amazon Is Here And Now | CEO of Urtasker.com. |
| Aug 16, 2021 | Retail Sales Models Still Require a Human Touch, Advises A&G Analytics Leader | MELVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Retailers should rely on human expertise to guarantee the accuracy of the models they use to make store decisions—not put blind faith in "black box" software supposedly driven by AI an... |
| Aug 4, 2021 | Rihanna is officially a billionaire, according to Forbes, thanks to her fashion and beauty empire | Rihanna. Jeff Spicer/BFC/Getty Images
Forbes has declared Rihanna a billionaire.
It said she’s worth $US1 ($AU1).7 ($AU2) billion thanks to her music, acting, and her fashion and beauty brands.
It makes her the world’s wealthiest female mus... |
| Jul 16, 2021 | Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly badges are off to a slow start | Amazon is adding new certification options for sellers who want to qualify for the company’s new line of Climate Pledge Friendly badges.
Amazon announced the Climate Pledge Friendly badges last September as a part of a larger rollout of its... |
| Jul 16, 2021 | Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly badges are off to a slow start | Meyer said that, based on anecdotal evidence from her clients, the badges do seem to drive sales — though she has not yet gathered exact figures. “I’m very bullish on making sure the brands within my portfolio who are eligible are getting t... |
| Jul 14, 2021 | Back to School Promotions for Retailers: 7 Ways to Prepare for the Boom | Back to school is one of the biggest sales periods of the year for retailers. Even in 2020, back-to-school sales grew-and they're set to grow even more this year as in-person learning resumes for many students.
That means a spending blitz i... |
| Jul 7, 2021 | Centennial Appoints John Elliott as Chief Financial Officer | John has extensive expertise in portfolio management, REIT structuring and private equity, all of which will be key in Centennial’s next chapter of growth.
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Centennial, a real estate investment firm with a nation... |
| Jul 6, 2021 | Winning in 2021: Meet Some of the Customers, Partners, and Employees Who are Delivering a Performance Edge and Changing How Business is Done. | A win for any of our customers, partners or employees is a win for all of Zebra Nation. This year, we've had to think outside the box, jump hurdles and tap into our creative minds more than ever before to survive and thrive coming out of 20... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | Amazon’s first full-size checkout-free store is coming | Amazon will open its first full-size Fresh grocery store in the US using its Just Walk Out technology per Engadget. This is the first time the retail giant has deployed its computer vision, sensor fusion, smart-shelves, and deep learning so... |
| Jun 7, 2021 | Why retailers are increasingly building mobile apps for store employees | Creating an app for store employees requires more than just hiring software developers. Companies also then have to distribute devices for employees to access these apps on. Historically, that’s been on shared tablets or smartphones that em... |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Target and Walmart plan competing June sales events during Amazon’s Prime Day | Shortly after Amazon confirmed Prime Day for June 21 and 22, both retailers announced their own coinciding sales events.
Here’s what you need to know:
Target’s Deal Days will take place from June 20 to June 22. The digital sales event will ... |
| May 26, 2021 | I spent the day at Saks Fifth Avenue in NYC without a mask — here's what it was like | The author at L’Avenue restaurant at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City. Michelle Gross
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If you're fully vaccinated in New York City, you may now be able to go maskless at certain places. Writer Michelle Gross recently went to lux... |
| May 26, 2021 | I spent the day at Saks Fifth Avenue in NYC without a mask – here’s what it was like | The author at L’Avenue restaurant at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City. Michelle Gross If you’re fully vaccinated in New York City, you may now be able to go maskless at certain places. Writer Michelle Gross recently went to luxury departm... |
| May 20, 2021 | Here’s why Google opening a retail store is amazing news for Pixel 6 | Google made a surprising announcement on Thursday, revealing that it will open its first permanent physical store. Located in New York City, the store will open its doors this summer, allowing Google customers to experience its products jus... |
| May 18, 2021 | Walmart reports strong e-commerce growth, but Amazon is inching closer | That seems to have shaken the confidence of at least some leaders inside Walmart, according to Recode. Koontz noted that, for now, “Amazon’s grocery business is growing, but it is not remotely near as large as where Walmart’s is.” Marketpla... |
| May 5, 2021 | As E-Commerce Booms, We Cannot Lose Sight Of Security | Co-founder and CEO of G2A.COM, the world’s largest online marketplace for gamers. |
| Apr 29, 2021 | Amazon Briefing: The limits of Amazon’s new customer engagement tool | Even beyond promoting features like Posts, the new tool could potentially solve other persistent problems for Amazon. Giving sellers the ability to accrue followers and push out news about product launches — even if it is mediated through A... |
| Apr 29, 2021 | Amazon Briefing: The limits of Amazon’s new customer engagement tool | This is the latest installment of the Amazon Briefing, a weekly Modern Retail column about the ever-changing Amazon ecosystem. To receive it in your inbox every week, sign up here.
Earlier this month, Amazon quietly rolled out a tool called... |
| Apr 7, 2021 | These 10 Retailers Are Adding Stores In 2021. Here’s Why | Florida, Orlando, Five Below, specialty discount store with sale bins out front. (Photo by: Jeffrey ... [+] Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images |
| Apr 6, 2021 | Digital-First, Digital-Fast: The New Customer Experience Playbook | Bridget Perry is the CMO at Contentful, the leading content platform for digital-first business. |
| Mar 8, 2021 | Discount retailers like TJ Maxx and dollar stores are opening new locations in 2021, bucking the retail apocalypse trend | A sign is posted in front of a Dollar General store Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Five Below, Home Goods, and other discount stores are opening new locations in 2021.
Dollar stores have done particularly well over the last year during the pa... |
