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Salesforce Forecast: Global Holiday Sales to Reach $1.19 Trillion, Up 2% YoY

Value-seeking consumers trading down, strategically waiting for discounts and choosing low-cost Chinese shopping apps will soften holiday sales growth to 2% year…

Extended Back-to-School Season Spotlights Need for Tactical Markdowns

As with many other retail sales “seasons,” formerly hard-and-fast dates about when back-to-school (BTS) selling starts — and perhaps more importantly, when…

In Retail Real Estate, Smaller Spaces See Big Demand

“Less is more” appears to be the new mantra for retailers and QSRs when it comes to square footage for their stores…

#RICE24: Where Authenticity and Vulnerability Took Center Stage

Retail industry events are typically designed to showcase the brands and executives that have it all figured out: they’ve conquered business challenges,…

#RICE24: For Rebecca Minkoff, ‘Nothing Beats Meeting Your Customer Face to Face’

Since Rebecca Minkoff began her entrepreneurial journey in the early 2000s, the number of ways for brands to listen to (and influence)…

#RICE24: On the Ground with In-Store Tech at Sephora, Reformation and Walgreens

There is no better way to find out what’s going on at retail than to actually visit stores, which is exactly what…

How Subscription Strategies can Supercharge Loyalty Programs

Loyalty programs are a common (and undeniably effective) tool for retailers to gather data and build customer lifetime value, but perhaps they’ve…

Primark President: ‘Our Business is Set Up for People to Grow Into’

Editor’s Note: As the Retail Innovation Conference & Expo (RICE) nears, we’re highlighting recent coverage of some of the speakers and companies that will…

New Cannabis Dispensary Modeled on Customer-Friendly Supermarkets

Many cannabis retailing sites call themselves “dispensaries,” a pharmaceutical-tinged word that connects to their role in selling medical marijuana. But Joyleaf, in…

How Amazon’s Anti-Counterfeit Unit Keeps Fake Products off its Site

Last year, Amazon identified, seized and disposed of 7 million counterfeit products worldwide. That’s certainly impressive, but what’s perhaps even more impressive…

Exclusive Q&A: Queer Executive Seeks Genuine Corporate Support, not ‘Rainbow-Washing’

You may recall that last year, Target caught a lot of flak from LGBTQ+ groups for moving (and in some cases removing…

Even Late to the Paid Membership Party, Target Believes it’s ‘Starting from a Position of Strength’

Target’s announcement earlier this month that it was launching a paid membership plan almost felt like a foregone conclusion. Amazon’s Prime membership…

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Industry Insights

Salesforce Forecast: Global Holiday Sales to Reach $1.19 Trillion, Up 2% YoY

Extended Back-to-School Season Spotlights Need for Tactical Markdowns

In Retail Real Estate, Smaller Spaces See Big Demand

#RICE24: Where Authenticity and Vulnerability Took Center Stage

#RICE24: For Rebecca Minkoff, ‘Nothing Beats Meeting Your Customer Face to Face’

#RICE24: On the Ground with In-Store Tech at Sephora, Reformation and Walgreens

How Subscription Strategies can Supercharge Loyalty Programs

Primark President: ‘Our Business is Set Up for People to Grow Into’

New Cannabis Dispensary Modeled on Customer-Friendly Supermarkets

How Amazon’s Anti-Counterfeit Unit Keeps Fake Products off its Site

Exclusive Q&A: Queer Executive Seeks Genuine Corporate Support, not ‘Rainbow-Washing’

Even Late to the Paid Membership Party, Target Believes it’s ‘Starting from a Position of Strength’

On the Verge: Embracing Gaming Communities to Drive Commerce

The Power of Unified, All-in-One Retail Platforms to Unlock Operational Efficiency and Better Business Outcomes

Retail Giants in 2024: Walmart, Costco and Target’s Competitive Edge

Prices Top Priority Lists for 46.1% of Back-to-School Shoppers

The Retailer’s Ultimate Guide to CTV Performance Measurement

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