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David’s Bridal to Debut Dual-Sided Pearl Planner Platform for Both Couples and Wedding Vendors

David’s Bridal is in a closed beta test of Pearl Planner, a platform and marketplace designed to connect brides and grooms to…

Saks Global Expands Assortment Planning Solution to Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman

Saks Global has expanded its partnership with NuORDER by Lightspeed, a B2B assortment planning platform, adding Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman as…

Taskrabbit Debuts Customized Partner Pages for Streamlined Service Bookings

Taskrabbit has introduced Taskrabbit Partner Pages — custom landing pages that enable retailers to offer Taskrabbit services as a value-add for their…

Hibbett Launches Kid-Focused Ecommerce Platform

Just in time for the start of back-to-school shopping, athletic fashion and footwear retailer Hibbett has launched the Hibbett Kids ecommerce website…

Merchants Are Losing Billions to Failed Payments. Here’s How to Fix It.

Every year, failed payments cost merchants an estimated $118.5 billion globally. That’s not just a number – it’s abandoned shopping carts and…

The Evolution of Journeys Under New President Andy Gray

This article first appeared in our sister publication Shop Eat Surf Outdoor (SESO). Journeys, one of the largest footwear retailers in the country…

Netflix Bets on Las Vegas as Site for Third Permanent Netflix House

Netflix has picked Las Vegas as the location for its third Netflix House experiential retail venue, with an opening planned for 2027….

C&S Wholesale Grocers Buys SpartanNash in $1.77 Billion Deal

Grocery industry wholesale supplier and retailer C&S Wholesale Grocers will purchase the nearly 200-store SpartanNash chain for $1.77 billion, including assumed net…

Kroger Plans to Shutter 60 Stores by End of 2026

Kroger will close approximately 60 stores in the next 18 months and already has taken a $100 million impairment charge related to…

Retail Media: Everything You Need to Know

For several years now the term “retail media” has been buzzing around both retail and media circles. Whether you’re looking for a…

Retail is Finally Conversational, but Most Brands Aren’t Ready

For years, ecommerce has been stuck in a transactional rut. Shoppers type in a keyword, scroll through product grids, maybe filter a…

TikTok Highlights its Growing Ecommerce Power as Trump Delays Ban, Again

President Trump has once again pushed out the deadline of a Congressional order requiring that TikTok be sold to a U.S.-based company…

Tailored Brands Promotes Top Insider to CEO Post

Tailored Brands, operator of well-known apparel retailers Men’s Wearhouse, K&G Fashion Superstore, Moores and Jos. A. Bank, has named current President John…

Kroger Precision Marketing Adds In-Store Digital Screens

Kroger Precision Marketing (KPM) will deploy digital screens in select Kroger stores, offering animated content displayed on integrated, custom-made fixtures from Barrows…

UPDATE: Nike Delays Launch of Collab with Kim Kardashian’s Skims

[Update as of June 20, 2025] Nike is delaying the launch of the activewear line it’s developing with Kim Kardashian’s Skims brand…

Weathering the Storm: How Retailers can Ensure Resilience Amid Rising Cloud Outages

In today’s digital-first marketplace, consumer expectations for flawless shopping experiences, whether in-store or online, have reached unprecedented heights and are putting pressure…

Build a Successful CPG Loyalty Program with These 5 Tips

In the ultra-competitive market for consumer packaged goods (CPG), brand loyalty programs play a crucial role in differentiating your brand from the…

The Most Interesting Retail Media News from Cannes Lion: Updates from CVS, Pinterest, DoorDash & More

Cannes Lion wasn’t always on retailers’ radars, but as retail media has steadily grown in sophistication and influence, the glitzy advertiser conference…

PayPal Debuts Shoppable Ads to Help Retailers Offset AI-Driven Web Traffic Declines

As AI reshapes online discovery, merchants of all sizes are grappling with how to handle decreased traffic to their websites — and…

Kirkland’s Rebrands as it Settles into Role as Beyond Inc.’s Brick-and-Mortar Operator

Specialty retailer Kirkland’s plans to change its name to The Brand House Collective and has outlined plans for a “decisive transformation” as…

Solo Brands Appoints CEO and Restructures Debt

This article first appeared in our sister publication Shop Eat Surf Outdoor Solo Brands Interim CEO John Larson is now the permanent CEO and…

David’s Bridal Marries Online and In-Store CX with Shopify Integration

David’s Bridal is taking the next step toward fully integrating its ecommerce and store operations as it moves into a tech-driven, asset-light…

DutyFreeZone.com Launches Global Luxury Marketplace for Both B2B and B2C Customers

DutyFreeZone.com, which has been supplying products to vendors in the tax-free travel retail sector since 1998, has launched an online marketplace open…

Listen Now: Lessons from the World’s Top Brands — Apple, Amazon, Costco and More

Every company knows that their brand is important, but just how important can be hard to quantify. That is, unless you’re data…

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