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DTC Darling Bombas Steps into Owned Retail with 3 Store Openings This Fall

Bombas, known both for its comfy socks and undergarments as well as its social conscience, isn’t exactly a…

Features October 17
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Google's new virtual try-on-me, not available for footwear.

As ChatGPT Focuses on Checkout, Google Hones its Shopping Experience

As consumers increasingly begin their shopping journeys with conversational AI tools like Google’s Gemini, ChatGPT and Perplexity, there’s…

Features October 16
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How Edible Brands Leverages Brick-and-Mortar in a Delivery-Centric Category

Edible Brands operates both corporate-owned and franchised Edible Arrangements stores, but these brick-and-mortar locations have a few key…

Features October 12
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Inside Primark’s Playbook for Winning the U.S.

In the nearly 10 years since Primark first landed on U.S. shores, the Dublin, Ireland-based retailer has been…

Features October 10
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Rent-to-Own Retailer Aaron’s Data Centralization Cuts Customer Acquisition Costs 33%

The rent-to-own retail sector puts a new spin on the classic “need vs. want” consumer equation. It’s designed…

Features October 9
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Listen Now: Pacsun’s Formula for Relevance: Youth Culture + Co-Creation

Legacy brands from the Y2K era are making a big comeback, not by simply repackaging but by reinventing…

Features October 8
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Back Market’s Latest Salvo in its War Against ‘Fast Tech’ — a Store in SoHo

Fast fashion is now a term familiar to most consumers, but similar “buy-it-and-toss-it” mentalities pervade many other categories…

Features October 7
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How True Religion Proved it can ‘Stand Alongside Couture’ During NY Fashion Week

Last month during New York Fashion Week, a host of brands not typically included in the luxury cohort…

Features October 3
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How Organic Mattress Maker Essentia Plans to Make U.S. Manufacturing Pay Despite Tariffs

The wellness concept has been steadily expanding, spreading from the foods we eat to beauty products and the…

Features September 30
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