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NRF 2020: Macy’s, Rent The Runway, Cartier Lay Out The Benefits Of Diverse Leadership
“Our colleagues reflect our customers, and the customer today is expecting different things from our organizations." - Macy’s Chief Diversity Officer Shawn Outler
Features January 14Starbucks CEO: Retail Tech Advances Should Support, Not Replace, The Human Connection
Kevin Johnson stresses the importance of human connection as a chief value proposition for Starbucks at NRF2020.
Features January 14NRF 2020: Executives From Fast-Growing DTCs Reveal 4 Keys To Successful Disruption
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) disruptors such as Casper, Warby Parker and Glossier have disrupted the retail industry by bringing relatively ordinary products to market in new and exciting ways. Many legacy retailers…
Features January 14Goldman Sachs Will Acquire Aptos
Aptos has received a strategic capital commitment from Goldman Sachs, in which funds affiliated with the investment bank’s Merchant Banking Division will acquire Aptos from its current private equity owner,…
News January 13SHOWFIELDS And AREA15: Experiential Retail Creates Stronger Customer Connections
The future of brick-and-mortar retailing may look troubled, but physical stores still account for the majority of transactions. A new generation of companies, including SHOWFIELDS and AREA15, are working to…
Features January 13Lowe’s, Wayfair Expand Partnerships With Google Cloud
Lowe's and Wayfair are among the retailers using Google Cloud solutions to meet key business objectives.
News January 13What New DTC Brands Need To Know About Making It In Today’s Market
For the past five years, we’ve seen brands quickly attain highly coveted unicorn status while other brands scrambled to follow in their footsteps. We’ve watched brands that arrived early to…
Executive Viewpoints January 13NRF 2020: Walmart Exec, MIT Professor Say Retail Jobs Can Be ‘Good Jobs,’ But Much Work Remains
Closing an NRF 2020 keynote discussion with Walmart U.S. CEO John Furner, Zeynep Ton, Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, made a poignant point about the state of…
Features January 13Beyond The Box: How To Get Started With Subscriptions
Today, no one is shocked to hear that retail is changing. It’s not an insight, just a fact. What does take insight is understanding how to roll with the punches…
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