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Walmart Sells ModCloth To Brand Investment Platform Go Global

Just two and a half years after Walmart added ModCloth to its brand portfolio, the Bentonville giant is selling the women’s fashion and accessories retailer. Go Global Retail, a brand investment…

News October 4

WSJ Report: Barneys Finds Buyer For $220 Million

A group of fashion executives have reportedly placed a $220 million bid to purchase Barneys New York, people familiar with the situation told The Wall Street Journal. The group is…

News October 4

Optimizing Blog Content: From Easy Returns For Fashionistas To Impulse Buys For Parents

Blog readers are as varied as any cohort, but highly engaged readers of certain blog types tend to over-index in key areas. For example, parenting blog readers tend to have…

News October 4

How To Determine Whether Your Marketing Is Working

All retail marketers try to measure the impact of their strategies and tactics. They have been asked to prove return on investment for too long to have survived without an…

Executive Viewpoints October 4
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Why Recruitment Is Key To Your Digital Transformation

In previous years, a retailer with an IT team or bespoke software behind it would be seen as something of an oddity, unless they were a large High Street chain.…

Executive Viewpoints October 4

Oracle Acquires Loyalty Solution Provider

Oracle has signed an agreement to acquire CrowdTwist, a cloud-native customer loyalty solution provider. Upon the close of the transaction, the CrowdTwist team will join the Oracle Customer Experience (CX)…

News October 3

Bed Bath & Beyond Plans To Close 20 Additional Stores

In a call discussing the retailer’s Q2 financial results, Interim CEO Mary Winston said Bed Bath & Beyond could close as many as 60 stores by March 2020, the end of…

News October 3

Rite Aid Names New COO

Rite Aid has appointed health care veteran Jim Peters as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Peters will replace current COO Bryan Everett, who is leaving to pursue other career…

News October 3
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Walgreens Boots Alliance Veteran Named New CEO Of Tesco

David Lewis will step down as Group CEO of Tesco in the summer of 2020. He will be succeeded by Ken Murphy, who was most recently Chief Commercial Officer, President…

News October 3
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