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Beyoncé at the launch of her hair care line Cécred at Ulta.

Ulta Saddles up with Beyoncé for Beauty Looks, Experiences Inspired by the Cowboy Carter Tour

Concert season is in full swing and Ulta Beauty is getting in on the action as the official beauty retail partner of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour. Building off Ulta’s recent…

News April 25
Hudson's Bay store exterior

UPDATE: Hudson’s Bay to Liquidate Remaining 7 Stores Ahead of Mid-June Closures

[Update as of April 25, 2025] Hudson’s Bay Company will liquidate the remaining six of its namesake stores and one Saks Fifth Avenue location, with liquidation sales beginning today. The…

News April 25

Why Secure, Reliable Connectivity is Mission-Critical for Retailers

Despite the growth of ecommerce, social distancing, high-street closures and a cost-of-living crisis, brick-and-mortar retail remains a major part of the global economy. There were $30.57 trillion USD retail sales…

Executive Viewpoints April 25

AI-Powered Sort A Brick Re-Creates Full Lego Sets for Resale or Replay

Sort A Brick, a new Lithuania-based startup, is using AI to bring order to consumers’ dusty boxes of mismatched Lego bricks. The technology can identify and restore complete Lego sets…

News April 24
Inside the first Whole Foods Daily Shop, open on NYC's Upper East Side.

UPDATE: Whole Foods to Open 2 New Small-Format Daily Shops in NYC This Spring

[Update as of April 24, 2025] Whole Foods Market has announced the opening dates for two new Daily shops, the grocer’s new smaller-format store concept. A previously announced second location,…

News April 24

UPDATE: Tractor Supply Breaks Ground on Idaho DC Scheduled to Open by Early 2027

[Update as of April 24, 2025] Tractor Supply has broken ground on its 11th distribution center (DC), an 865,000-square-foot facility in Nampa, Idaho. The rural retailer will make an initial…

News April 24
Inside Grubhub's first year as a commerce media operator.

Exclusive: Inside Grubhub’s First Year in Commerce Media and a Peek at What’s in Store

Last year, meal delivery platform Grubhub entered the increasingly crowded commerce media arena with the debut of Grubhub Ads, developed in partnership with Koddi. Grubhub was inspired by the meteoric rise…

Features April 24

Cutting Through the Noise: How Store Leaders can Simplify Operations in an Era of Data Overload

It’s been a busy quarter of retail shows. Kicking off with NRF and CES and ending with Shoptalk and the Retail Technology Show, store leaders are left grappling with an…

Executive Viewpoints April 24

Google Calls Off Cookie-Crumbling Efforts Amid Shifts in Privacy Landscape, Antitrust Trial

Since 2019, Google has been working on plans to eliminate, or at least minimize, the use of digital tracking cookies on its popular Chrome browser, but now the “Privacy Sandbox”…

News April 23
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