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Leverage The Sharing Economy By Adding Rental To Retail

By Andrew Chambers, Renterval LLC Sharing — it’s one of the first lessons we learn as children. We’re rewarded when we do it willingly, and we expect others to do…

Executive Viewpoints April 23

What Is The Point Of Rewarding Customer Loyalty?

By Jennifer Dawson, Contributing Writer Retail is changing. Gone are the days when consumers had limited choice of shopping outlets. In their analysis of shopper trends over the recent holiday…

Executive Viewpoints April 23

4 Market Conditions Retailers Must Understand For Successful Sourcing

“Source. Sell. Repeat”. This, in a nutshell, is what e-Commerce — or any commerce for that matter — is all about. For thousands of years, people have made a living…

Executive Viewpoints April 23

Staples Will Add TSA Pre Service At 50 Stores

Staples customers will be able to sign up for TSA Pre, the program that allows qualified travelers to pay for faster check-ins at airport security, at 50 stores this summer.…

News April 23

UPS Study: U.S. Consumers Shopping Across Borders Climbs To 47%

It’s an increasingly small world in e-Commerce: Almost half of U.S. online shoppers, and a majority of online shoppers outside the U.S., choose e-Tailers that are based outside their own…

Features April 23

Goodwill Board Of Directors Seeks Successor For CEO

Goodwill President and CEO Jim Gibbons will resign after the Board of Directors completes its search for a successor. Gibbons, who has been with the organization for more than a…

News April 20

Four Nike Execs Depart In One-Month Span As Diversity, Conduct Come Under Scrutiny

In the latest in a string of executive departures at Nike, VP of Express Lane Footwear Greg Thompson has left the company. The departure came a week after the iconic…

News April 20

Drift Raises $60 Million To Build Amazon-Style B2B Platform

Drift, a conversational marketing and sales platform, announced a $60 million Series C funding round, which was led by Sequoia Capital and included additional contributions from CRV and General Catalyst.…

News April 20

Coty Introduces AR-Powered ‘Magic Mirror’ At Paris Store

Coty has unveiled the Magic Mirror augmented reality (AR) makeup try-on experience at its Bourjois boutique in Paris. The kiosk blends physical and digital experiences: When a customer picks up a…

News April 20
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