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AliExpress Adds Marketplace Selling Model for U.S. Merchants

AliExpress, which welcomed U.S. merchants onto its platform for the first time in October 2024 with the launch of its AliExpressLocal Direct program, has introduced the AliExpressLocal Marketplace model, along…

News March 21

Five Below Plans 150 New Stores by February 2026

Specialty discount retailer Five Below plans to open 150 new stores during its 2025 fiscal year, which ends in February 2026, and it is front-loading this expansion by scheduling 50…

News March 21
Container Store CEO Satish Malhotra.

Container Store CEO Out Following Tumultuous 6 Months

Less than two months after emerging from bankruptcy, The Container Store’s top executive — CEO Satish Malhotra — has stepped down, according to an internal memo from board chair Joel…

News March 21

How to Build Brand Identity Through Recipe Development

A picture is worth a thousand words, right? In today’s fast-paced digital world this has never been truer. With 65% of people being visual learners, it’s clear that the way…

Executive Viewpoints March 21
Consumer in thrifted clothes bought in online resale.

Tariffs, AI, Social Trends Create ‘Powerful New Pathways’ for Resale

As it has for several years, the resale market continues to grow — and the current headwinds other retailers are facing in this moment of economic chaos may actually act…

Features March 21

Walmart Pumps Up Fuel Locations with Openings and Remodels

Walmart will open or remodel more than 45 fuel stations across the U.S. this year, giving the retail giant more than 450 fuel and convenience stations across 34 states by…

News March 20
Food City homepage

Food City Parent Company Boosts Merchant-Supplier Collaboration with Customer Insights

K-VA-T Food Stores, the parent company of Food City, has implemented SymphonyAI’s CINDE Connected Retail platform to deepen its customer insights across all key business functions, including supply chain, merchandising,…

News March 20

Ollie’s Buys 40 Big Lots Locations, Supporting Plans for 75 New Stores in 2025

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet has acquired 40 former Big Lots stores, jumpstarting its plans to open 75 new stores by February 2026. Other low-price retailers have been buying stores from the…

News March 20
Alero and Liz, two of the 1,700 human stylists that power Stitch Fix.

Why Stitch Fix is Focusing on its Human Stylists When Everyone Else is Talking About AI

These days it seems everyone is an “AI company” — whether the goal is boosting SEO or sales or just general prestige, any company that is able to has tacked…

Features March 20
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