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All the Feels: How Mood will Underpin Future Consumer Spending in Retail

The future consumer is a #mood. By now, it’s a given that consumers expect personalized brand interactions and offerings, but it’s not just functional benefits they’re after. In 2024 and…

Executive Viewpoints March 12

Patagonia Workers in Reno Store Vote to Join Union

The associates at a Patagonia store in Reno, Nev. have voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 711, marking the first successful unionization effort at a…

News March 11

H&M Helps Launch Textile-to-Textile Polyester Recycling Venture

H&M Group, Vargas Holding and TPG Rise Climate have launched Syre, with the goal of providing recycled polyester yarn that’s equivalent in quality to virgin yarn but has less impact…

News March 11
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Macy’s Appoints Former Walmart Connect Exec to Lead Retail Media Network

Macy’s, Inc. has appointed Michael Krans as VP of Macy’s Media Network, where he will oversee the company’s in-house media business dedicated to connecting advertising partners with Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s…

News March 11

DoorDash Canada Supports Women-Owned Restaurants with $150K in Grants

DoorDash has launched a Made by Women platform designed to champion female chefs and restaurateurs and provide access to marketing, educational and financial resources. To inaugurate the program, the Made…

News March 11

Getting to Grips with Gen Z

Gen Z consumers are neither easy to define nor predictable in their shopping habits. The consumer cohort born between 1996 or 1997 and 2010 and 2020 (there is no complete…

Executive Viewpoints March 11
Katie Thomas, who leads the Kearney Consumer Institute, reveals the impact of "superfans," and how brands can cultivate fandom.

KCI Survey: Swifties, the BeyHive and BravoCon Demonstrate the Power of Superfans

“Brand fans” are definitely loyal customers, but not all loyal customers are brand fans — and for many marketing and brand teams, driving relevance and impact means activating and leveraging…

Features March 11

How Juxtapose is Shaping Tomorrow’s Brands

Featuring: Ben West, Partner, Juxtapose Juxtapose positions itself as a “creation-oriented investment firm,” which means their investment process is based on businesses that don’t exist yet. Focusing on industries that…

Podcasts March 11

There Goes the Sun: Warby Parker Offers Free Glasses to Safely View Upcoming Solar Eclipse

The Great North American Solar Eclipse on April 8 will be the last total solar eclipse (when the moon comes between us and the sun) that’s visible from the contiguous…

News March 8
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