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Bal Harbour Pop-up Embarks on Luxurious Retail Tour
Bal Harbour Shops, the Miami Beach-based luxury shopping destination, is bringing a curated pop-up experience to Raleigh, N.C., later this month. This is the first stop of a multi-city tour…
News November 14
Have Big Sustainability Goals? Bergmeyer+ Says to Start Small — with Store Fixtures
Sustainability goals are all well and good, but too often they remain just that — goals rather than actual, measurable achievements. Sometimes this is due to deliberate greenwashing, but more…
Features November 14
High-Quality Data is the Key to Unlocking the Power of Generative AI in Retail
When generative AI burst into the public sphere last year — in the form of Microsoft and OpenAI’s ChatGPT — it gained 100 million active users over the course of…
Executive Viewpoints November 14
NRF, CNBC Join Forces to ‘Modernize How Retail Sales are Tracked and Measured’
The National Retail Federation (NRF) and CNBC have teamed up to launch a new retail sales tracker, the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor. The new tracker aims to offer more accurate and…
News November 13
Walgreens Cuts 5% of Corporate Workforce in Streamlining Bid
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) will cut 267 jobs — 5% of its corporate workforce — in a move to “streamline our operations and focus on our critical priorities,” according to…
News November 13
Amazon Links Up with Meta, Snap to Enable In-Platform Social Purchases
[This story was updated on Nov. 14, 2023, to include news of a similar partnership with Snapchat.] Meta and Amazon have quietly debuted a new closed-loop social commerce experience that…
News November 13
Toys ‘R’ Us Plants a Flag(ship) in Mall of America
Toys “R” Us will open its second mall-based flagship store on Nov. 17 at Minnesota’s Mall of America, just in time for the holiday season. The 11,000-square-foot store is the…
News November 13
Consumers Just Keep Spending Online: Here’s How to Keep it Going this Holiday Season and into 2024
August’s overall retail sales in the U.S. showed continuing resilience, with actual growth of 0.6% after economists polled by Reuters had predicted just 0.2% growth. However, the overall data masks…
Executive Viewpoints November 13
How Unconventional Creative Fuels Liquid Death’s Digital Growth
Featuring: Natalie Cotter, Director of Digital Retail, Liquid Death | Claire Tassin, E-commerce Analyst, Morning Consult From leveraging social media to exploring marketplaces and strategic advertising, there are countless avenues…
Podcasts November 13
