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Eddie Bauer Retail Operator Cancels Store Lease Auction, Plans to Close 174 Stores
Eddie Bauer LLC, the North America store operator of Eddie Bauer, has canceled a planned auction of 174 store leases due to a lack of interest from potential bidders, according to documents filed with…
News March 9Beyond Small Business Saturday: How Neighborhood Shops are Powering Everyday Local Economies
Small Business Saturday began as a single day to cheer for Main Street. It worked. The twist is what happened next: “shop small” turned into an always-on consumer expectation. People…
Executive Viewpoints March 9Agentic Commerce & the Marketplace Boom with Mirakl’s Scott Eckert
FEATURING: Scott Eckert, CEO, Americas, Mirakl In less than five years, launching a third-party marketplace has gone from a questionable move to a strategic imperative for many major retailers. Recorded…
Podcasts March 9Building on Strong 2025 Growth, Ross Plans to Add 110 Stores in 2026
Riding the wave of value-seeking consumers, discount apparel retailer Ross Stores generated an impressive 8% increase in net sales for FY 2025, which ended Jan. 31, 2026, rising to $22.8…
News March 6Judge Orders Tariff Refunds Following Supreme Court Ruling
Federal judge Richard Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled on March 4 that importers were entitled to refunds following the Supreme Court’s invalidation of tariffs imposed under…
News March 6The End of the Endless Aisle: The Paradox of Choice in Ecommerce
For years, ecommerce has succeeded on an assumption that the more a marketplace offers, the more users are to spend. Digital shelves seem to be infinite, unlike physical ones, and…
Executive Viewpoints March 6Primark Parent Names New CEO as it Mulls Spinoff
Associated British Foods (ABF), parent company of Primark, has named Eoin Tonge as the apparel retailer’s CEO, making permanent the job he has held since March 2025. Additionally, Filip Ekvall…
News March 5Walmart to Expand Digital Shelf Labels Chainwide
Walmart will deploy digital shelf labels (DSLs) chainwide this year, doubling the approximately 2,300 U.S. locations currently using the technology (Walmart U.S. operates more than 4,600 stores). With more than…
News March 5Meta’s Rise as Offsite Retail Media Infrastructure
For more than a decade, Amazon set the rules for retail media: own the traffic, own the data, monetize shoppers at the point of sale. Onsite search and display became…
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