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Beautyque NYC Founder: ‘Being Inauthentic is Going to Guarantee Failure’

Few purchases need to be as tailored to an individual shopper’s needs as beauty products, and this need for granular personalization extends beyond the products themselves to the type of…

Amazon Adds Uber Eats Delivery Updates to Smart Device Repertoire

Amazon and Uber have entered into a partnership that will integrate Uber Eats directly into Amazon Echo devices, letting shoppers track their orders hands-free. Alexa will provide timely updates on…

Shein Adds Third-Party Marketplace in U.S.

Value shopping app Shein is opening up its platform to third-party sellers with the debut of a new global integrated marketplace. Up until now Shein has operated as a traditional…

Athlete’s Foot Debuts Neighborhood Concept Store in Atlanta’s Midtown

The Athlete’s Foot (TAF) marked the opening of its first neighborhood concept store with a series of community-focused events on April 28 and 29. The Atlantic Station store in midtown…

Shopify Sells Logistics Business, Cuts Workforce 20% to Refocus on its ‘Main Quest’

In tandem with strong Q1 2023 earnings, ecommerce platform Shopify announced a number of major strategic moves designed to “sharpen its focus on building and scaling the future of commerce,”…

Wayfair Launches In-Store Immersive Virtual Room Creation Technology

Wayfair has launched the Digital Design Studio, a patent-pending technology that aims to bring the best of online and in-store shopping together. The Studio is a kiosk that allows customers…

PAVE Global and goodMRKT Bring Student Design Challenge to #RICE23

Resale is Hot, but when it Comes to Making Money Many Brands are Out in the Cold

Although we’re taught that it’s not polite to talk about money, many people can’t resist crowing about what a great bargain they got by buying via resale. (Some are just…

Constructor Helps Retailers Unlock Zero-Party Data for Personalization

Ecommerce product search and discovery platform company Constructor has introduced Constructor Quizzes, a solution designed to help retailers deliver on consumers’ expectations by powering relevant and personalized product recommendations in…