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Mattress firm has withdrawn its plans to IPO citing market volatility.

Mattress Firm Puts IPO on Ice, Citing Market Volatility

Mattress Firm has withdrawn its plans for an IPO this year, according to documents filed with the SEC. In January 2022, the mattress chain announced its plans to list on…

News January 12
Walmart has teamed up with Salesforce to make its tech offerings available to more retailers.

Walmart Expands Reach of Third-Party Retail Services with Salesforce Integration

Walmart’s burgeoning slate of white-label retail tech will be made more widely available via a new partnership with Salesforce. Retailers will now be able to plug into Walmart Commerce Technologies’…

News January 12

The Home Depot Introduces New Associate-Facing App, Updates Hourly Pay Practices

The Home Depot is enhancing its associate experience with a new app developed to help them prioritize tasks more effectively, and a new pay policy that rounds clock-ins and clock-outs…

News January 12

NRF Big Show to Spotlight Innovative Consumer Products and Workforce Solutions

Everyone in the retail industry knows January means two things: lots of holiday returns and the venerable NRF Big Show, running Jan. 15-17, 2023 and featuring more than 950 exhibitors…

Features January 12

Centric Software Helps Retailers Enhance Planning with Cloud-Native Solution

Centric Software will introduce Centric Planning, a retail planning solution designed to help companies achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals, at the 2023 NRF Big Show. The AI-driven solution…

News January 12

Best Practices for Selling on Amazon You May Be Missing

We hear it from retailers all the time. They’ve created a sales presence on Amazon.com, but inexplicably, the vast majority of their sales continue to be generated from their own…

Executive Viewpoints January 12

LVMH Shakes Up Leadership of Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton

LVMH has named Christian Dior Couture CEO Pietro Beccari as Chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton, succeeding Michael Burke, who will take up new responsibilities and report directly to LVMH…

News January 11

CNBC: Bed Bath & Beyond Eliminates Chief Transformation Officer Role, Plans Further Job Cuts

Bed Bath & Beyond reportedly plans more layoffs and will eliminate the Chief Transformation Officer role currently held by Anu Gupta, according to an internal memo from CEO Sue Gove…

News January 11

Five Below Plans to Convert 400 Stores to Higher-Price Format

Five Below, the value retailer targeting the tween and teen markets, plans to open more than 200 stores during its fiscal year 2023, which ends in January 2024, and convert…

News January 11
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