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Kohl's New Board Members

Kohl’s Reaches Agreement with Activist Investors, Names Three New Board Members

Kohl’s has named three new directors to its board as part of an agreement with a group of activist investors that have been pushing since December 2020 for a shakeup…

News April 16

$1 Billion Brand: Beautycounter Gets a Boost from Carlyle Deal

The Carlyle Group, one of the largest private-equity funds in the world, has acquired a majority stake in clean cosmetics brand Beautycounter — a transaction that values the company at…

News April 16

3 Ways Retailers can Benefit from the Shift Toward Digitization

The “new normal” may be here to stay, with retailers and consumers alike embracing the new, online-driven landscape of the retailer sector. Yet we cannot attribute this development exclusively to…

Executive Viewpoints April 16
convenience and online shopping

Convenience Increasingly Trumping Cost on Online Shoppers’ Priority List

Offering items at a lower price than competitors was once an almost guaranteed method of increasing online conversion rates, but today’s consumers are increasingly prioritizing convenience across the entire shopper…

Features April 16

Corporate Trade 101: How Retailers Can Capitalize

As a result of the last 12+ months, corporate supply chain predictors and associated analytics have been deemed all but useless. For many companies that focus a large portion of…

Executive Viewpoints April 16

Swarovski to Open Latest ‘Instant Wonder’ Store in NYC

Swarovski will open its latest “Instant Wonder” store in New York City’s Rockefeller Center on April 17, continuing its rollout of the new concept designed to reflect the brand’s evolved…

News April 16

Signifyd Raises an Additional $205 Million, Eyes Further Expansion in Latin America

Signifyd has received $205 million in Series E growth equity financing that values the company at $1.34 billion. The funding will be used to expand the Signifyd Commerce Protection Platform…

News April 15

NRF: Retail Sales Rose 17.7% YoY in March as Recovery Accelerated

As COVID-19 vaccine rollouts continued and government checks generated more spending power, retail sales rose 17.7% YoY and 7.4% from February 2021 in March 2021 according to data from the…

News April 15
Rinkit Emarsys

Rinkit Deploys New Solution to Engage with Expanded Customer Base

Online home and garden retailer Rinkit has partnered with customer engagement firm Emarsys to better connect with its customers worldwide following explosive growth last year. In 2020, Rinkit’s online sales…

News April 15
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