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How The Consumer Spending-Sentiment Gap Will Impact Holiday Retail

The holiday season delivers a hefty chunk of annual retail sales. With fall around the corner, many retailers are wondering how this holiday season will be affected by the pandemic.…

Executive Viewpoints September 22

New York City Launches Online Grocery Marketplace For Marginalized Neighborhoods

New York City has selected Mercato to serve as an e-Commerce marketplace that will connect underserved communities with local grocery stores. The partnerships will let select shops in each of…

News September 21

DTC Check-In: ThirdLove’s Heidi Zak Talks Impact Of COVID & Civil Unrest On Business Operations

If you mention bra shopping to any woman in your life, you’re likely to be met with a groan or a sigh or two. That’s why ThirdLove was founded: to make the bra shopping process painless.  …

Executive Viewpoints September 21

DSW Shop-In-Shops Step Into 6 Hy-Vee Supermarkets

Six months after launching a digital shop for DSW  shoe styles on Hy-Vee.com, the retailers are moving their partnership into the brick-and-mortar space. By October 2, DSW shops will open…

News September 21

Walmart, Oracle Receive Tentative Approval For 20% Stake In TikTok Global

Walmart and Oracle have received tentative approval from the government to acquire 20% of the newly formed TikTok Global business, which will be responsible for providing all TikTok services in…

News September 21

Walmart Assembles Value-Priced Private Label Apparel Line

Walmart has launched Free Assembly, a men’s and women’s private label apparel line with items priced from $9 to $45. Designed by an in-house Walmart team, the line includes 30…

News September 21

In Their Own Words: How Retailers Are Coping With COVID-19

The challenges of COVID-19 have impacted everything, from the way we shop, eat, behave and live. During our annual 36|86 Festival in August, a panel of experts and founders across…

Executive Viewpoints September 21

Retailers Join Efforts To Maximize Voter Participation

It started in the runup to the 2018 midterm elections: Hundreds of companies, including many retailers, joined nonpartisan efforts to encourage voter participation through a business-led coalition called Time to…

Features September 21

3 Omnichannel Keys For A Successful Holiday Season

The pandemic’s disruption of the retail industry has driven a lot of change over the past six months, from an increase in online shopping to the rapid adoption of curbside…

Executive Viewpoints September 21
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