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Frans Johasson On Retail Remix

When Diversity and Disruption Intersect

Featuring: Frans Johansson, The Medici Group When you get the right people in a room (or in most cases today, on a video call), magical things can happen. New ideas…

October 12

Dollar General Dives Into Rotating Seasonal Products with New Pop-Up Store Concept

Dollar General has launched the popshelf store concept — smaller locations focusing on on-trend seasonal goods, with 95% of items priced at $5 or less. The first two popshelf locations…

News October 9

J.Jill Names Retail Veteran as New CEO

Claire Spofford, once the SVP and Chief Marketing Officer of J.Jill, will hold the top spot at the women’s apparel retailer beginning Feb. 15, 2021. Jim Scully will remain as…

News October 9

Surfacing Trends and Predictive Insights with Advanced Analytics

Trend/trend/noun. A general direction in which something is developing or changing. Trends are strong indicators of long-term market influence, customer adoption and retention rates and overall sentiment. Trends have long…

Executive Viewpoints October 9

Reopening Strategies to Reconnect With Your Customers

There have been a lot of changes over the past four months, and one thing that’s currently top of mind for brands and marketers is how to safely and strategically…

Executive Viewpoints October 9

City Furniture Overhauls Ecommerce Approach to Create Highly Customized Shopper Journeys

With the COVID-19 pandemic escalating the adoption of online shopping across all categories, the home goods sector in particular has seen a notable spike in ecommerce. Even as stores begin…

Features October 9

Staples Enables Contactless Returns in 1,000+ Stores

Staples will launch contactless returns for online purchases in more than 1,000 of its stores across the U.S. The retailer has partnered with Optoro, which will deploy its contactless Express…

News October 8

GameStop-Microsoft Partnership Will Standardize Retail Tech Stack and Connected Associate Devices

GameStop has entered a partnership with Microsoft to enhance its backend and in-store solutions, empower associates with mobile devices and offer shoppers the Xbox All Access pass. GameStop plans to…

News October 8

Sam’s Club Stocks Smaller Product Sizes for Shrunken Holiday Celebrations

Sam’s Club is preparing for a holiday season in which 61% of its members plan on doing more shopping online and 31% will be shopping earlier in the holiday season,…

News October 8
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