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Listen Now: Tariffs, Bankruptcies and What Comes Next in Retail

The Retail TouchPoints podcast, Retail Remix, returns for its fifth season with a doozy of an episode, but then again, it’s been…

Top 2024 Trends & Predictions Check-In

In December 2023, Retail TouchPoints unveiled its latest Industry Trends & Predictions Report, a multi-media experience featuring insights from 15 of the…

Claire’s CEO Steps Down, Current COO/CFO Takes on Role

Claire’s CEO Ryan Vero has stepped down, leaving current COO and CFO Chris Cramer to take over on an interim basis. Cramer…

Skechers Widens its Reach with New Roblox Store, John Deere Collab

Skechers is bringing its brand to new audiences with a virtual store in Roblox aimed at younger consumers and a new co-branded…

Reebok Debuts AI-Powered Custom Sneaker Design Tool on Instagram

Reebok has launched an AI-driven fashion experience on Instagram that allows customers to create their own digital sneakers from photo memories. The…

Wow Bao Links Loyalty Program to New Roblox Experience

Asian fast-casual restaurant chain Wow Bao is continuing its Web3 push with a new Roblox experience that is integrated with its Hot…

Foot Locker, JD Sports, Nike do a Full-Court Press for NBA’s All-Star Weekend

With both IRL and virtual events, retailers and brands including Foot Locker, JD Sports, Nike, Jordan Brand and the National Basketball Players’…

Drones and Virtual Experiences: Shipt Launches Innovation Lab to Explore Delivery’s Frontier

Shipt has launched an innovation lab focused on “big thinking to centralize delivery and product experiments across the country,” according to a…

AI Isn’t Going Anywhere: How Retailers Plan to Deploy the Tech in 2024

Artificial intelligence dominated headlines and water cooler conversations in 2023, and 2024 is looking to be no different (if the conversations and…

How Claire’s New IP Universe Started in the Metaverse

Claire’s relevance was waning in the late 2010s as the shopping malls where so many of its stores were located became less…

Embracing Community, Data and Failure: Top Trends and Takeaways from AWNY

What better place than a defunct mall to explore the future of retail and customer engagement? That’s exactly what attendees at Advertising…

In the New World of Beauty, Community is the Core and Technology is the Enabler

Sasha Radic, Managing Director of the investment bank Jefferies, believes that beauty is one of the most exciting and “special” sectors in…

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