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REI Updates Supplier Guidelines to Mandate Removal of ‘Persistent’ Chemicals by 2026

New supplier guidelines issued by REI will require its cookware suppliers to remove environmentally harmful long-chain PFASs (per-…

News March 1
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CFO Survey: 51% of Retailers Plan to Raise Prices (Slightly) in 2023

Faced with inflation that remains uncomfortably high despite a series of interest rate hikes, just over half (51%)…

Features February 27
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CNBC: To Fight Inflation, Walmart CEO Seeks to Keep Private Label Prices Low

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon wants the retailer to do its part in fighting inflation by keeping prices on…

News February 22
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What Does the Future Hold for the Shopping Mall? Design Visionaries Share Their Predictions

Editor’s Note: As 2023 comes to an end, we are highlighting some of our most-read content of the…

Features February 22
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Meta's recent social commerce pullbacks aren't a sign of retreat.

Don’t be Fooled, Meta isn’t Abandoning Social Commerce — and Here’s Why

Recent headlines about Meta’s Instagram and Facebook doing away with shopping features on their platforms might appear to…

Features February 21
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Fashion Brands Must Act on Inventory Overhang or They’ll go Out of Style

The last two years have been a rollercoaster for fashion brands. The supply chain disruptions of 2021 led…

Executive Viewpoints February 20
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Homedics CMO Reveals 6 Major Truths About Modern Marketing 

Over the course of her expansive career in marketing, Kristen D’Arcy has worked for household names like American…

Features February 17
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Super Bowl LVII Ads: Temu Debuts, Rakuten Time-Travels to the 1990s

With algorithms and AI now “deciding” what ads each person sees, and delivering them through an increasingly splintered…

Features February 14
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5 Tips on Connecting with Consumers from the Founder of ‘Disrupter’ Brands Hello and Eos

Craig Dubitsky is behind some of the most disruptive CPG brands of the last decade — he founded…

Features February 14
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