Using In-Store Expertise to Battle Black-Owned Beauty Brands’ Historical Hurdles
Products in the beauty and hair care space made by (and for) Black consumers had long been scarce…
Features February 4
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Generative AI in Retail: 4 Predictions for 2025
The retail industry’s rapid adoption of generative AI technologies will continue in 2025. Throughout 2024, many retailers moved…
Executive Viewpoints February 4
Costco Raising Non-Union Workers’ Pay as Teamsters Strike Looms
Costco has raised the salary for most store employees to $30 per hour, according to reporting by Bloomberg…
News January 31
Simon Preps New Nashville Outlet Center, Plans 20-Stop ‘Scouting Stars’ Music Tour
Simon has purchased a site in the metro Nashville area that it plans to develop into a 325,000-square-foot…
News January 30
Houchens Food Group Enhances Customer Engagement Across Grocery Banners
Houchens Food Group, which operates more than 400 grocery, convenience, hardware and foodservice locations in 15 states, has…
News January 30
Struggling Kohl’s to Close 27 Stores, Cut 10% of Corporate Workforce
Kohl’s will close 27 underperforming stores by April 2025 and shutter an ecommerce fulfillment center (EFC) in San…
News January 29
UPDATE: Philadelphia Whole Foods Workers Vote to Unionize
[Update as of Jan. 28, 2025] A majority of the employees at the Whole Foods flagship in Philadelphia’s…
News January 28
Target Joins Roster of Retailers Scaling Back DEI in Effort to ‘Stay in Step with Evolving External Landscape’
Target has joined the growing list of retailers and other institutions, including the federal government, pulling back on…
News January 27
Coresight Predicts Store Closures will Spike to 15,000 This Year
Following a raft of stores closures in 2024, retail advisory firm Coresight Research predicts that closures will escalate…
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