Consumer Trends

China Offers ‘Strong Financial Support’ to Help Boost Recycling of Household Appliances

Seeking to increase consumer recycling of used household appliances, the Chinese government has pledged to update regulations and provide “strong financial support…

Brooks Running Partners with Outside Interactive to Deliver Highly Localized Content

Brooks Running has joined forces with Outside Interactive, a creator of outdoor content, services and experiences, to bring local, personalized content to…

Fanatics Unveils Plans for Multi-Sport Fan Event in NYC: ‘Sports Fans Deserve a Place to Gather’

Digital sports platform Fanatics is moving into the physical world in a big way with its first Fanatics Fest NYC, to be…

Inside Westfield Century City’s Infrastructure Supporting Experiential Retail

Now embarking on its 60th year in business, Westfield Century City has become a beloved Los Angeles institution — one that has…

Retailers Get Real with AI: Four AI-Powered Apps We’ll See this Year

We are past the point of conjecture about whether AI will upend the retail industry; it already has. In a recent study…

Balancing Customer Loyalty in an Age of Growing Business Costs

Since 2020, the global economy has sat on pins and needles as the fallout from COVID-19 rippled through 2021, 2022 and 2023….

From Custom Worlds to Contextual Ads: Unlocking the Power of Games Advertising

Advertisers already have a healthy appetite for games advertising: IAB’s latest study on games advertising found that 40% of advertisers plan to…

Best Buy, Microsoft Celebrate Earth Month by Turning ‘E-Waste’ into Couture

Best Buy, one of the largest retail collectors of e-waste in the U.S., is partnering with Microsoft on a new activation designed…

Rite Aid Offers OTC Birth Control Pill at All Locations

Rite Aid has made Opill, the first daily oral contraceptive that’s been FDA-approved for purchase without a prescription, available chainwide. The progestin-only…

Costco Ventures Further into Healthcare with New Weight Loss Service

Costco has expanded its partnership with health care marketplace Sesame to offer weight loss care that includes individual clinical consultations and access…

Lands’ End Cut Corporate Workforce 10% Following Tough 2023

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to provide additional context regarding Lands’ End’s net loss in FY 2023. Lands’ End made…

The Future of Retail is Multilingual

Imagine stepping into a store where no one speaks your language. You’d likely feel frustration, confusion and, ultimately, disappointment. This same barrier…

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