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Turning Retail Losses into Profits

How can retailers transform losses into profits? External economic factors, such as fluctuating interest rates, an unpredictable housing market and persistent inflation…

What is Store No. 8? Inside Walmart’s Innovation Incubator

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

Walmart and Rubi Labs Pilot Textiles Made with Captured Carbon

Walmart and Rubi Laboratories have launched a pilot to test whether usable textiles can be developed from captured carbon emissions generated by…

Accenture: Rise of the ‘Resilient Consumer’ Requires More Nuanced Retail Strategies

Accenture surveyed more than 10,000 consumers in 16 countries and found that although we’re living in a time of “lasting uncertainty,” the…

Joann Expands Location Solution to Encompass BOPIS

Joann has extended its partnership with Flybuy to power the craft retailer’s buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) offering. Since the beginning…

How to Convert Customers with Empathetic Marketing

In explaining the human mind, neuroscientist Antonio Damasio shared, “We are not thinking machines that feel; rather, we are feeling machines that…

Walgreens Exec: Operational Excellence Makes 1-Hour Delivery Promise a Reality

Any retailer that’s attempted to provide pickup and delivery services knows how fraught (not to mention expensive) they can be. Yet Walgreens…

Havas Study Highlights 5 Key Social Commerce Preferences of Gen Z and Millennials

It’s no secret that social commerce — that is, retail interactions that begin (and sometimes also end) on social media platforms —…

3 Technologies That Are Transforming the Ecommerce Experience

Flat. Boring. Uninspiring. These are words often used to describe ecommerce sites, despite the rapid evolution of digital technology. “There’s nothing special…

Customer Base, Digital Capabilities and Strategic Synergies are Driving Valuations in DTC Mergers and Acquisitions

The mergers and acquisitions market remains strong for direct-to-consumer firms that operate across a spectrum of channels, but investors are now going…

Prime Day 2023 Marks Biggest Day of Sales in Amazon History

July 11, 2023, the first day of Amazon’s annual Prime Day sale, was not just the largest single sales day in Amazon’s…

Wellful to Resurrect Jenny Craig as DTC Brand

Wellful has purchased the well-known weight loss brand Jenny Craig and plans to resume its operations this fall, using a DTC delivery…

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Consumer Trends

Turning Retail Losses into Profits

What is Store No. 8? Inside Walmart’s Innovation Incubator

Walmart and Rubi Labs Pilot Textiles Made with Captured Carbon

Accenture: Rise of the ‘Resilient Consumer’ Requires More Nuanced Retail Strategies

Joann Expands Location Solution to Encompass BOPIS

How to Convert Customers with Empathetic Marketing

Walgreens Exec: Operational Excellence Makes 1-Hour Delivery Promise a Reality

Customer Base, Digital Capabilities and Strategic Synergies are Driving Valuations in DTC Mergers and Acquisitions

Prime Day 2023 Marks Biggest Day of Sales in Amazon History

Wellful to Resurrect Jenny Craig as DTC Brand

Preparing for Global Expansion: 6 Must-Haves for Tax Compliance Success

5 Essential Tax Truths for Growing Midmarket Companies

The Agentic Engine Powering Profit-Driven Merchandising

6 Essential Tips for Social Commerce for Tax, Finance, and IT Leaders

AI at a Crossroads: Leadership, Ethics, and ROI

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