Inventory & Merchandising

thredUP Gears up for Resale Boom with New Texas-Sized Distribution Center

Online consignment retailer thredUP plans to open a new 600,000-square-foot, 10-million-item flagship distribution center in Lancaster, Texas in 2022 that’s designed to…

Mirakl Rakes in $555M in New Funding as Online Marketplaces Boom

Enterprise marketplace SaaS platform Mirakl, which powers the third-party marketplaces of some of the world’s top retailers, including The Kroger Co., Urban…

Riding Activewear Momentum, Peloton Launches its Own Apparel Line

Peloton is expanding beyond exercise equipment with the launch of a private label activewear brand called Peloton Apparel. The retailer will refresh…

REI Expands in Women’s Activewear Through Athleta Collaboration

REI Co-op will stock a curated selection of Athleta products at 135 of its stores nationwide and online. The wholesale partnership will…

Make Sure You’re Tapping Minority-Owned Brands’ Best Marketing Experts — Their Creators

Retailers increasingly recognize the importance of sourcing products from diverse business owners — that’s the good news. The not-so-good news is that…

Sensormatic Solutions Improves Inventory Visibility to Reduce Shrink

Sensormatic Solutions, a Johnson Controls company, is streamlining its store shrink visibility offering globally. The updated offering combines RFID-enabled detection systems and…

Avery Dennison Acquires Labeling Solution Provider for $1.45 Billion

Avery Dennison has signed an agreement to acquire Vestcom, a privately held pricing and branded labeling solution provider, for $1.45 billion in…

IKEA Moves Closer to Circularity with Buy Back & Resell Pilot

IKEA will test its new Buy Back & Resell service at its Conshohocken, Pa. store through Sept. 19, 2021, with plans to…

Want to Know the Holiday Season’s Top Trends? Look at Back-to-School for Insight

Back-to-school surveys across the retail sector point to a strong season, spurred by pent-up consumer demand. Deloitte indicated that parents’ projected spend was up 16% year over…

Surefront Enables Cloud-Based Collaboration for Product Lifecycle Management

Surefront has rolled out a product lifecycle management (PLM) platform that allows brands to develop products with all communications and data in…

Report: Allbirds Enters Activewear Category as it Preps for Upcoming IPO

Allbirds has launched an activewear collection ahead of its IPO, according to CNBC. The Natural Run Collection features six products, including tanks,…

Online Menswear Retailer Reduces Returns to 3% with Virtual Fit Technology

Many ecommerce retailers, particularly in the apparel space, have resigned themselves to return rates of 20%, 30% or more as a death-and-taxes-style…

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Inventory & Merchandising

thredUP Gears up for Resale Boom with New Texas-Sized Distribution Center

Mirakl Rakes in $555M in New Funding as Online Marketplaces Boom

Riding Activewear Momentum, Peloton Launches its Own Apparel Line

REI Expands in Women’s Activewear Through Athleta Collaboration

Make Sure You’re Tapping Minority-Owned Brands’ Best Marketing Experts — Their Creators

Sensormatic Solutions Improves Inventory Visibility to Reduce Shrink

Avery Dennison Acquires Labeling Solution Provider for $1.45 Billion

IKEA Moves Closer to Circularity with Buy Back & Resell Pilot

Surefront Enables Cloud-Based Collaboration for Product Lifecycle Management

Report: Allbirds Enters Activewear Category as it Preps for Upcoming IPO

Online Menswear Retailer Reduces Returns to 3% with Virtual Fit Technology

State of the Store: Exclusive Insights into Retailers’ 2026 Brick-and-Mortar Plans

Ready Your Brand: Leveraging Composable Architecture and AI to Scale and Simplify Digital Content

The Next Era of AI: Combining Consumer, Associate and Workforce Management Tools for a Cohesive In-Store Experience

Accelerating Your Growth: Why Automating Tax andCompliance Solutions Are the “Hidden Heroes” of Expansion

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