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NRF Forecasts Nearly $850 Billion in Returns in 2025, Slight Decrease from 2024

The National Retail Federation (NRF) is forecasting a 15.8% return rate in 2025, totaling $849.9 billion, according to the 2025 Retail Returns…

CVS to Open Nearly 100 Community-Focused Stores this Year, Including in Former Rite Aid Locations

A recent CVS Health survey of 2,200 consumers and more than 1,060 pharmacists and pharmacy techs reveals how highly customers value in-person…

Ross Stores Meets FY Growth Target with 40 Store Openings Since September

Ross Stores has engineered a flurry of store openings in September and October: 36 Ross Dress for Less and four dd’s Discounts…

The Widening Gap Between Brand and Performance Marketing is Holding Retailers Back — and How to Fix It

The divide between brand and performance marketing is costing retailers revenue. Against today’s collapsed marketing funnel, the old playbook of awareness first,…

Touting Strong Q3, Gass says Levi’s Could Double U.S. Store Footprint

Coming off a quarter when it generated net revenues of $1.5 billion — a 7% increase over the same period the previous…

JCPenney Stores to Host ‘Look Good Feel Better’ Workshops for Cancer Patients

Cancer treatments can change one’s looks, sometimes radically, and it’s often just one more aspect of the loss of control many cancer…

Walmart Becomes Latest Retailer to Join ChatGPT’s Instant Checkout

Walmart will join Shopify, Etsy and Salesforce in linking its online catalog with the new ChatGPT Instant Checkout, enabling its customers to…

Salesforce Integrates with ChatGPT’s Instant Checkout

[Update as of Oct. 14, 2025] Ecommerce customers of Salesforce — which include many large retail conglomerates such as L’Oréal Group, Pandora…

Ulta Debuts Online Marketplace Open Exclusively to Brands

Ulta Beauty’s online marketplace is now live on the beauty retailer’s website and app. Plans to add a marketplace, built on the…

The Promotion Paradox: How Retailers can Rethink Holiday Sales Strategy

Every holiday season, we hear the buzz of internal celebrations, “Company XYZ Celebrates Record Black Friday!” Carts are full, conversion rates are…

How Payment Data is Shaping the Future of Retail

Retailers have endured something of a rollercoaster ride over the last few years, but the good news is that, even as continuing…

How Edible Brands Leverages Brick-and-Mortar in a Delivery-Centric Category

Edible Brands operates both corporate-owned and franchised Edible Arrangements stores, but these brick-and-mortar locations have a few key differences from other kinds…

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NRF Forecasts Nearly $850 Billion in Returns in 2025, Slight Decrease from 2024

CVS to Open Nearly 100 Community-Focused Stores this Year, Including in Former Rite Aid Locations

Ross Stores Meets FY Growth Target with 40 Store Openings Since September

The Widening Gap Between Brand and Performance Marketing is Holding Retailers Back — and How to Fix It

Touting Strong Q3, Gass says Levi’s Could Double U.S. Store Footprint

JCPenney Stores to Host ‘Look Good Feel Better’ Workshops for Cancer Patients

Walmart Becomes Latest Retailer to Join ChatGPT’s Instant Checkout

Salesforce Integrates with ChatGPT’s Instant Checkout

Ulta Debuts Online Marketplace Open Exclusively to Brands

The Promotion Paradox: How Retailers can Rethink Holiday Sales Strategy

How Payment Data is Shaping the Future of Retail

How Edible Brands Leverages Brick-and-Mortar in a Delivery-Centric Category

AI at a Crossroads: Leadership, Ethics, and ROI

Return to Sender: How Organized Retail Crime Rings Exploit Returns, Claims, and Loopholes

Unlock the Secrets to a Profitable Holiday Season

From Data Center to Storefront: How AI + Edge Computing are Transforming Retail

2025 Telecom Retail Trends: AI, Tech, and What Your Peers are Planning Next

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