Shoptalk 2024: Tech Talk in a Retail Agora
Shoptalk 2024 explored retail's future with tech innovations like Gen AI and AI-driven personalization. Unified commerce and customer-centricity were key.
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The Fallout: Retailers and CPG Price Gouging
FTC report exposes price gouging in pandemic. Kroger, Albertsons face merger scrutiny. Urgent need for transparency, fair pricing, and trust rebuilding.
Liquid Death Sparkling Water is a Billion Dollar Elixir
Liquid Death: From water to billion-dollar brand. Gen Z allure, eco-packaging, and rebellious marketing redefine beverage industry norms.
Brandy Melville, or Hellville?
Brandy Melville CEO enforces narrow beauty standards, amid controversies. Sales soar, revealing dark side of fast fashion.
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Liquid Death Sparkling Water is a Billion Dollar Elixir
Liquid Death: From water to billion-dollar brand. Gen Z allure, eco-packaging, and rebellious marketing redefine beverage industry norms.
What the Death of the Middle Class Means for Retail
Relevant marketing hinges on understanding the end consumers. Learn more about what the death of this middle class means for retailers.
Social Media’s Accountability Without Alienating Teens
Teen social media users are in for a year of frustrating surprises. That’s because both the U.S. Senate and social ...
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True Crime Retail Podcast
There was a time we could still envision when going to the mall used to be a joyous activity. Even an aspirational one. Even a ...
Where Is Black Leadership in Corporate Retail?
Over the next 50 years, Nielsen research predicts the Black population is expected to grow by 22 percent while the White (non-Hispanic) population is expected ...
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10 Top Brands to Watch in 2024
Everyone loves a winner. And we’re all intrigued by why top retail brands are scoring big with consumers, and why ...
Where An Oil-Driven Past Gives Way to a Consumer-Driven Future
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2/19-2/20 No, it’s not about golf. Yes, there’s that. More importantly, it’s where you should plan to ...
Technology
A Retail Vendor Portal Built on Trust
If you visualize the future, chances are you don’t see it as a triangle. But look again. Think of the ...
Behind the Scenes with Scayle Super-Entrepreneur Tarek Müller
What does it take to make a startup endure? Success in the global digital marketplace does not come easily or ...
7 Ways Retailers Are Doing SEO Dead Wrong
The last five years of accelerated advancements in SEO marketing haven’t given retailers and brands time to even catch their ...
Management
Dollar Tree Closing Spree
Let’s play a little Dialing for Dollars; the big picture is about Dollar Tree closing. Today’s question is: Why did ...
Kevin Plank: Architect of Under Armour’s Continuing Decline?
Hear from Robin Lewis about why he thinks Kevin Plank has been involved with Under Armour’s Continuing Decline.
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The Fallout: Retailers and CPG Price Gouging
FTC report exposes price gouging in pandemic. Kroger, Albertsons face merger scrutiny. Urgent need for transparency, fair pricing, and trust rebuilding.
Proven Retail Winners: IKEA, Williams Sonoma, Crate + Barrel
The home furnishings industry has received shockwaves over the past three years. First Covid lockdowns fueled a home retrofit movement ...
Cool Storage Is the Hottest Space in Retail Logistics
Cool storage is becoming the hottest space in retail logistics, network of massive, windowless buildings, humming with the white noise of massive refrigeration and cooling ...