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The Honest Company, co-founded by Jessica Alaba in 2011, is experiencing a renaissance with double-digit revenue growth and the highest gross margin in the history of the company.
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The AI Agent Survival Guide for Retailers
Once AI has unfettered access to product data, it becomes much harder to control the terms of engagement. The brands
Amazon’s Showrunner Bet for Retail Media
Showrunner brings new risks. How will Amazon manage IP ownership for user-generated content? Can it maintain quality control while scaling
Why Kim Kardashian and Selena Gomez Founded Brands Crush It
Whether you’re curating emerging brands for beauty, evaluating partnerships in wellness, or looking for buzzworthy products to add to your
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Experience
The Latest Play: Kids Toys for Grown-ups
The boomer generation never met a nostalgic reminder of their youth that they didn’t respond to. And with more time
Aspirationals Compromise Luxury Brands
For brands and conglomerates, such as LVMH and Kering, that have exposure to both aspirational and legacy luxury consumer segments,
For Next Gens, Fandom=Trust
Trust is built in the quiet moments, researching a company’s comments on TikTok and the user-submitted product photos on their
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Opinion
Work from Home – Privilege or Imperative?
Is work from home a privilege or a necessity? Discover why leaders must balance employee desires with the needs of
DEI: Courageous Efforts or Cowardly Responses?
Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-article point-counterpoint series on recent retail decisions about DEI. We are
Work from Home – Privilege or Imperative?
Is work from home a privilege or a necessity? Discover why leaders must balance employee desires with the needs of
DEI: Courageous Efforts or Cowardly Responses?
Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-article point-counterpoint series on recent retail decisions about DEI. We are
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Placer’s 10 Brands to Watch + 3 Surprises
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Technology
Amazon’s Showrunner Bet for Retail Media
Showrunner brings new risks. How will Amazon manage IP ownership for user-generated content? Can it maintain quality control while scaling
Warnings and Revelations about AI
From simple stone tools to complex genetic engineering and information technology, the history of technology is the history of human
Janice and Jason Wang Are Creating the AI RetailTech Future
“The supply chain for mass-produced garments is a very lengthy one—we can predict weather better than we can predict what
Management
Tina Bhojwani, CEO of AERA Is a Sustainability Powerhouse
Tina Bhojwani, CEO and co-founder of AERA, redefines leadership by blending luxury and fearless innovation to build a vegan footwear
Hailey Bieber Scores as e.l.f. Purchases Rhode
Three short years – and post-pandemic ones, no less — that’s all the time it took Hailey Bieber and her
Operations
How Once-Hot Prime Hydration Flatlined
Prime sprinted into more than 90,000 retail locations worldwide—without first validating real, sustained consumer demand. That’s a risky formula. Shelf
Toxic Crossroads for Retailers: PFAS, the Canary in the Chemical Coalmine
Retail doesn’t get to choose the larger policy environment, but it can shape its own brand integrity. In today’s fractured
All in the Family (Dollar)
Maybe Family Dollar needs to buy a zombie brand like Bed Bath & Beyond or Sears for linchpin products that