Author: Cyrus Pari
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Social Media Marketing in 2025: AI, Authenticity, Ads, and Aesthetics
As holiday campaigns dominated the social media landscape, retail businesses look forward to 2025 for cutting-edge strategies and approaches to stand [...]
How Brands and Customers Can Hate Returns Less
In November, REI reached out to 4,800 people with an email to let them know they would never be able to make another return due to past abuse. Other b [...]
Everything you need to know about Amazon Access, a resource to help customers save more
Amazon Access offers resources to make shopping and saving on Amazon even easier. [...]
Costco’s Union Workers Authorize Nationwide Strike
A union representing thousands of Costco employees voted to authorize a strike, paving the way for a work stoppage if the labor group and retailer do [...]
Inside Primark’s US Store Expansion Strategy
In episode 473 of Total Retail Talks, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Kevin Tulip, president of Primark U.S., the international value retail cha [...]
Best Buy CEO Corie Barry Shares Leadership Lessons
Corie Barry has worked at Best Buy for 25 years, the last five-plus as its CEO. As you can imagine, she has witnessed a lot of change during that time [...]
3 Trends That Will Break Open B2B Commerce for 2025
Here’s an axiom to remember: technology never stops evolving. That’s as true for B2B commerce as it is for all other tech systems around the world. Ne [...]
The Holiday Sales Season is Becoming More Unpredictable by the Year
A monster December propelled holiday e-commerce sales growth to the heights predicted at the beginning of the fourth quarter rush. Despite analysts’ s [...]
Tech-Driven Solutions for Retail: Stopping Counterfeits Before They Reach Consumers
Imagine two pairs of your favorite sneakers: one purchased from a trusted local store and the other delivered from a popular e-commerce giant. They mi [...]
Albertsons sues Kroger after judge rules against grocery merger
Albertsons filed a lawsuit against Kroger, saying it violated its contract and did not follow through on commitments to help get the deal approved. [...]