Author: Cyrus Pari
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Bed Bath & Beyond Owner Cancels F9 Brands Acquisition
Neighborhood Intelligence Inc., the new corporate identity for Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., is walking away from an acquisition it had announced in ear [...]
Scalable Workforce Management Solutions for the Grocery Industry
The grocery industry provides opportunities for workers at all stages of life and work experience. The grizzled union vet who operates heavy machinery [...]
Why the New Battle for Customer Experience Starts at Checkout
Retailers have spent the last decade investing heavily in customer experience. They’ve optimized websites, refined mobile journeys, embraced personali [...]
When the Warehouse Management System Becomes Retail’s Automation Bottleneck
Investment in warehouse automation has moved from experimentation to a genuine spending priority for retailers racing to meet delivery expectations. R [...]
lululemon Pulls Back on Store Openings Following Disappointing Q2
lululemon plans to shrink its fleet of pop-up stores from 65 at the end of 2025 to roughly 40 by the end of 2026. Furthermore, 35 net new company-oper [...]
Preparing for Peak Season Means Preparing the Entire Customer Journey
For years, preparing for the holiday shopping season meant launching bigger campaigns, promoting earlier, and ensuring inventory could keep pace with [...]
Is that message really from Amazon? Just ask Alexa for Shopping.
Amazon’s first-of-its-kind Alexa for Shopping feature helps protect consumers from scams. [...]
The 3 Numbers Retailers Should Build Their Peak Plans Around
Peak season planning is always a combination of in-depth modeling, informed assumptions and, most importantly, gutfeel guesswork. This year, the groun [...]
Don’t Miss the Competitive Intelligence Signal in the Prime Day Hype
The National Retail Federation forecasts U.S. retail sales will reach $5.6 trillion in 2026, reflecting continued growth in an increasingly competitiv [...]
Amazon Sued by FTC, 22 US States Over Ad Sales Practices
Amazon.com illegally raised prices for advertisers by surreptitiously raising the minimum price required to place ads that promote their products, th [...]