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Engage Early for Holiday Marketing Success
The “Dog Days of Summer,” named for the heliacal rising of the star Sirius, the “Dog Star,” in the constellation Canis Major, have just passed. Howeve [...]
Engage Early for Holiday Marketing Success
The “Dog Days of Summer,” named for the heliacal rising of the star Sirius, the “Dog Star,” in the constellation Canis Major, have just passed. Howeve [...]
Claire’s Reduces Store Closures to 300 Following Buyout Offer
Claire’s, a mall boutique chain favored by tweens, teens and young women, is set to close more than 290 stores as part of its bankruptcy process, repo [...]
Introducing Amazon Lens Live: Instant scanning, real-time product matches, and insights from Amazon’s AI Shopping Assistant
Product discovery through visual search is faster and easier with Lens Live. [...]
3 Critical Email Strategies for Retailers as Bulk-Send Limits Tighten
Online shopping is now firmly ensconced in the American retail landscape. With total sales hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in 2024, breaking the $1 trill [...]
Retail’s AI Ambitions Are High. Their Data Readiness Isn’t
Artificial intelligence has become the centerpiece of 2026 retail planning, promising lower costs, faster decisions, and more personalized experiences [...]
Walgreens Names New CEO as Company Goes Private
Walgreens Boots Alliance is officially privately held with a new chief executive who formerly ran office supply retailer Staples. The announcement coi [...]
Tackling the Biggest Retail Cybercriminal Threats: Scattered Spider and Beyond
Organized crime groups pose a significant threat to the retail sector by exploiting system vulnerabilities to gain access to sensitive customer inform [...]
Back-to-School Shopping Scams Are Surging: What Merchants Need to Know
Back-to-school shopping brings a welcome spike in volume for retailers, however, this annual event (or should we say preparation frenzy) has become pr [...]
Sweating Through Summer to Save the Holidays: Tariffs, Tight Timelines, and the Warehouse Crunch
It’s still iced coffee season. Pavement is shimmering in the late summer heat. However, inside warehouses across the country, teams are already in hol [...]