Category: Retail News
5 Ways Retailers Can Reduce Porch Piracy
Consumers are shopping online more than ever before, turning residential doorsteps into busy delivery zones. Every day, millions of packages arrive at [...]
VF Corp to Sell Dickies to Bluestar Alliance for $600M
VF Corp has announced that it is selling its workwear brand Dickies for $600 million in cash to brand management company Bluestar Alliance. The deal c [...]
Squeezing Success: The Rise of Lemon Perfect
In episode 490 of Total Retail Talks, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Yanni Hufnagel, founder and CEO of The Lemon Perfect Company, an organic l [...]
The Back-to-School Battlefield: How Unified Commerce Turns Chaos Into Confidence
Putting on new shoes, seeing old friends, and inching ever closer to adulthood: for many children, “back-to-school” is an event characterized by reluc [...]
Beyond the Box: How Subscription Brands Can Overcome Global Shipping Challenges
Type “unboxing” into YouTube and you’ll find thousands of videos, many with millions of views, revealing the contents of a package. What started as a [...]
Preventing Return Fraud Can Still Be Customer Centric
Fraud in retail is on the rise; retailers reported a whopping 93 percent increase in the average number of shoplifting incidents per year in 2023 vs. [...]
Barnes & Noble to acquire Books Inc., Saving 174-Year-Old Store From Bankruptcy
Books Inc. will live on — as a Barnes & Noble brand. The 174-year-old San Francisco-based bookstore chain, which filed for bankruptcy early this y [...]
How Smart Brands Orchestrate Authentic Experiences That Convert
In the rapidly evolving retail world, consumers are becoming increasingly discerning. They’ve grown weary of superficial personalization efforts that [...]
The Silent Decision-Makers: Tapping Into the Hidden Buying Journey
In order to focus efforts on the appropriate demographic, any successful marketing strategy must include a step to determine the target buyer. In fact [...]
Sitting on the Sidelines Isn’t a Business Strategy; In Fact, it’s Ruining Your Brand
In today’s unpredictable global economy, retailers of all sizes, from big-box chains to regional grocers, are now taking a pervasive “wait and see” bu [...]