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Retail Tech Innovations Aimed at Pandemic-Changed Shoppers

While big retailers are taking the lead in testing drones, driverless vans and other innovations, the goal of the startups behind the tech is to become essential for businesses of all sizes.

Future Consumer Trends for Business

Trend forecasters predict how consumer attitudes and expectations are shifting — and how companies can prepare to drive business throughout the year.

Slow Fashion Trend Creates Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

A movement that started as a backlash to disposable fast fashion has expanded to include made-to-order and made-in-the-U.S. manufacturing.

5 Consumer Trends to Know in 2022

The pace of change triggered by the pandemic isn’t slowing down, retail leaders say. Survival depends on knowing what customers want, and reacting quickly.

Fitness-Meets-Wellness Franchise Businesses Grow During Pandemic

From infrared sauna studios to stretching labs, boutique wellness venues are finding success catering to consumers’ rising interest in self-care.

3 Facebook & Instagram Tools for Customer Communication

Communication functions on the social networks allow small businesses to nurture their communities while crowdsourcing ideas and content, said entrepreneurs during a Facebook panel discussion.

Pop-Up Store Experiences That Blend Physical, Digital Worlds Woo Pandemic-Changed Shoppers

Technology turns temporary installations into data-rich, ‘hyper-customized’ environments where brands can reach customers directly, bypassing traditional retail channels.

How Big Brands Are Using Certain Pricing Strategies to Drive Business

Pricing experts that work with companies from Sally Beauty to Eventbrite share how brands are changing their game plans to counter inflation and supply chain pressures.

3 Startups Share the Secret to Growing During a Pandemic

The founders of Windmill, Xendoo and G&B Digital Management share actionable insights on how they found success during a time of unprecedented business challenges.

Last-Mile Delivery Services Seek to Meet Pandemic-Fueled Consumer Demand

Retailers from Walmart and Amazon to disruptors like UberConnect and Gopuff, along with traditional carriers, are expediting order fulfillment in a COVID-changed delivery landscape.