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4 Smart Strategies That Are Driving Sales in a Slow-Growth Year
As spending declines from pandemic-fueled highs, the largest retailers are seeking creative solutions and new ways of connecting with consumers that SMBs can adopt, too.
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How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is Changing How Marketers Sell Everything From Food to Fashion
While apps like ChatGPT and Dall-E get most of the AI attention, AI is quietly changing how we buy and sell goods and services.
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How Slow Fashion Is Creating Opportunities for Startups and Legacy Brands Alike
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.
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How Major Retailers Are Fueling the Resale Trend
Dozens of digital startups are fueling ‘recommerce,’ the fastest-growing category in fashion retail, as traditional merchants are looking at the potential of the pre-owned market.
How Startups Are Reinventing Convenience Stores
A look at the entrepreneurial, upscale retailers disrupting the $654 billion 'c-store' industry, and how big players like 7-Eleven and others are responding with their own high-end makeovers.
How Mattress Brand Purple Connects With Customers
As a startup, mattress brand Purple made a name for itself with its humorous videos. Now it’s looking to find new and better ways to connect with customers.
Can You Buy Customer Loyalty?
Experiences, engagement and creating a compelling story for your brand does more to win lifetime love from customers than discounts and coupons, according to loyalty executives.
The Convergence of Food and Beauty Fuels Rising Self-Care Trend
Now more than ever, consumers want to both look good and feel good creating opportunities for businesses of all sizes.
Grocery Stores are Alive and Well in the US
Americans say they like grocery stores — and so does the research data. Online grocery isn’t replacing stores, it’s augmenting them.
Outdoor Voices Brings Omnichannel in Store
New technology empowers store associates to solve merchandise fulfillment challenges by providing a holistic view of inventory and delivery options, speeding order processing from minutes to seconds.
How Hammitt Uses Data Software to Control Inventory and Pricing
The handbag and accessories brand crunches data to take inefficiencies out of the supply chain and reduce profit-draining price markdowns.
Female Food Entrepreneurs Are Cracking Big Retail Their Way
These three California entrepreneurs are taking a different route to retailers like Whole Foods and Costco by building their own brands.
Pet Economy Is Growing in U.S.
Convergence of market forces led by pet-loving millennials gives rise to wellness and social offerings, like upscale food kitchens at Petco and ‘experiential’ clubhouses for dogs.