You don’t have to go to the mall anymore to get your ears pierced. While teenagers in the past may have gotten theirs pierced at the mall, the service seems to be one that retail a number of big-boxers think holds promise. Claire’s continues to offer the service with its certified piercing specialists. Although, unlike … Read more
Retail marketing is undergoing a reinvention. Between consumers’ growing demands and shrinking patience for brands that fail them, it’s a prime season for fast-acting retailers to outperform competitors. Discerning next steps is easier when you know what peers and competitors are doing — particularly what they’re doing well. With that in mind, Sailthru partnered with … Read more
Best Buy wants to keep electronics out of landfills — for a price. In order to cut back on e-waste, the retailer in April launched a home pick-up recycling service. Now, customers anywhere in the US can request pickup for their old electronics. The service will remove and recycle up to two large products — … Read more
Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Union regulators aren’t the only Amazon stakeholders demanding changes to its workplace policies, thanks in part to a shift in focus at the Securities and Exchange Commission. At its annual shareholders meeting later this month, Amazon will … Read more
Listen to the article 10 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Stitch Fix, which 10 years ago launched as a data-enabled styling service selling clothes by the box, touts its AI to investors, but doesn’t seem eager to speak of it to customers. About three weeks ago, the … Read more
Listen to the article 10 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. It’s been another week with far more retail news than there is time in the day. Below, we break down some things you may have missed during the week, and what we’re still thinking about. From Stadium … Read more
Listen to the article 8 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Renewed faith in brick and mortar seems to have taken hold throughout the industry. Many brands that put their growth plans on ice over the past two years are returning to physical retail in force. Some companies … Read more
Editor’s note: The following is a guest post by Bob Hoyler, a senior consultant at Euromonitor International. Views are the author’s own. Over the course of 2021, a host of companies offering delivery of snacks, toiletries and other typical convenience store fare in as little as 10 to 30 minutes popped up across major cities … Read more
If there’s one thing that’s become predictable at JC Penney in the last decade or so, it’s constant change. The company has had five chief executives in that time, each with their own ideas about how to turn over its steadily declining fortunes. That included efforts like restoring and then again ending appliance sales, and … Read more
It’s been another week with far more retail news than there is time in the day. Below, we break down some things you may have missed during the week and what we’re still thinking about. From JC Penney’s Marilyn Monroe capsule collection to Sephora’s future at Kohl’s, here’s our closeout for the week. What you … Read more