As 2020 unfolds, the retail business has been dramatically altered. Macy’s started the year by laying off employees and closing stores. Simon Properties led a...
Usually earnings reports are fairly predictable and boring affairs. Revenue, expenses, competitive threats and then the reason to be optimistic. Outerwear firm Canada Goose takes...
There’s community-based and community-driven. Youth-oriented shoe and apparel brand Vans has found the intersection of both, as seen in its most recent store opening this...
Staples is thinking outside the box with a new store format that highlights podcasting, community events and coworking spaces. The Staples Connect concept, which will...
As the retail industry faces a string of closures, Mars Retail Group is bucking the trend by growing its M&M’s candy stores in the U.S....
There are all kinds of pop-up shops that have, well, popped up over the last several years. Pop-up bars, pop-up candy shops, pop-up hairdressers, pop-up...
Mobile order-ahead has had a substantial impact on the restaurant industry. The prevalence of delivery has increased since last year, primarily due to the rise of...
Providing a top consumer experience is becoming more important and is a rising trend in retail, and that will almost certainly increase in the 2020s....
Two decades ago American Girl was one of the players that introduced the world to a whole new concept — experiential retail — the idea...