Latest In: Features

NRF 2025 Recap YT Cover

NRF 2025: Top Trends & Takeaways

40,000 members of the retail industry gathered in New York City to explore what’s new and what’s next.…

Features January 24
bopis buy online pickup in store Featured fit tech frictionless returns product reviews reducing returns return policies returns virtual try-on
Returns are unavoidable, here are tips to minimize the costs.

How Authentic Reviews, Transparency can Help Alleviate the Headache of Returns

There’s a famous quote, usually attributed to Benjamin Franklin, to the effect that there is nothing certain in…

Features January 24
Featured fraud prevention Geekplus happy returns Holiday ThinkTank (2025) Holiday ThinkTank: Customer Experience (2025) industrial automation PayPal Return Bar returns fraud returns processing robotics The UPS Store UPS
180 "Dancing Robots" work alongside humans at a Happy Returns' Hub to process millions of returns each month.

Returns and Fraud are on the Rise — Happy Returns Wants to Help

Inside a large warehouse in Pennsylvania, dozens of black robots dart and swirl across a polished concrete floor.…

Features January 23
Arcadis design:retail design:retail Featured Featured petco

Why People-Centered Design will be One of 2025’s Hottest CX Trends

Some 2025 retail design trends are easy to predict; for example, it’s a good bet that artificial intelligence…

Features January 22
Featured Holiday ThinkTank (2025) Holiday ThinkTank: In-Store Experience (2025) Starboard Group Starboard Resort Westgate Resorts

Exclusive Q&A: B2B Cruise Retail Player Comes Ashore to Support Resort-Based Luxury

Stacy Shaw wants to make it very clear that Starboard Group is specifically in the business of vacation…

Features January 17
beauty brands brand building CPG customer experience entrepreneurialism Featured Pattern Beauty product development retail leadership lessons Tracee Ellis Ross

Tracee Ellis Ross on Innovation, Team Building and Why ‘Challenge’ Marketing is Broken

Actress Tracee Ellis Ross started building her vision for Pattern Beauty while starring on the sitcom Girlfriends, but…

Features January 15
best buy brand identity Consumer App Corie Barry customer journey Featured Holiday ThinkTank (2025) Holiday ThinkTank: Omnichannel & Fulfillment (2025) NRF Big Show rebrand retail media store experience third-party marketplace workforce culture
Best Buy has undergone a 5-year complete overhaul of its business.

Inside Best Buy’s 5-Year Effort to Evolve with Today’s Consumer

One of the core values of Dick Schulze, Founder of Best Buy, was “learning from challenge and change”…

Features January 14
activist investors bloomingdales bluemercury department stores dupe culture Featured Holiday ThinkTank (2025) Holiday ThinkTank: Business Agility & Innovation (2025) Macy's Macy's Inc NRF Big Show store closures transformation strategy
CEOs of Macy's Inc, Bloomingdale's and Bluemercury discuss their company's future at the NRF Big Show.

Macy’s Leaders Answer 6 Big Questions About the Company’s Future at NRF

The leaders of Macy’s Inc.’s three retail banners — Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury — took the stage together…

Features January 13
ai artificial intelligence Featured gen AI Holiday ThinkTank (2025) Holiday ThinkTank: Omnichannel & Fulfillment (2025) L'Oreal Lowe's Meta NVIDIA Open AI Walmart

AI Successes from L’Oréal, Lowe’s and Walmart Bring Context to the AI Conversation

Artificial intelligence has, not unsurprisingly, been a headline topic at the NRF Big Show, and NVIDIA is undoubtedly…

Features January 13
Retail Trendcaster Webinar Series
Retail Strategy & Planning Series
Holiday ThinkTank

Your Holiday Retail Playbook Starts Here

This premium content is part of the Holiday ThinkTank experience – a free, digital hub with dozens of exclusive and high-quality resources on the latest news and retail trends. Complete the brief form below ONCE to get access for free and receive our weekly newsletter!

"*" indicates required fields

1
2
3
Name*