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The 2025 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show amped up its inclusivity.

Live from Shoptalk: How Victoria’s Secret’s CEO Engineered a Transformational Turnaround

Victoria’s Secret is marking nearly five years as a standalone company with a remarkable business bounce-back. The retailer…

Features March 26
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Tilly's is one of many retailers that reported robust Q4 sales results.

The Unstoppable Shopper: Why U.S. Consumer Spending Is Expected to Defy the Odds in 2026

Retailers have posted healthy quarterly gains, and NRF released a robust 4.4% growth forecast for 2026. Discover how…

Features March 26
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Live from Shoptalk: How Hot Topic and Camp Turn Nostalgia into Current-Day Growth

There’s often a temptation to minimize nostalgia as an easy-to-manufacture emotion of simply pining for the “good old…

Features March 25
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How Everlane Plugged Fraudulent Returns Leaks, Saving more than $30K Per Month

Returns are a numbers game, and mostly the numbers don’t favor retailers, particularly ecommerce merchants. In October 2025…

Features March 24
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Happy Coil has seen rapid success as a sell on Temu.

How Temu Helped one Texas-Based Bookseller Find a Whole New Subset of Customers

When Temu first debuted in the U.S. it was a “China-direct” site, bringing products from overseas factories directly…

Features March 19
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As Walmart, Target and Dollar General Vie for Value Shoppers, who has the Edge?

There are many reasons that Walmart achieved a $1 trillion market valuation last month, a first for a…

Features March 17
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The Hox Shop at The Hoxton, Chicago.

How The Hoxton Hotel Chain Transformed the Minibar into a Localized Retail Experience

For decades, centuries even, hotels around the world have operated under the same well-understood principles. Yes, the idea…

Features March 10
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Exclusive Q&A: Why Retailers Should Leverage the Power of Dynamic Pricing

The flurry of tariffs that have reshaped international trade have created multiple challenges for retailers, and among the…

Features March 5
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JD Group CEO Régis Schultz at the NRF Big Show.

JD Sports CEO: American Retail Buyers Have Been Acting Like ‘Order Takers’

JD Group CEO Régis Schultz described American retail buying culture as "lazy" and said retailers need a point…

Features March 3
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