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Kohl’s Looks to Raise $360 Million with Distribution Centers as Collateral

Kohl’s is making a private sale offering of approximately $360 million of senior secured notes due in 2030, which the department store retailer will use to repay revolving credit loans,…

News May 14

BuyBuy Baby Returns as Beyond, Inc. Deepens Relationship with Kirkland’s

Beyond, Inc. and Kirkland’s have provided more details about the former’s$5.2 million expansion of its existing credit agreement with the home décor retailer. The additional capital will allow Kirkland’s to…

News May 14

Retail Risk is Serious Business – and it’s Time we Acted Like it

From a risk and compliance perspective, defense, finance, tech, and healthcare are generally thought of as the “riskiest” industries — but the retail sector is more vulnerable than it might…

Executive Viewpoints May 14

Staples Streamlines Fulfillment with Warehouse Management Solution

Over the past 18 months, Staples has implemented a Manhattan Associates cloud-native warehouse management solution at nine of its U.S.-based B2B fulfillment locations, and the retailer plans to deploy the…

News May 13
The "Well Suited" trend from Ebay's inaugural fashion Watchlist.

Inside Ebay’s Push to Become a ‘Fashion Destination’

There was a time when Ebay was effectively the only game in town for online resale, but the platform faces lots of competition today — particularly in fashion, where newer…

Features May 13

From Spectators to Players: How to Rethink Marketing During Live Sports

I grew up outside Detroit in the ’80s and ’90s, and like every school-age kid, I was convinced I was going to be the next Cecil Fielder, Isaiah Thomas, Steve…

Executive Viewpoints May 13

Ebay Debuts Agentic AI to Further Personalize Customer Experience

Ebay, which has been quick to deploy AI-powered chatbots as well as conversational and interactive agents, has taken the next step by using agentic AI to deliver real-time, hyper-personalized product…

News May 12
PostScript is taking on some of the cost of burdens to help out its retail clients.

Why One SaaS Vendor Decided to Share the Burden of Tariffs with its Retail Clients

If there’s anything we know for sure about the impact of President Trump’s tariffs thus far, it’s that the very idea of them has been incredibly disruptive to businesses of…

Features May 12

Mattress Warehouse Acquisition of Tempur Sealy-Owned Locations Puts Retailer Over the 500-Store Mark

Mattress Warehouse has officially acquired a total of 176 stores from Tempur Sealy International — 73 former Mattress Firm stores and 103 Sleep Outfitters locations — pushing the retailer above…

News May 12
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