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Luis Benitez, VP global government affairs at Lululemon, left, and Mary Beth Laughton, president and CEO of REI Co-op, right.

REI Co-op Returning to Its Values, Says CEO Mary Beth Laughton

This article was first published in our sister brand Shop Eat Surf Outdoor A lot has happened politically…

News June 2
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UPDATE: Court Ruling Revoking Trump Tariffs Temporarily Paused by Appeals Court

[Update as of May 30, 2025] A federal appeals has issued a stay pausing the Court of International…

News May 30
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Amazon and Walmart warehouses side by side.

Where Amazon and Walmart Are Looking Next: Even Faster Delivery, Healthcare and AI, Of Course

Earlier this week we dissected the similarities and differences between Amazon’s “Why” approach to innovation and Walmart’s “And”…

Features May 29
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Graphical image of global markets overset by Melissa Minkow headshot to represent tariffs, retail covered in this episode of Retail Remix.

Listen Now: Tariffs, Bankruptcies and What Comes Next in Retail

The Retail TouchPoints podcast, Retail Remix, returns for its fifth season with a doozy of an episode, but…

Features May 28
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Walmart and Amazon logos side by side to compare their innovation strategies.

Battle of the Retail Giants Comes Down to Amazon’s ‘Why’ vs. Walmart’s ‘And’

Earlier this spring, Amazon and Walmart released investor updates within one day of each other that presented an…

Features May 27
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Longchamp’s Art-Infused SoHo Store has been Redesigned with Hospitality in Mind

Every retailer wants its physical spaces to feel welcoming, but the newly redesigned Longchamp store in NYC’s SoHo…

Features May 22
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Google's Lilian Rincon outlines new AI advances in shopping at the I/O conference for developers.

Google Brings Advanced AI Capabilities to Search, Including Virtual Try-On, Agentic Checkout

Shopping is one of the primary tasks for which people use Google; in fact, people shop across Google…

News May 21
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Authentic Buys Dockers for $311 Million, Plans to ‘Reimagine the Brand for a New Generation’

Authentic Brands Group (Authentic) has purchased the intellectual property (IP) of the Dockers brand from Levi Strauss &…

News May 20
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The UPS Store’s Secret to Success: Maintaining a High ‘Say-to-Do’ Ratio

One of the paradoxes involved in providing great customer experiences (CX) is that it’s often essentially invisible to…

Features May 20
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