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Behind the Curtain: The Temu Superbowl Ad
Pam Danziger
March 12, 2024
Temu invites Americans to shop like billionaires. The problem is Temu must keep advertising at a fever-pitch to replace shoppers who fade away. Learn more ...
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Carrefour and PepsiCo Battle Over Pricing
Mark Faithfull
February 14, 2024
Shrinkflation is not a new phenomenon, but the practice has ramped up over the past couple of years, with many major brands sensitive about raising ...
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Self-Checkout is Dying. Hallelujah!
Arick Wierson
January 3, 2024
Whether we were aware of it or not, over the past decade or so consumers in just about every Western industrialized country have been unwitting ...
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That Was the Year of 23 Skidoo
Warren Shoulberg
December 28, 2023
I bet nobody actually says “23 skidoo” anymore. Chances are most people have never even heard the expression…much less know what it means. But as ...
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Retail Gas Stations Under Assault!
Arick Wierson
December 13, 2023
From the Atlantic to the Pacific, nothing punctuates the American roadside landscape more than the traditional retail gas station – except perhaps for the automobiles ...
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The Pre-Black Friday Phenomenon
Angela Thompson
November 20, 2023
Here’s the trendline: A significant shift in Pre-Black Friday sales has occurred over the past several years as retailers move from a cascade of big ...
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How an Iconic Parisian Café Plans to Conquer the Retail World
Mark Faithfull
November 15, 2023
Perhaps if you started business in 1885 and have a formidable literary and artist legacy going back nearly two centuries with the same family running ...
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How Cotton Can Help Protect the Planet
Catherine Schetting Salfino
November 13, 2023
Unlike synthetic, petroleum-based textiles like polyester, nylon and acrylic, which produce microplastic pollution and can take hundreds of years to decompose, cotton biodegrades quickly, something ...
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