In advance of the holiday season, the National Retail Federation (NRF) reported retailers will hire between 500,000 and 665,000 seasonal workers in November and December. At least some of retail’s 8.5 percent to 10.5 percent projected growth for holiday sales […]
The 2021 Retail Radicals winners represent different sectors of the retail industry and based on their strategic initiatives and innovations, these companies have outpaced the market in delivering key performance metrics during an extremely difficult and challenging year. BJs became an essential
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It’s no coincidence that people have a love affair with cooking shows, and I’m certainly no exception. Whether I’m scrolling through Netflix, Hulu, FuboTV, or even the Travel Channel, a wide variety of chefs are ready to take viewers on
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Peloton has maintained its North Star by not compromising the customer experience for short-term profit goals. It is authentic, transparent, and true to its core mission. Peloton has changed the conversation about wellness and created a new model that fuses
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The deep discount grocery store model pioneered by the twin German retailers Aldi and Lidl is arguably the only all-new physical store format to come along in the retail business in at least several decades. But for general merchandise retailers
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During WWI and WWII, carrier pigeons (or homing pigeons) actually won medals for their valiant acts of bravery. The Germans even had photographer-pigeons with cameras strapped to their bellies, an intelligence system that was dropped only after aerial reconnaissance planes
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It isn’t just the deep-thinking, hyper-articulate panel participants that have made the Fragrance Foundation’s recent webinar stick out in my mind for a solid six weeks after the fact. Rather, it’s the idea that the beauty industry’s least dynamic, most
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For the past three years, we have recognized retail brands that have had exceptional results each year, powered by teams that are redefining innovation and reshaping the future of retail. We have worked in collaboration with SAP on our third
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“Designer rentals starting at $30,” Rent the Runway’s website proclaims. A quick scan of the site shows free rental coverage, free dry cleaning… what’s a customer not to love? But the fizzling response to Rent the Runway’s IPO and recent
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Just as Macy’s announced impressive earnings, which pushed its stock price up 21 percent, a boardroom drama intensified, spurred by an activist investor. The proposal on the table seems astonishing: Split Macy’s multibillion-dollar ecommerce business from its 600-store brick-and-mortar business
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