Consumer packaged goods (CPGs) entrepreneurs face many decisions as they grow their businesses. Distribution, packaging and funding can create challenges for those seeking to get their products from the farmers market to shelves of big box brick-and-mortar stores. It can be particularly difficult to overcome...
To reach more consumers and foster more eco-friendly operations, IKEA is testing out renting its furniture offerings in Japan, Curbed reported Wednesday (Jan. 31). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
As a matter of logic, what food looks like shouldn’t matter, since humans eat with their mouths — not with their eyes. And yet — as an multitude of Instagram food pictures proves — eating, particularly in the digital era, is a visual adventure as well as a...
Fashion retailer H&M plans to shutter more than 170 of its brick-and-mortar locations this year through its largest store closure program in at least 10 years, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Jan. 31). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Online marketplace Farfetch is planning to launch new mobile technology that will allow shoppers to flag items with their phones as they shop in stores. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Facing the shifting preferences of consumers, H&M has announced that 2018 will feature fewer brick-and-mortar store openings as it moves to adapt to increasingly digital shopping patterns. The move comes after years of rapid growth from the fast-fashion giant, which now finds itself struggling somewhat...
In 1995, Amazon started allowing its users to post reviews on its site. Since then, their review platform has become a big draw. Fifty-five percent of shoppers start their buying research on Amazon, according to a BloomReach survey. Furthermore, half of shoppers said they rely...
With varying shades of marijuana legality online in nearly 50 percent of all states and 61 percent of polled voters expressing support for full legalization, Americans have, by and large, turned a corner when it comes to their feelings on cannabis. There remain dogged detractors,...
A year after General Growth Properties’ (GGP) Providence Place opened in 1999, the mall boasted 120 tenants, including a slew of upmarket retailers, seven restaurants and two cinemas. The building, which was built at a cost of half of a billion dollars, contained nearly 1.3...