Although much of the 2021 holiday season will be very different than anything that came before it, some of the changes are easier to anticipate than others. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
While the COVID-19 pandemic will eventually come to an end, many of the changes it has brought will likely persist into the future. Digital has certainly advanced further and faster than anyone predicted at this time last year, and the ground that’s been taken is unlikely...
The pandemic has shifted some business models — permanently. Even those retailers that rely on brick-and-mortar operations are seeing a change in how consumers order and want to pick up what they ordered — especially coffee. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Gift-giving during the holidays is a lot like … well, pretty much everything else in life. Namely, you pay your money, you take your chances. To that end, at least some retailers are gearing up for returns: the retailing process where what you want is...
That grocery has spent much of 2020 getting digitized isn’t breaking news as the year is settling into its last few weeks, but this week we did start seeing figures rolling in from PYMNTS and other sources marking just how big that shift has been...
Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. reported on Thursday (Dec. 10) that comparable sales for Q3 2020 rose 16.5 percent over Q3 2019, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Ascena Retail Group Inc. has received the green light to sell the Lou & Grey, Loft, Lane Bryant and Ann Taylor labels to Sycamore Partners in a deal valued at approximately $1 billion that might close by next week, The Wall Street Journal reported. Get the Full...
There’s arguably never been a better time to worry about healthy food. The pandemic has pushed shoppers to seek out new choices and that has led to a spike in organic food and beauty products. And, as for most everything these days, there’s an app...
Tennis star Serena Williams is continuing her new turn as a venture capitalist. In keeping with its focus on early-stage funding, Serena Ventures is funding ShoppingGives, the social impact commerce platform that was started five years ago, which provides turnkey cause marketing and donation processing...
