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Pier 1 Imports, the posh home goods retailer, is hoping its newly completed omnichannel shopping experience, which blends its online, mobile, email, loyalty rewards customers and brick-and-mortar shopping divisions together into a seamless data collection network, will be enough to stave off a continued decline...
If you’ve been trying to buy something off Etsy, the online marketplace that bills itself as “a world of vintage and handmade goods” with “more than a million independent sellers,” but not having any luck the past few days, calm down, because you’re not alone...
The problem with the next big thing and the next big fad is that they are almost impossible to tell apart in real-time. Sure, in retrospect the iPhone was obviously a world changer and the pet rock was obviously something people would later refer to...
As it turns out, the consumer aesthetic around fast fashion does not extend to furniture. Consumers are not looking for temporary furniture, according to IKEA, but good stuff that is built to last. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
We’ve all heard the myths and rumors that a Twinkie pretty much has no expiration date and can sit on a store shelf practically forever, but its parent company, Hostess, announced on Tuesday (July 5) plans for its first public offering of shares for a...
When a massive sports superstar like Kevin Durant or LeBron James elects to depart one team for another in the greener pastures of free agency, such a move can send shockwaves not just through those teams or that sport but also through a string of...
While best known for making high-end home appliances — particularly its rather sci-fi vacuum cleaners — Dyson is making a move on being better known as a retail presence in its own right. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Coming under growing fire from many Western brands over the number of counterfeit goods sold on its site in recent months, Alibaba announced another new initiative last week aimed at helping it better combat the number of counterfeit goods found on its site. Get the...
