Black Friday has developed a scheduling problem. It keeps arriving before Friday. The official date this year is Nov. 27, followed by Cyber Monday on Nov. 30. But retailers are already warming up the discount machinery. Apparently, consumers need several weeks to prepare for the...
Amazon will charge marketplace sellers in the United States an average of 19 cents more per item to fulfill orders in 2027, according to a Thursday (Nov. 5) company announcement. However, for a merchant deciding how much stock to send Amazon before the next holiday...
Luxury shopping has developed a new answer to “What did you buy?” “I’ll know in a moment.” Beezie, a platform that combines collectibles with digital ownership, said in an Oct. 1 press release that its first luxury mystery box offering sold all 500 authenticated items...
A shopper who clicked a Revolve ad used to land on the same brand or category page as everyone else, whatever the ad showed. The fashion retailer now uses artificial intelligence (AI) to build a landing page for each click. In A/B tests, those pages...
Walmart has announced what it calls “three major holiday shopping events” for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. “Walmart research shows that 60% of shoppers say the price of gifts and holiday purchases affects how they feel about the season, while 70% say lower prices would...
David’s Bridal plans to separate its Pearl division, with Pearl becoming an independent public company offering a digital wedding planning, media and commerce platform, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release. To enable this change, David’s Bridal and special purpose acquisition company...
It was a big week for agentic artificial intelligence at Walmart and Amazon as the two companies outlined plans to capitalize on the technology’s momentum among consumers and enterprises. Walmart announced tools that will let customers authorize AI agents to shop on their behalf, with...
Walmart has introduced three tools designed to let customers shop at Walmart and Sam’s Club through their choice of apps and artificial intelligence (AI) agents. “Shopping with an agent won’t be for everyone, and it doesn’t have to be,” the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 21) press release. “But for customers...
Hasbro saw 15% year-over-year revenue growth in the third quarter, fueled by its Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming segment, according to a Tuesday (Oct. 20) earnings press release. “Despite all of the macro noise in the quarter, we stayed true to our superpower,...