Bain - Boost Long-Term E-commerce Growth with Payments Optimization
To protect against fraud and recapture value at checkout, retailers are turning to third-party so...
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LVMH’s ‘Guochao’ Beauty Brand Cha Ling Shutters China Stores
The shuttering of LVMH’s Chinese tea beauty brand Cha Ling's physical doors and official WeChat...
(PDF) Bain - The Future of Retail : The Age of Convergence
While incumbents have upped their digital game, tech-first players are learning old-school retail...
(M&A) Microsoft Acquires Lumenisity, An Innovator in Hollow Core Fi...
Today, Microsoft announced it has acquired Lumenisity® Limited, a leader in next-generation holl...
(PDF) BCG - What to Expect from Black Friday Amid the Cost-of-Livin...
Black Friday is coming at a time of global uncertainty and waning consumer sentiment. More than 8...
The Online Shoppers Are Okay : Black Friday Sales Stayed Abobe $9bn
American online shoppers scrolled, tapped and clicked their way to a record $9.12bn of spending t...
Cyber Monday Online Sales Hit A Record $11.3B, Driven by Demand
Expectations for this year’s holiday spend online were lukewarm, but initial activity — driven...
2022 Holiday Shopping : Inside the Latest Retail Sales
US retail sales growth continued to slow in October, even amid early shopping events. Building on...
Holiday Spending Grows Despite Inflation Woes
Online Black Friday spending in the U.S. rose to a new record in 2022, hitting $9.1 billion, acco...
Popup Grabs $3.5M for No-Code Way to Personalize Online Storefronts
Two former Shopify employees think they have cracked the code — through no-code actually — for...
Bain - How Retailers and Shoppers Are Weathering Holiday Inflation
Strategic pricing and focused promotions will benefit retailers and consumers alike.Stubborn infl...
(Infographic) What's Driving People Back to Shopping Malls
Don’t count out the American shopping mall. Proprietors think beyond selling clothes and accesso...
Prestige Beauty Brands Offer ‘Very Spectacular’ Holiday Gifts
Even amid tough times, industry insiders are betting that those who can afford luxury skin care,...
(PDF) BCG - Future of Work Employer’s Edition Pulse Check
When people think about the future of work, remote and hybrid work are often the first things tha...
(PDF) Bain - Purpose-Led Brands Can Reshape the Consumer Goods Indu...
A new generation of purpose-led brands promises to improve the world by offering consumers ethica...
Stefano Boeri Sows Seeds for Tree-Filled International Forest Stadium
The International Forest Stadium is envisioned for Milan, Italy, and would feature 3,300 trees an...
Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees
The job cuts of approximately 10,000, which would start as soon as this week, would focus on the...
Ordergroove Picks up $100M to Grow e-Commerce Subscriptions as a Se...
Amazon has mastered the concept of subscriptions in e-commerce. Prime-based memberships, and the...
(PDF) BCG - What an Accelerating Secondhand Market Means for Fashio...
The secondhand fashion and luxury market is big, and it’s quickly getting bigger.With a value es...
Visualizing Financials of the World’s Biggest Companies : From IPO...
In today’s fast-paced world, companies need to adapt if they want to stay relevant. Even the Big...
There's Always Money for Pumpkin Spice Latte
In another sign that consumers keep spending money, undeterred by inflation, Starbucks reported r...
Attack of The Pizza-Making Robots
Artificial intelligence is taking the pizza business by storm, with a host of startups introducin...
Devialet's $790 Portable Speaker Will Automatically Optimize Its So...
The luxury brand's first wireless speaker designed for portability is its cheapest yet—but still...
Mass Tech Layoff Wave Rises Again
Following the start of massive revamps of the teams and business model of Twitter after completin...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Hungry and Confused : The Winding Road to Consciou...
Half of consumers call healthy eating a top priority; one-third say sustainable eating is too. Bu...
Volvo Street Configurator App Turns World Into Car Showroom
How do you get people to think about their next car in a pandemic, when showrooms are closed and...
Despite Physical Retail’s Resurgence, Malls’ Relevance Diminishes
Despite the recovery of brick-and-mortar retail, malls—especially lower-tier ones—are strugglin...
(Video) Interiqr : Unobtrusive Edible Tags Using Food 3D Printing
A 3D-printed edible QR code (left), and the finished cookie that contains it.Scientists have deve...
(PDF) Bain - Sustainability in Retail : Practical Ways to Make Prog...
In ESG, moving from “why” to “how” is hard, but it can unlock long-term value for retailers.E...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Rethinking The Next Moves in Global Payments
Shifts in the macro environment are creating opportunities and obstacles for participants across...
Tellius Raises $16M for AI-Driven Decision Intelligence Platform
Tellius, a Reston, VA-based provider of an AI-driven decision intelligence platform, raised $16M...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Winners Take All in Global Apparel, Fashion, and L...
Luxury and sportswear have delivered consistently high returns through turbulent years. But outli...
