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How Big Box Retailers Won Over Premium Beauty Brands
Despite offering premium products packed with trending ingredients like Vitamin C and niacinamide, when the time came for premium skincare brand Naturium to choose its …
The African Beauty Retailers Global Brands Rely On
Dr. Joyce Gikunda recalls a time when she had to wrestle skin bleaching products away from the hands of clients at the then little-known pharmacy …
Consumers Are Still Spending, but Retailers Are Bracing for Impact
Fashion is bracing for a challenging end to the year. For months, concerns about the economy have been mounting, centring on US consumers amid a …
This Week: Which Retailers Win When Customers Trade Down?
Last week, Walmart reported a surprisingly strong jump in revenue, which the retail giant’s leaders interpreted as a sign of the American consumer’s resilience. It …
Next Raises Guidance as British Retailer’s Sales Soar Abroad
Next Plc raised its guidance for the year after the British fashion and homewares company said shoppers ordered more of its products from abroad. The …
Adidas Regains Momentum With Retailers on Samba Boom
Adidas AG reported a rebound in sales with its retail partners and a return to growth in North America, when Yeezy sneaker sales were excluded, …
Why Retailers Should Stop Worrying About the Gen-Z Versus Millennial Divide
Like any other group of chronically online young people, employees of Ssense have strong opinions about the proper length of socks. According to the memes, …
US Retailers Try to Move Back-to-School Shopping to July
While American children may wish summer vacation would never end, retailers want back-to-school season to start earlier than ever — preferably now — and are …
The Brands and Retailers Successfully Engaging Gen-Z on Social Media
Generation Z, or Gen-Z — those born roughly between 1995 and 2009 — today account for more than two billion people, or about 30 percent, …
Who International Retailers Hire to Crack the US Market
When Primark was plotting its US entry in 2014, among the first people the Dublin, Ireland-based retailer hired was a head of human resources. The …
Luxury Retailers Hope For Boost in London, Milan as Shoppers Avoid Paris Olympics
Luxury retailers in European cities outside France are jockeying for business from deep pocketed tourists this summer, betting on a surge in visitors avoiding crowds …
Visa, Mastercard Reach $30 Billion Deal With US Retailers
Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. agreed to cap credit-card swipe fees — a deal that US merchants say will save them at least $30 billion …
Potential Deals for Nordstrom and Macy’s Put Private Ownership Back in Vogue for US Retailers
America’s biggest publicly traded department store chains could be set for private-equity or hedge-funds ownership, dramatically changing the retail landscape in the United States. Investments …
Is It Time for Retailers to Rethink the Part-Time Work Model?
Alexandra has worked part-time as a store associate at the same big, American fashion brand for more than a decade. But lately, she’s been feeling …
Target Joins Crowd of Big US Retailers Seeking Store Expansion
Opening new stores is back in style — at some US retail chains. Executives at several major retailers in recent weeks have touted the chains’ …
Retailers Slash Prices on More Nike Sneakers in 2024, Data Shows
Retailers slashed prices on twice as many Nike sneakers in 2024 than two years earlier, endangering the sportswear giant’s typically strong pricing power at a …
Why Retailers Are Bracing for a Bleak Holiday Season
Again and again over the past two years, consumers defied predictions that they’ll stop spending. This time around, it might come true. While analysts predict …
US Retailers Stuck With Excess Stock Offer Bargains As Holiday Season Nears
As the holiday shopping season approaches, major US retailers from Dollar General to Walmart and Macy’s could be saddled with too much stock for a …
Sustainable Cotton Group Boosts Tracking for Top Retailers
Swiss-based sustainability group Better Cotton said on Thursday it has added new functions to a platform that big retailers use to trace materials through their …