Consumer Behavior & Trends
Shoppers willing to go to financial extremes to afford holiday gifts this year
An Invoice Home survey found Americans are making financial trade-offs to keep the holiday spirit alive.
Jeena Sharma covers retail and consumer trends at Retail Brew. She was previously the beauty editor at Paper Magazine and a fashion and beauty writer at Nylon.
Consumer Behavior & Trends
Can secondhand engagement rings actually become a thing? MyGemma thinks so.
CEO Andrew Brown says the platform’s engagement-ring business remains steady, supported by designer cachet and discounts on retail prices.
E-Commerce
New marketplace urges shoppers to find the next owner before they buy
Trace, a “presale” platform, lets users arrange a resale or rental even before making the original purchase.
Stores
Why Kat The Label is making a bigger bet on the US market
The Australian lingerie brand is targeting 100% year-over-year US growth as it prepares to open its first permanent US storefront.
Stores
How mall landlords helped shape Rowan’s new upscale piercing studios
The ear-piercing company is introducing private piercing suites and diamond jewelry as it expands into premium shopping centers.
Marketing
Nearly 95% of QR code scans come from just 5% of codes. What gets consumers to scan?
Per Scanova’s QR code benchmark, purpose-built product pages averaged more than seven times as many scans as standard website redirects.
Shoptalk Fall
AI was everywhere at Shoptalk Fall, but retail execs couldn’t stop talking about human connection
As retailers prepare for agentic commerce, executives across fashion, beauty, and tech said community, entertainment, and brand voice matter more than ever.
Stores
Levi’s and M&S are pooling their power to solve fashion’s biggest climate challenges
Introduced at Climate Week, the Fashion Renewable Collaborative brings brands together for a shared approach to helping suppliers transition to renewable electricity.
Stores
Why fashion's biggest retailers want a seat in the classroom
Retailers are tapping fashion school students not only as future employees, but as sources of new thinking around products, marketing, accessibility, technology, and the future of retail.
E-Commerce
Retailers are asking for feedback but are shoppers feeling heard?
A new Quantum Metric study highlights a growing “listening gap” between collecting consumer feedback and responding to it.