Stores
Breaking down Bath & Body Works’s struggles and turnaround strategy
The fragrance retailer is combatting lackluster sales by cutting its assortment and selling on Amazon.
Erin Cabrey
Erin is a senior reporter for Retail Brew covering retail and consumer trends. She was previously a reporter at BevNET covering the food & beverage industry.
Stores
Consumers will likely spend more this holiday season—but are they buying more?
Holiday retail sales could hit $1 trillion for the first time, but tariff-driven price increases could be playing an outsized role in the spending bump.
Stores
Beauty sales pick up in Q3, signalling strong holiday performance
Mass and prestige saw sales jump, highlighted by prestige hair and mass fragrance.
Stores
Coworking with Jennifer DiMotta
She’s founder of Dundee Growth Partners.
Stores
Whole Foods adds grocery categories to Too Good to Go
As food prices remain high, the expanded partnership allows consumers to secure items from departments like dry grocery, produce, and meat at about a third of the price.
Supply Chain
White House cites DoorDash data to indicate ‘inflation has been tamed’
The Trump administration’s briefing this week made claims about consumer prices that ran counter to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index.
Marketing
Coworking with Elizabeth Johnson
She’s CEO of Pathformance Technologies.
Stores
Grocers, employees under pressure amid a week without SNAP funding
The lapse in funding for SNAP benefits impacts big players like Walmart and local grocers in low-income and rural communities.
Stores
The grocery M&A moves that defined the past quarter century
From the Whole Foods-Amazon panic to the deal that squashed the future of megamergers, many M&A moves helped shape the future of grocery.
Stores
How consumers are cutting costs this Thanksgiving
Retailers from Aldi to Walmart are offering low-price Thanksgiving meal options to cater to budget-conscious consumers.