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Tariffs: Understanding the impact

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Fragmented data wastes spend and frustrates customers, while unified data drives smarter marketing and loyalty. Join Retail Brew and Wunderkind to explore how identity resolution boosts efficiency, cuts costs, and strengthens retention.

Spend Smarter: Making Every Marketing Dollar More Efficient

As consumer spending tightens and expectations for seamless shopping rise, retailers must adapt quickly to shifting behaviors and data signals. Join Placer.ai to uncover where and why shoppers are buying—and how these trends will shape a critical 2025 holiday season and beyond.

The New Retail Playbook: Consumer Trends and Retail Forecasting

The days of speaking like machines to shop online are ending—thanks to the machines themselves. Join Retail Brew and Bloomreach to explore how conversational AI is bringing back the human side of shopping with context, clarity, and real dialogue.

No More Robo-Talk: Online Shopping as it Should be

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Put the pedal to the metal and stand out from the competition by boosting value for long-term customers

Loyalty and incentives marketing step into the driver’s seat

Co-founder Rishi Prabhu said while the DTC model has performed well for the brand, he saw rising demand for one-off purchases

Why DTC brand Bespoke Post wants to shift to a retail model

Plus, Big Lots celebrates its comeback, and two apparel conferences come to Manhattan. 

This Week in Retail: Halloween sales, and Apple and Amazon earnings

A recap of key pivots retailers like Build-A-Bear and brands like Oura and Burlap & Barrel have made to survive these days.

How retailers are pivoting their way through chaos

These retailers need to prioritize SKUs that complement, rather than compete with their existing assortment to help stretch spend.

Why these three retailers are building out new marketplaces

The discount retailer has been expanding in the US as it works to attract value-conscious shoppers.

Four questions with Lidl US CEO Joel Rampoldt 

Amazon’s “Help Me Decide” uses AI to analyze shopper browsing history and pick an item for them.

Amazon’s latest AI bet is about helping people ‘decide’ what to buy

According to Trax, 86% of consumers have noticed that candy prices are increasing.

Candy inflation has shoppers capping their Halloween spend: survey

It’s part of a broader UK effort to encourage lower fat, sugar, and salt consumption.

England bans free refills and BOGO offers for sugary drinks

"A healthy planet is not a trend,” she told Retail Brew.

For Dana Thomas, the future of fast fashion is bleak

According to Omnisend, each package averaged around $65 in losses, while 85% of thefts amounted to less than $100.

Americans lost $15.7 billion in stolen packages last year: survey

Retail Brew’s roundup of forecasts shows a rough consensus that retail sales growth will slow this year, even as consumers show resilience.

For Dana Thomas, the future of fast fashion is bleak

The Latest Retail Industry News

Americans lost $15.7 billion in stolen packages last year: survey

This Week in Retail: Halloween sales, and Apple and Amazon earnings

Amazon’s latest AI bet is about helping people ‘decide’ what to buy

England bans free refills and BOGO offers for sugary drinks

Candy inflation has shoppers capping their Halloween spend: survey

Editor's Picks

Why DTC brand Bespoke Post wants to shift to a retail model

Why these three retailers are building out new marketplaces

Loyalty and incentives marketing step into the driver’s seat

Events

Spend Smarter: Making Every Marketing Dollar More Efficient

The New Retail Playbook: Consumer Trends and Retail Forecasting

No More Robo-Talk: Online Shopping as it Should be

Resources

How retailers are pivoting their way through chaos

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Tariffs: Understanding the impact

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Topics

Retail news that keeps industry pros in the know

For Dana Thomas, the future of fast fashion is bleak

The Latest Retail Industry News

Americans lost $15.7 billion in stolen packages last year: survey

This Week in Retail: Halloween sales, and Apple and Amazon earnings

Amazon’s latest AI bet is about helping people ‘decide’ what to buy

England bans free refills and BOGO offers for sugary drinks

Candy inflation has shoppers capping their Halloween spend: survey

Editor's Picks

Why DTC brand Bespoke Post wants to shift to a retail model

Why these three retailers are building out new marketplaces

Loyalty and incentives marketing step into the driver’s seat

Events

Spend Smarter: Making Every Marketing Dollar More Efficient

The New Retail Playbook: Consumer Trends and Retail Forecasting

No More Robo-Talk: Online Shopping as it Should be

Retail news that keeps industry pros in the know

Resources

How retailers are pivoting their way through chaos

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Tariffs: Understanding the impact

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Topics