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Rent the Runway Raises Subscription Prices, Blaming Tariffs and Inflation

Rent the Runway has reportedly increased its subscription prices by approximately $2 per item, effective Aug. 1, according to Glossy. Subscribers currently…

The End of the Branded Pen: How Smarter Swag is Reshaping Event Marketing

In event marketing, the giveaway has long served as a reminder of a brand after the event is over. As consumer expectations…

Tariffs Hit Hard: Brand and Retail Leaders on 2025’s Biggest Challenge

This content first appeared in our sister publication Shop Eat Surf Outdoor (SESO) Uncertainty. Challenge. Change. These words define the landscape for…

3 Questions with CI&T’s Melissa Minkow: 2025 has Proven the Need for Supply Chain Resilience, Data Modernization

A lot has happened in the first half of 2025, so for to kick off the new season of the Retail Remix…

Kohl’s Taps JD Sports Exec for Top Digital Post

Kohl’s has named Arianne Parisi as its new Chief Digital Officer (CDO), responsible for driving digital business through the department store’s website…

Mirakl, Criteo Link up to Unlock Retail Media Opportunity for Third-Party Sellers

Commerce media solution Criteo and the retail media arm of marketplace solution Mirakl have launched a global integration to unlock as-yet untapped…

Alimentation Couche-Tard Abandons 7-11 Acquisition, Blames ‘Lack of Constructive Engagement’

Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT), which has been trying to engineer a purchase of 7-11 parent company Seven & i…

OpenAI, Shopify Reportedly Working on ChatGPT Checkout Integration

OpenAI is working with Shopify to integrate checkout directly into the shopping experience on ChatGPT, according to the Financial Times, which cited…

An Inside Look at the Supply Chain Chaos Caused by Tariff Uncertainty

As President Trumps’s tariffs continue to bounce around, country by country, much of the focus has been on the percentage of the…

How Retailers can get their Mobile Marketing Programs Holiday-Ready

For most people, summertime means sunshine, beaches and barbecues. Retail marketers, however, already have the holiday season on their minds, and summer…

Curacao Launches Program Providing Free Household Items and Groceries to Families in Need

Curacao, the Southwestern retailer known for serving Hispanic communities for 45 years, has inaugurated the Essential Assistance Program to provide free household…

Farm Rio, Lovevery Launch New Resale Programs

Two popular brands have entered the world of resale: subscription toy brand Lovevery and rising fashion label Farm Rio. ThredUp, Poshmark Power…

Uber Eats Adds Wegmans, Gopuff and Family Dollar to SNAP-Eligible Retailer List

Bringing the roster of partner retailers that accept SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) EBT payments to more than 50, Uber Eats has…

C-Store Retailer RaceWay Debuts Loyalty Program

RaceWay, which operates more than 240 stores in 11 states, has launched its first-ever loyalty program, RaceWay Rewards, supported by the PAR…

NYC NBA Flagship Transforms into First-Ever WNBA Store with Help from Meta Quest

Today only, the NBA Store on New York City’s Fifth Avenue has been transformed into the first-ever WNBA store with a little…

Listen Now: From Red Carpet to Cart — Crafting Digital Experiences That Convert

Makeup artist Patrick Ta is a master of beauty, but mastering retail requires a whole different set of brushes. As an online…

Function and Form: Design with the End User in Mind

When designing packaging, it’s easy to get carried away with the creative. It’s an involved process, and you can occasionally forget who…

Marks & Spencer Sends its Fashions Down Under with David Jones Partnership

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has kicked off its first international wholesale partnership in the fashion category with Australian premium department store David…

Bloomingdale’s Outfits ‘Clueless’-Inspired Closet at New Hotel Experience

Luxury LA hotel L’Ermitage Beverly Hills has partnered with Bloomingdale’s Century City, the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau and Paramount Pictures to…

Mall of America Deploys AI-Powered Video Analytics to Boost Efficiency and Security

With 5.6 million square feet housing 500+ retailers and attracting more than 32 million visitors annually, the Mall of America (MOA) requires…

Shopify Adds Guardrails to Control Agentic Purchases

Shopify has added new rules to the millions of merchant websites it powers, requiring that purchases made by agentic AI platforms aren’t…

Bytes to Bites: Lessons from Building the Nation’s Largest Online EBT System

March 2020 brought an unnerving tide of news reports, a growing sense of unease, and the undeniable arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic….

Inside the Bob’s Discount Furniture Reality Show: Couples Clash to Create Marketing Magic

Of course you love your partner. But do you trust their taste? This question — familiar to anyone who has had a…

American Eagle Leverages Expanded, Shoppable ‘Snap Map’ Listings for Back-to-School

They say location is everything in retail, and so American Eagle is leveraging Snap Map — the Snapchat map program — to…

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