Category Archives: Retail Industry

Record Spending, Record Misery: Can Retail Rescue Blue Americans?

health Record Spending, Record Misery: Can Retail Rescue Blue Americans? by Sarah Mahoney  @mahoney_sarah, December 27, 2022 Companies like Talkspace have made it easier to find help for depression and anxiety. While the final counting on this year’s holiday spending isn’t quite finished, it may set records or at least come close. Yet another set … Continue reading Record Spending, Record Misery: Can Retail Rescue Blue Americans?

Retail Needs To Follow Through With Website Promises Before It’s Too Late

Retail Needs To Follow Through With Website Promises Before It’s Too Late by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, October 18, 2022 I love search and the features that Google and Microsoft have built into their respective engines. Often, when I search online for products, I want them now. It took me a long time to comply … Continue reading Retail Needs To Follow Through With Website Promises Before It’s Too Late

How indie, BIPOC-owned beauty brands are shaping the future of retail

By Yannise Jean September 22, 2022 As consumers increasingly research the background of the products they love—including who founded the brand—retailers like Ulta, Sephora, and even Target have curated their inventories in response. Now their stores spotlight minority-owned brands, and they’ve formed programs to assist these founders.        Sephora, one of the leading … Continue reading How indie, BIPOC-owned beauty brands are shaping the future of retail

Retailers Fail To Capitalize On Gift Cards As Digital Purchases Rise

Retailers Fail To Capitalize On Gift Cards As Digital Purchases Rise by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, July 5, 2022 The majority of customer journeys to make a purchase begin online, and digital is the entry point to a growing number of retail experiences. Still, most retailers have been slow to react to increased demand for digital … Continue reading Retailers Fail To Capitalize On Gift Cards As Digital Purchases Rise

What retail apocalypse? These 10 brands are proving physical stores still matter in 2022

By Connie Lin January 28, 2022 We could write essays about the beating that retail has suffered over the past decade (see: COVID-era bankruptcies, supply-chain throttling, the pre-pandemic mall-pocalypse), but not today! Right now, we’re here to focus on the positives—of which, lucky for us, there are plenty. For example, take this list of top … Continue reading What retail apocalypse? These 10 brands are proving physical stores still matter in 2022

First 2 Weeks Of December Show Dramatic Retail Increases

First 2 Weeks Of December Show Dramatic Retail Increases by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, December 28, 2021 Consumers are spending. It shows in the number of transaction tracked by Accertify, an American Express company that provides fraud and charge-back solutions to 40% of the internet retailer’s top 100 merchants, global airlines and U.S. ticketing … Continue reading First 2 Weeks Of December Show Dramatic Retail Increases