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4 Smart Strategies That Are Driving Sales in a Slow-Growth Year
As spending declines from pandemic-fueled highs, the largest retailers are seeking creative solutions and new ways of connecting with consumers that SMBs can adopt, too.
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How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is Changing How Marketers Sell Everything From Food to Fashion
While apps like ChatGPT and Dall-E get most of the AI attention, AI is quietly changing how we buy and sell goods and services.
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How Slow Fashion Is Creating Opportunities for Startups and Legacy Brands Alike
A movement that started as a backlash to disposable fast fashion has expanded to include made-to-order and made-in-the-U.S. manufacturing.
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Foot Locker and Nike Are Collaborating for Customer Convenience
The New York City ‘Community Power Store’ includes digital connectivity and a personalized, customer-centric focus.
Furniture Startup Modsy Embraces Tech and Customization
The on-demand design and product discovery platform is using technology to meet heightened customer expectations.
How Major Retailers Are Incorporating Hospitality Into Their Businesses
Retailers hungry for new ways to attract shoppers and deliver experiences are increasingly adding upscale restaurants to their stores.
How Turo Is Tackling the Crowded Car-Sharing Space
The peer-to-peer car sharing service uses data analytics to compete against rental giants.
How Tech Startups Are Implementing Checkout-Free Platforms
Checkout-free retail is on the move. Amazon once had first-mover advantage, but a quartet of retail technology startups has leveled the playing field, taking innovation beyond the convenience store.
Impossible Burgers | The Rise of Alternative Meat
In one of the biggest paradigm shifts in food industry history, entrepreneurs bent on reinvention, now joined by ‘big meat’ and ‘big food,’ are putting a major effort in creating animal-free meat.
Why the Rental Economy Is Gaining Popularity
Rentals are the hottest trend in retail, with traditional brands and startups offering consumers short-term, commitment-free use of goods without the headaches, cost or ownership.
Interview with Jetblack Co-Founder and CEO
Jenny Fleiss, co-founder of the concierge arm of Jet.com, on how the text message-based e-commerce site is leveraging artificial intelligence to personalize the customer experience.
How Major Retailers Are Fueling the Resale Trend
Dozens of digital startups are fueling ‘recommerce,’ the fastest-growing category in fashion retail, as traditional merchants are looking at the potential of the pre-owned market.
How Startups Are Reinventing Convenience Stores
A look at the entrepreneurial, upscale retailers disrupting the $654 billion 'c-store' industry, and how big players like 7-Eleven and others are responding with their own high-end makeovers.
