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Strong Roots Takes Plant-Based Foods From Ireland to the US
The Irish food brand built a multi-million-dollar business in Ireland and the United Kingdom with its fresh approach to frozen vegetables. Now it’s looking to expand here.
By: Joan Verdon

How Bed Bath & Beyond Keeps Its Pricing Strategy Competitive
The chief value optimization officer of the home chain discusses the task of melding data science with the art of merchandising—critical to surviving and thriving in an omnichannel shopping world.
By: Mark Hamstra

Major Brand Executives Explain Top
CEOs’ business-driving strategies highlight the trends reshaping the retail landscape and the push to adapt to consumers’ heightened demands.
By: Barbara Thau

How the Micro-Experience Trend Fuels Customer Engagement
Brick-and-mortar brands from Canada Goose to Drybar are offering consumers new ways to interact with products and services, adding experiences scaled small enough to be offered in multiple locations.
By: Joan Verdon

Interview With Ron Johnson, Founder of Enjoy
After success at Target and Apple’s stores, and a failed attempt to turn around J.C. Penney, Ron Johnson says he’s now delivering a new kind of customer experience: the ‘mobile retail store.’
By: Joan Verdon

3 Creative Benefits & Rewards to Incentivize Employees
Robert Glazer, CEO of Acceleration Partners, has won multiple industry awards for best place to work and top company culture. Here are his suggestions to ensure your team members feel valued.
By: Robert Glazer

Secret Deodorant Marketing Campaign Tackles Female Equality
How the Procter & Gamble brand is spotlighting women fighting the ‘mental sweat’ of gender inequities — and winning — to differentiate in the ‘super crowded,’ $3 billion U.S. antiperspirant business.
By: Barbara Thau

Men's Personal Care Market Is Ripe for Disruption
Forecast to reach $166 billion by 2022, the men’s personal care market represents a major opportunity for brands willing to evolve along with their consumers.
By: Jackie Chiquoine

Business Elevator Pitch: How to Perfect Your Pitch and Engage Your Audience
Communications expert and speaking coach Neil Gordon offers his top tips on how to make elevator pitches less transactional and more engaging.
By: Neil Gordon

Ritual Taps Into the Health of Multi-Generational Customers
The DTC brand founder and CEO Katarina Schneider on leveraging consumer education and technology to scale the millennial-geared supplement brand.
By: Jackie Chiquoine

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