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How Best Buy is rethinking retail footprints for AI products like Ray-Ban Meta glasses
Best Buy is turning stores into AI playgrounds with Meta Ray-Ban shop-in-shops, flexible layouts and trained staff.
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'We aren't impacted': Lettuce brands are on an awareness push amid the cyclospora outbreak
Lettuce growers land salad chains are taking to social media to restore consumer confidence amid the cyclospora outbreak.
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Michaels says Google-powered AI assistant doubles conversion rate of traditional search
Arts and crafts retailer Michaels is lifting the curtain on how its new Google Gemini-powered AI assistant has performed so far.
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What to know about new proposed tariffs on Canadian goods
A fresh round of Trump tariffs on Canadian goods were announced this week that target industries like dairy, alcohol and automobiles.
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Marketplace Briefing: How Whatnot’s AI-powered recommendation system gives it a competitive edge
Whatnot believes its recommendation systems — which now refresh in just minutes — are what set the company apart from competitors.
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Kroger's new CEO, a Walmart veteran, is focused on speed and execution
Kroger's announcement that it would buy Giant Eagle for around $1.7 billion was an indicator of the company's strategy going forward.
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The back-to-school denim wars are starting earlier and lasting longer
From Pacsun to Kohl's to Gap, denim is front and center in an increasingly elongated back-to-school season.
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More brands are leaning on founders to drive social content
Posting founder content is a key growth strategy for founder-led brands, but one that comes with a learning curve.
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Bookshop.org reinvented itself for post-pandemic survival. It worked
The pandemic was a massive tailwind for Bookshop.org. But it eventually had to find its footing again once the pandemic subsided.
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Brands Briefing: Why employee-generated content is a priority for brands like Starbucks and Mephisto
Employee-generated content is on the rise. Here's why brands like Starbucks are encouraging staffers to shoot videos and tape TikToks.
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Albertsons' new 'micro sitcom' is a big deal for retail media
Major brands like Procter & Gamble are making big investments in videos made specifically to reach shoppers on screens in grocery stores.
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Why brands like Untuckit are experimenting with robot-made T-shirts
Some companies like Untuckit are experimenting with robotics to boost their "Made in USA" production. Here's what early results show.