Creator-guided shopping is booming, with no signs of slowing down. With U.S. retail social commerce projected to reach $80 billion by 2025, according to Insider Intelligence, more consumers, especially Gen Z and millennial shoppers, are turning to creators to help with their purchase decisions. In fact, 92% of Gen Z — a group that will…
Baby retail isn’t just about the babies themselves. As the saying goes, it takes a village — and everyone in that village needs things to help raise the child. Combine that with an increasingly varied population, with 50% of babies born in the U.S. today ethnically diverse, and you end up with a baby category…
Maverik — Adventure’s First Stop and its parent company FJ Group will purchase Kum & Go, which operates more than 400 convenience stores across 13 states, from current owner Krause Group. Financial terms of the acquisition, which is expected to close in the coming months, were not disclosed. As part of the deal, Maverik also…
Barnes & Noble has reconfigured its loyalty offerings for the first time since the program began in 2001, launching its first free program and enhancing the benefits of its paid Membership program. The retailer also revealed plans to open 30 new stores in the coming year, although it provided no details on where they would…
JCPenney has named Katie Mullen, who previously served as the retailer’s Chief Digital Officer (CDO), as its new Chief Customer Officer. She will continue to oversee ecommerce strategy and omnichannel development, with an added emphasis on customer marketing, engagement, analytics and more. Katie Mullen Mullen, who joined JCPenney from Neiman Marcus in January 2022, will…
Walmart will sell plus-size fashion brand Eloquii to FullBeauty Brands, marking its second divestment of an ecommerce-focused brand in one week. FullBeauty plans to make Eloquii the anchor tenant of a digital mall, where it will be joined by SwimSuitsForAll and June+Vie, to create a platform with a universal cart across multiple banners that lets…
Sephora has teamed up with the nonprofit Pact Collective to roll out the Beauty (Re)Purposed recycling program at more than 600 stores across the U.S. and Canada. The program, which will launch in May 2023, will allow consumers to give hard-to-recycle beauty and wellness packaging waste a second life. Together, the beauty and wellness industries generate…
Digital luxury platform Saks is doubling down on the success of its exclusive Limitless membership program for top clients with expanded services and benefits, including access to members-only experiences and one-of-a-kind merchandise. The invite-only program requires at least six store visits a year and a “spend threshold in the six figures,” according to Harper’s Bazaar….
Following a successful pilot in Miami, Uber Eats and autonomous robotics provider Cartken are bringing sidewalk food deliveries from select merchants in the Fairfax, Va. Mosaic District. The district is home to more than 40 restaurants, and those participating at the April 20 launch include Our Mom Eugenia, Pupatella and RASA. “Alongside our partners at…
Amazon has launched the Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange (ACX), a collaborative platform that allows retailers to share information about confirmed counterfeiters in order to make it more difficult for them to move among different stores. The hope is that by sharing information about known counterfeiters, ACX participants can identify and stop perpetrators more quickly. A number of…
