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    Amazon’s Prime Day sale could spur $26.3B in US e-commerce

    As usual, rivals have scrambled to compete with the e-commerce giant’s summer sale, which is earlier than ever this year.

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    What a 1937 candy store figured out about omnichannel that most retailers haven’t

    A 90-year-old NYC candy store runs smarter omnichannel operations than many large retailers.

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    Glossier secures $45M in debt financing

    CEO Colin Walsh said the capital would support “the next chapter of Glossier’s growth,” though with few details on what that is.

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    Abercrombie & Fitch Co. brings Hollister to Target, expanding US wholesale operation

    The tie-up follows last year’s deals with Dick’s Sporting Goods and several department stores to sell Abercrombie Kids merchandise.

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    DoorDash launches conversational shopping assistant

    The tool allows grocery shoppers to input a recipe link, photo from a cookbook or image of a list and receive a shoppable cart of items.

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    Why furniture delivery isn’t part of Ollie’s plans

    Customers aren't willing to pay extra for shipping, while free delivery could squeeze margins, the retailer's CEO said.

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    Walmart plans $8M phase of Texas distribution center remodel

    The latest step of the renovation includes installing new electrical and material-handling equipment and is set to begin in August.

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    BJ’s Wholesale Club uses tariff refunds to cut prices

    The rebates helped reduce overall retail prices by about half a percentage point.

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    Inflation, tax refunds push May retail sales up 6.6%

    U.S. consumers kept up their spending despite putting more toward gas, though they got less for their money.

    Updated June 17, 2026
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    Under Armour to close Oregon office

    A site in Portland will shutter, with some functions moving to a new space in the city and others to New York or Baltimore.

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    Bed Bath & Beyond to acquire real estate platform for $53M

    The all-stock deal to buy Fathom Holdings adds a home financing and brokerage element to the retailer's business.

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    Dick’s, like many vacationers, is spending the summer in the Hamptons

    A rotating pop-up will highlight the retailer’s private brands with curated assortments and event programming, Dick’s Vice President of Vertical Brand Marketing Aimee Watters tells Retail Dive.

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    Stitch Fix taps Walmart vet as chief product and technology officer

    Sree Sreedhararaj, who also held the CTO role at Sephora, will oversee Stitch Fix’s technology, product, data science, security and IT teams.

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    Etsy goes after Prime Day with ‘Shop Other Jeffs’ campaign

    The marketplace's campaign features non-billionaire Etsy sellers named Jeff and includes limited-edition merchandise.

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    The Weekly Closeout: Trump loves inflation and Abercrombie opens a ‘pinnacle’ store in SoHo

    The President told reporters he isn’t concerned about price increases, while the apparel retailer opened the “best expression" of the brand to date.

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    Pinterest introduces experimental AI app

    Ask Pinterest works with conversational language and can process complex queries, which could help the platform improve its future AI features.

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    Maryland Container Store location, slated to be converted to co-branded Bed Bath & Beyond store, to close

    The store in Gaithersburg, which was among about 100 Container Store locations scheduled to be converted, will now shutter in July.

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    StockX to debut live shopping

    The real-time shopping platform will include live auction formats such as standard timed bidding and sudden death.

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    Vince CEO: A healthy Saks Global is ‘good for the industry’

    Brendan Hoffman said orders from the department store are increasing, as the brand recorded 10.5% net sales growth for Q1.

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    Coach unites celebrities, Gen Z storytelling under new brand platform

    Developed with Gen Z input, &Coach tries to break from fixed luxury campaign narratives to focus on co-authorship.

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    ‘BarkBox is not a box’: CEO

    Matt Meeker said he has “dealt with some hard truths” as the company looks beyond its personalized subscription box model.

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    Foot Locker vet to lead operations at Kohl’s

    Elliott Rodgers, who also spent more than eight years in leadership roles at Ulta, joins the struggling department store in September.

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    Victoria’s Secret investors back full board after proxy battle

    The retailer's shareholders reelected all nine of the remaining nominees put forward by the company, despite pushback from activist group BBRC.

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    Dollar General shuffles executive ranks

    Among the nine officer appointments was Travis Nixon, who joined the company last fall and was named chief data and AI officer.

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    Dick’s plots 100 Lids shop-in-shops by the end of the summer

    A partnership featuring licensed and lifestyle headwear is already available at 46 locations and will expand nationwide in the months to come.

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    Target’s Brian Cornell to remain executive chairman after proposal rejected

    Shareholders did not approve a policy suggestion making the board chair an independent director, despite pushback on Cornell's appointment.