Glossier to transform NYC showroom into 1st flagship

The startup beauty brand is planning to open "two shoppable floors" in SoHo this week, following in the footsteps of other digitally native brands.

By Cara Salpini • Nov. 6, 2018

Why catalogs still have a hold on holiday marketing

Many retailers have turned into fourth-quarter catalogers to cash in on the season's sentimentality, while shoppers are crossing "irrelevant email marketing" off their lists this year.

By Cara Salpini • Nov. 2, 2018

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Digital innovation and technology trends in retail

Generative AI and TikTok Shop have replaced the metaverse and NFTs as the hot topics of the day — here’s a look at how brands are using them.

By Retail Dive staff

Retail Therapy: For these jeans, third time is definitely not the charm

"The more the merrier" shouldn't apply to waistbands, especially when it means layering blue jeans under acid-wash blue jeans under white jeans.

By Cara Salpini • Nov. 2, 2018

Comic Dive: Night of the Living Brand

It's scary for brands as consumer preferences and technology evolve. Some may make it out alive but others will live on only in memory.

By John Hazard and Lisa Burdige • Oct. 31, 2018

American Apparel relaunches online in Canada

The brand has no plans for stores, and doesn't seem to have much of a plan to move past controversial founder Dov Charney's vibe, either.

By Daphne Howland • Oct. 31, 2018

Banana Republic to open Cos Bar beauty shop-in-shop

The luxury cosmetics retailer is about one-third its usual size and is staffed by Cos Bar employees, according to a Women's Wear Daily report.

By Cara Salpini • Updated Oct. 30, 2018

The Property Bros launch their own marketplace

"Casaza" is a content-heavy, curated marketplace that deepens the Scott twins' push into retail after a recent tie-up with Kohl's.

By Daphne Howland • Oct. 29, 2018

Monetate, Bazaarvoice aim to turn holiday shoppers into year-round customers

The personalization platform will use Bazaarvoice’s shopper profiles to help brands create product recommendations post-holiday.

By Daphne Howland • Oct. 29, 2018

Levi’s, Disney test Snapchat social commerce

Shoppers at the jean maker's store in Orlando can "try on" a limited-edition Mickey Mouse hat using an AR lens and order through the image-messaging app.

By Robert Williams • Oct. 29, 2018

What Gen Z wants for Christmas

It's a long list — and one that includes not just online and mobile shopping, but also in-store experiences and the ability to engage meaningfully with retailers on social.

By Cara Salpini • Oct. 26, 2018

Retail Therapy: Target is dreaming of a cheesy Christmas

For some people, the holidays means pine trees and string lights, but at Target, it means cheese advent calendars — because how can you be merry if there's no dairy?

By Cara Salpini • Oct. 26, 2018

5 top women transforming retail

From Sephora to Away, these female executives are spurring the industry to higher levels of innovation and performance. 

By Kaarin Moore • Oct. 25, 2018

Burberry, Target settle trademark dispute

The mass merchant's practice of partnering with luxury brands for special collections made it all the more confusing for consumers, Burberry argued in U.S. federal court.

By Daphne Howland • Oct. 24, 2018

Sally Beauty debuts new loyalty program

The beauty retailer joins several others with a revamped rewards program that gives its biggest spenders extra benefits.

By Daphne Howland • Oct. 24, 2018

Outdoor retailers put down roots in used goods

The North Face Renewed is one of the most recent refurbished goods programs to try to make new life out of used products, but the secondary market is taking off — and not just outdoors.

By Cara Salpini • Oct. 24, 2018

REI's 4th #OptOutside includes $1M for research

The outdoor retailer is partnering with the University of Washington to launch a center dedicated to researching how time spent in the outdoors impacts health.

By Cara Salpini • Oct. 23, 2018

Teens increasingly turning to Lululemon, Adidas

Nike is falling in teenagers' estimation, losing 3% mindshare, while Vans and even Crocs are grabbing their attention, according to a Piper Jaffray study.

By Daphne Howland • Oct. 23, 2018

Foot Locker, Nike jump-start NBA season with House of Hoops pop-up

The House of Hoops brand, a partnership between the retailers, has opened a pop-up to coincide with the LA Lakers' LeBron James debut.

By Dan Alaimo • Oct. 22, 2018

A 2018 holiday marketing guide to data-driven campaigns

Digital ad experts offer ways to improve traditional retargeting with personalization based on AI and other technologies.

By Shane Schick • Oct. 19, 2018

Retailers dreaming of a green Christmas without Toys R Us

Everyone in retail, it seems, is playing in the toy game this year after the country's biggest toy store liquidated. But will there really be any surprises about who wins?

By Ben Unglesbee • Oct. 19, 2018

WeWork, Rent the Runway partner in 6 US cities

The partnership highlights how the coworking company is increasingly moving into retail as well as how the digitally native brand is expanding its brick-and-mortar presence.

By Daphne Howland , Corinne Ruff • Oct. 19, 2018

Half who sign up for store cards wish they hadn't

Store cards aim to boost loyalty, but steep interest rates and draconian fine print are leading to regret instead, according to CompareCards.com.

By Daphne Howland • Oct. 19, 2018

Retail Therapy: Balenciaga's generous, charity-giving $850 fanny pack

The 90s accessory might have the World Food Programme's logo on the front, but the majority of that cash is going back into Balenciaga's overpriced wallet.

By Cara Salpini • Oct. 19, 2018

Amazon reportedly manipulates reviews for its own products

Marketplace merchants and reviews watchdogs allege Amazon's quickly growing stable of private-label goods has an unfair advantage through access to a program that distributes free products.

By Erica Sweeney • Oct. 19, 2018

Barneys rebrands, expands home and kids offering

The upscale department store's home and kids decor section is now "Barneys Home and Kids."

By Daphne Howland • Oct. 17, 2018