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  • The entrance to Foot Locker's store of the future
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    Foot Locker names Franklin Bracken president

    Bracken, who joined the retailer 15 years ago and was tapped as chief commercial officer in 2022, will help accelerate its Lace Up growth plan.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 27, 2025
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    The Backroom: Talking wholesale with Liza Amlani

    The longtime merchant discusses the myths and rewards of a channel that is getting renewed appreciation in the industry.

    March 27, 2025
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    Trendline

    How the payments landscape is changing

    As the space rapidly shifts, the future is for anyone's taking. 

    By Retail Dive staff
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    GameStop to close ‘significant number’ of stores, invest in bitcoin

    The closures are on top of the company shuttering nearly 600 U.S. locations last year.

    By • March 27, 2025
  • A Vitamin Shoppe Hometown Store featuring Gorilla Mind.
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    Vitamin Shoppe debuts ‘Hometown’ store concept

    The shop-in-shops, which are in markets like Los Angeles and Houston, feature brands with local connections.

    By Howard Ruben • March 26, 2025
  • An aerial view of the site of Amazon’s in-construction fulfillment center in Wilmington, North Carolina.
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    Amazon building robotics fulfillment center in North Carolina

    The facility will contain more than 3 million square feet of floor space and support the company’s efforts to cut costs and improve production.

    By Philip Neuffer • March 26, 2025
  • A Family Dollar store in Moab, Utah.
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    Dollar Tree sells Family Dollar for $1B

    A sale to private equity comes 10 years after Dollar Tree acquired its rival for $8.5 billion, a decade when the business has mostly dragged down results.

    By • March 26, 2025
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    Kim Kardashian for Skkn by Kim photographed by Mario Sorrenti

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    Coty sells stake in Kim Kardashian beauty brand Skkn to Skims

    Skims will unite its beauty and lifestyle ventures under one brand in a “pivotal” expansion for the shapewear brand. 

    By • March 25, 2025
  • White clouds dominate in otherwise bright blue sky, above a "BuyBuy Baby" store.
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    "BuyBuy Baby at South Edmonton Common" by Rowanlovescars is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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    BuyBuy Baby to relaunch online in May

    The announcement comes nearly two months after Beyond acquired the baby retailer, reuniting it with its former owner Bed Bath & Beyond.

    By • March 25, 2025
  • People walking toward a Macy's store.
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    Bloomingdale’s merchant jumps to Macy’s to lead children’s, men’s

    Daniel Leppo, whose career launched 30-plus years ago at the luxury department store, brings merchandising strength in need at Macy’s.

    By • March 25, 2025
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    Designer Brands to open more DSW stores, refresh rewards program

    Over the holiday quarter, sales fell and losses widened, but comps rose for the first time in over two years.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 24, 2025
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    Is Walmart the next major c-store competitor?

    The big-box retailer will open or remodel at least 45 fueling centers this year amid plans to reach 450 sites across its network.

    By Brett Dworski • March 24, 2025
  • Packages with the Target logo are loaded into a vehicle by a person.
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    Target tests new delivery method for Shipt drivers

    The initiative involves couriers bringing "brown box" shipments from stores to customers in locations lacking a sortation center.

    By Max Garland • March 24, 2025
  • A mall parking lot in South Portland, Maine, is mostly devoid of cars as the COVID-19 pandemic forces most retailers to close.
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    5 years after pandemic lockdowns, is retail back to normal?

    Stores are open, inventory is flowing and inflation is down. But today’s uncertainty and destabilization are making consumers anxious.

    By • March 24, 2025
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    Feng Li via Getty Images
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    Nike focuses on rightsizing key footwear styles as sales plunge 9%

    Some analysts expected the retailer to take more drastic action on its oversold franchises, but CEO Elliott Hill still sees a place for the “beloved silhouettes.”

    By • March 21, 2025
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    Target adds 2,000 products to baby assortment

    The revamp is the latest over the last year as the retailer focuses on newness to grow share across its merchandising portfolio.

    By • March 21, 2025
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    Walmart expands premium beauty options

    The retail giant also announced the four brands that will participate in its third beauty accelerator program, Walmart Start.

    By • March 21, 2025
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    QVC Group taps media vet as chief growth officer

    The live shopping pioneer hired Alex Wellen to steer its growth as it adapts to the ever-evolving social media and streaming era.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 20, 2025
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    "Container Store" by colleen is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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    The Container Store CEO Satish Malhotra is out

    The retailer begins its post-bankruptcy turnaround with much less debt, under leadership steeped in operations and transformation strategies.

    By • March 20, 2025
  • Walmart storefront sign.
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    Klarna to displace Affirm as Walmart BNPL provider

    The Swedish buy now, pay later business partnered with a Walmart-backed fintech to offer loans at the retail giant via a digital payments app.

    By Patrick Cooley • March 19, 2025
  • A dark blue flag that reads "Old Navy" in white block letters hands vertically on a building in New York City, shown in the righ of a photo. Another building is on the left, with blue sky in the middl
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    Old Navy quietly debuts occasionwear

    Prices start at about $25, answering demand for affordable dresses for weddings, parties and proms.

    By • March 19, 2025
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    Retailers deploy AI in pursuit of CX gains, loss prevention

    Despite adoption plans, companies are grappling with system integration issues, a lack of training resources and frayed customer trust, according to Everseen.

    By Lindsey Wilkinson • March 19, 2025
  • Best Buy expands delivery options.
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    What 25 retail leaders are saying about tariffs

    From price increase warnings to confidence that vendor relationships will help ride out the storm, here's how the retail C-suite plans to weather tariffs.

    By • March 19, 2025
  • A display features signage reading "In 1981 Guess changed the denim industry forever" and a display of denim jeans.
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    Stefania M. D'Alessandro via Getty Images
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    Guess receives offer to go private

    The offer came from an affiliate of WHP Global, which last year partnered with the denim brand to buy Rag & Bone.

    By Lara Ewen • March 19, 2025
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    Beyond sells majority stake in Zulily for $5M

    Lyons Trading Company, owner of off-price retailer Proozy, is acquiring the brand. It’s Zulily’s fourth owner in two years.

    By • March 18, 2025
  • A Foot Locker employee carries a box in front of a wall display of sneakers.
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    How Foot Locker’s supply chain is lacing up for the future

    Better inventory management and stronger vendor collaboration is helping the sneaker retailer advance its companywide transformation plan.

    By Philip Neuffer • March 17, 2025