US needs 330M square feet of warehouse space to keep up with e-commerce: CBRE

Retailers looking to build or rent new real estate face potential sticker shock.

By Matt Leonard • June 24, 2021

The Backroom: In e-commerce, it's growth versus profits

In 2020, digital operations saved retailers when consumers couldn't or wouldn't visit stores. But how sustainable is online retail in the long run?

By Daphne Howland • June 24, 2021

Explore the Trendline➔

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

With used apparel sales set to reach $77B in 5 years, more retailers join in, ThredUp finds

The segment, which may outpace the wider market eleven-fold in that time, is upending fast fashion, according to a report from the secondhand site.

By Daphne Howland • June 23, 2021

Nordstrom to open 21 Indochino custom apparel shops in stores

The partnership expands the department store's men's category with made-to-measure suiting. 

By Kaarin Moore • June 23, 2021

SKU'd: Everybody is getting into resale. But are there enough great clothes to make it work?

Apparel retailers may now have to reckon with the proliferation of years of cheap manufacturing practices.

By Kaarin Moore • June 23, 2021

With $200M from private equity, Saks Off 5th online will go it alone

Owner HBC earlier this year similarly split up its full-line operations at Saks Fifth Avenue, and is hanging onto all its Saks-related real estate.

By Daphne Howland • June 22, 2021

Target commits to new sustainability, equity goals

The retailer plans to make 100% of its private label products "designed for a circular future" by 2040.

By Maria Monteros • June 22, 2021

Levi Strauss COO: Our products are 'the antithesis of fast fashion'

The company will come out with its first full sustainability report in Q4, according to Chief Operating Officer Liz O'Neill. 

By Kaarin Moore • June 22, 2021

PayPal to increase merchant fees in August

The company is raising some U.S. transaction fees despite a crowd of competitors angling to lure merchants and consumers to alternative payment services. 

By Lynne Marek • June 22, 2021

G-III Apparel COO to step down from role

Wayne Miller has been with the company for 23 years and will assume a senior strategic adviser position.

By Kaarin Moore • June 21, 2021

Visa's Tap to Phone pilot comes to the US

The new payment option allows merchants to convert their android smartphones into point-of-sale systems to accept tap payments.

By Vaidik Trivedi • June 21, 2021

Walmart invests in DroneUp

The retailer tested hundreds of deliveries of COVID-19 test kits last year. Now it's seeking drone delivery at scale.

By Ben Unglesbee • June 18, 2021

Glossier gets back into physical retail with plans for 3 stores

The DTC beauty brand's two permanent stores were shut down due to the pandemic, and these openings replace them.

By Cara Salpini • Updated June 18, 2021

Sharon Chuter's Uoma teams up with Walmart on exclusive beauty line

Chuter's Pull Up for Change has demanded that corporate America in general and beauty companies in particular do right by Black brands and entrepreneurs.

By Daphne Howland • June 18, 2021

Shopify to offer Shop Pay to all Facebook, Google merchants

The move makes the tool available to sellers across platforms — even those who don't use Shopify's online store. 

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 18, 2021

Victoria's Secret is (finally) trying to get women's attention

The brand's board will be almost totally female, and its angels have been replaced with a collective of powerful women. Will the turnabout work?

By Daphne Howland • June 17, 2021

Staples Inc. parts with CEO as owner Sycamore Partners plots Office Depot takeover

The chief of the Staples distribution business is out as the Staples retail company tries to acquire a rival.

By Ben Unglesbee • Updated June 18, 2021

Neiman Marcus appoints fashion and lifestyle director

In the newly created role, Net-a-Porter and MyTheresa vet Lisa Aiken will identify emerging trends and expand exclusive partnerships.

By Kaarin Moore • June 17, 2021

FedEx, Nuro sign multi-year deal to test autonomous last-mile delivery

The partnership gives FedEx a last-mile solution to complement its other investments like drones and delivery robots.

By Edwin Lopez • June 17, 2021

Neiman Marcus Group launches $500M tech investment spree

Plans are to snap up home and fashion SaaS platform Stylyze, the first of many moves as the department store focuses squarely on e-commerce.

By Daphne Howland • Updated June 17, 2021

CVS to change key loyalty benefit for the first time in 20 years

The retailer will pay back 2% in ExtraBucks just moments after every transaction instead of quarterly.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 16, 2021

Out-of-stocks cost Chewy an estimated $40M in sales

The DTC pet brand's inventories were up 9% over 2020, but it had to keep up with sales rising nearly 32% in the same period.

By Matt Leonard • June 16, 2021

Customers love them. Investors love them. But which online players can survive in the long run?

As they seek scale, some of the fastest-growing e-commerce firms have a license from investors to burn cash. A business can't lose money forever, though. (Right?)

By Ben Unglesbee • June 16, 2021

Amazon to open its first Fresh supermarket with checkout-free technology

The 25,000-square-foot store, set to open Thursday in Bellevue, Washington, is the largest Amazon retail location equipped with the Just Walk Out system. 

By Sam Silverstein • June 15, 2021

Target unveils remodeled stores

The retailer said it would invest about $4 billion annually to remodel stores over the next few years, including the "glow-up" of 150 locations this year. 

By Maria Monteros • June 15, 2021