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As tariffs drive up import costs, more brands are leaning on a legal tactic that involves modifying a product's characteristics to qualify for lower duties.
Online vintage furniture marketplace Chairish is seeing a boost in customer engagement and sales thanks to a marketing campaign that leans into a growing consumer concern: tariffs.
Estate sales are becoming a go-to source for people looking to stretch their budgets, find unique products and snag items to flip on resale sites. Demand is high, and platforms say it's not slowing down.
Amid widespread corporate pullback from Pride Month campaigns this year, values-driven brands like Wildfang and Levi's stood out.
The Modern Retail Podcast looks at the big Dr. Squatch acquisition, Parachute's retail pivot and Prime Day's competition — plus, a halfway check-in on the biggest retail topics of 2025.
Target seems to be trying to appease disappointed gamers who didn't receive their Nintendo Switch 2 consoles on time, sending them a deal for free $50 Nintendo eShop gift cards.
After several years without building any new stores from the ground up, Walmart is ending its construction drought by first chasing after rising rooftops in the Sun Belt — especially in cities that have also recently seen new stores from popular Texas grocer H-E-B.
Estate sales are becoming a go-to source for people looking to stretch their budgets, find unique products and snag items to flip on resale sites. Demand is high, and platforms say it’s not slowing down.
Online vintage furniture marketplace Chairish is seeing a boost in customer engagement and sales thanks to a marketing campaign that leans into a growing consumer concern: tariffs.
Dizzying tariffs, high costs and economic uncertainty aren’t go-to ingredients for a banner summer. And yet, that’s exactly what brands are dealing with as they plan for the next few months.
In our annual series, the Modern Retail Vanguard, we’re highlighting 15 people who exemplify the skills needed to succeed in today’s retail environment across three categories: operations, marketing and technology. These are the people who, behind the scenes, helped companies grow amid an uncertain retail environment.
Last October, Sam’s Club opened the doors to its first store without checkout lanes in Grapevine, Texas. The CFO of Sam’s Club said it has been a success so far, but the company has not decided to take all registers out of all clubs just yet.
In this edition of our Modern Retail+ research series, driven by monthly focus groups with top executives, we asked operators at Prose, The Clear Cut and Fashionphile how they evaluate when to add something to their tech stack and what new AI applications make sense for their business.
Tony D’Onofrio, president, Sensormatic Solutions Connected technologies and support services have transformed the way retailers view their store operations, but there’s further to go before retailers achieve optimization. By combining data sets from the manufacturer, the supply chain and the store, these connected systems contextualize shopper behaviors, associate workflows, merchandise movement and allow for other […]
True Religion has been on a kick to grow its e-commerce division for years. Now, that channel is on track to account for half of True Religion’s business by the end of 2025. Modern Retail spoke with the brand’s new head of digital growth, who is also its chief marketing officer.
At the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity this year, Amazon’s pitch to advertisers was all about how new deals with Roku and Disney will bring more high-quality inventory to its DSP.
As retail media networks get more competitive, players like Instacart and CVS are teaming up with social media platforms like Pinterest and Reddit to improve targeting.
Nike says it’s making “continued momentum” on its wholesale turnaround, eight months after bringing back company veteran Elliott Hill as CEO.
Amazon’s biggest sales event of the year is testing how far brands will go to stay in the game. Brands with pricing power, operational agility and sharp strategy stand to dominate.
Moving creates new habits, so targeting recent homebuyers or renters — anyone who has just moved or is about to — creates an opportunity to reach new audiences who may not have otherwise known about a brand or retailer. By understanding how moving shapes consumer attitudes, marketers gain access to a rich, untapped targeting opportunity. […]
