Serving up hot pizzas has long been a way for Sam's Club to get members through its doors in person to start shopping. Now, by delivering those same pizzas, the club retailer is using that same strategy to get hungry members to try out its delivery services.

Tariffs

Apparel brands share concerns about tariffs and consumer demand in earnings reports

June 09, 2025

In new earnings reports, apparel brands are giving strong indicators of how swirling tariffs and larger instability are impacting the fashion industry.

Marketplace Briefing: China-based merchants are joining Jumia, Africa’s biggest online retailer, amid tariff pressure

June 12, 2025

Chinese sellers are increasingly joining Jumia, Africa’s largest e-commerce platform, as rising U.S. tariffs push exporters to seek growth in new markets.

Other news to know

  • China’s mid-year shopping festival, 618, drove record gross merchandise volume, increasing 15.2% year over year, but daily spending decreased, Reuters reported.
  • Unilever is reportedly exploring a sale of its healthy snack brand Graze, as it refocuses its portfolio on personal care and beauty and moves away from food.
  • Louis Vuitton has reached a deal with Hong Kong’s New World Development Co. to open one of the brand’s largest stores in Asia, at New World’s K11 Musea mall at the end of 2026, per Bloomberg.
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Top Stories Jun 20

Exclusive: How Calpak developed its first kids’ collection of backpacks and lunch bags

June 20, 2025

A year after launching baby gear, bag brand Calpak is focusing on another young demographic: kids.

Marketplace Briefing: Amazon bets on deals with Roku and Disney to keep its DSP business in high demand

June 19, 2025

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.

Social platforms like Reddit and Pinterest are striking more retail media partnerships

June 19, 2025

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.

Goop plans for 20-30 new brick-and-mortar locations as it opens its 7th permanent store

June 19, 2025

The brand is set to open its seventh permanent storefront on Friday in the affluent vacation town of Aspen, Colorado. The 647-square-foot storefront will primarily sell Goop’s in-house lines Goop Beauty and G. Label — the company’s high-end beauty and fashion brands, respectively, launched in 2016.

Tariffs

Brands Briefing: Brands are drumming up tactics to boost consumer sentiment during a fraught summer

June 17, 2025

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.

Marketplace Briefing: China-based merchants are joining Jumia, Africa’s biggest online retailer, amid tariff pressure

June 12, 2025

Chinese sellers are increasingly joining Jumia, Africa’s largest e-commerce platform, as rising U.S. tariffs push exporters to seek growth in new markets.

Apparel brands share concerns about tariffs and consumer demand in earnings reports

June 09, 2025

In new earnings reports, apparel brands are giving strong indicators of how swirling tariffs and larger instability are impacting the fashion industry.

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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.

Technology

Unpacked: Agentic AI is the latest retail buzzword

June 16, 2025

Experts believe that self-sufficient agentic AI assistants will eventually replace traditional generative AI bots in e-commerce. Here’s what to know about the differences between generative AI and agentic AI.

‘The demand is there’: Why Walmart is scaling up drone delivery to reach millions more people

June 13, 2025

Walmart is expanding drone delivery to more cities; its svp of transformation and innovation, Greg Cathey says drone delivery “is a viable model for us to be able to get goods to people and do it faster than what you can do typically in a car.”

What retailers need to know to build lifetime customer connections

June 05, 2025

Retailers are often pressured to prioritize short-term consumer engagement tactics. However, many retailers are bucking that trend by taking a longer-term approach — one that includes an emphasis on AI-powered data analytics, a wider media channel mix and regular experimentation and collaboration. This is according to the new 2025 Customer Engagement Review from Braze, which […]

Marketing

‘Little things you can do to build an edge’: Meta is pushing brands and marketers to trust its AI tools while promising them more control

June 18, 2025

With its recent announcements at its annual Performance Marketing Summit and Cannes, Meta seems focused on continuing to get advertisers to trust its AI tools, while also promising to give them more control.

Dude Wipes leverages Walmart shopper data to launch new wipes for kids

June 17, 2025

The latest product launch from Dude Wipes shows how Walmart is encouraging brands to use its data platform Scintilla to come up with ideas for new products.

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet’s ‘army’ of fans is taking its first-ever credit card everywhere

June 17, 2025

Executives at goofy discount chain Ollie’s Bargain Outlet and financial services firm Sunbit say the retailer is seeing early success with its first-ever credit card, which builds upon its popular Ollie’s Army loyalty program.

Operations

Wayfair’s Perigold bets on a new Houston store to grow its share of luxury furniture sales

June 18, 2025

Wayfai’s Perigold opened its first physical store in Houston this month, offering luxury furniture and exclusive design services as it looks to build its brand.

2 years after pulling out of Target, menopause-care brand Womaness re-enters big box at Walmart

June 13, 2025

When menopause care brand Womaness first launched in Target in 2021, retailers didn’t know how to merchandise these products and where to put them in stores. Now, that’s starting to change.

How Everlane navigated global tax complexity to scale smarter

June 12, 2025

Matthew Cannon, Chief Revenue Officer, Reach As Everlane’s customer base has grown beyond U.S. borders, so have its tax obligations. And while the brand’s style is often minimalist, global tax compliance is anything but. Expanding into international markets is a high-stakes challenge for e-commerce retailers. Each country, and in some cases, each region, has its […]

Makeup brand Glossier's Los Angeles store

The death of the checkout counter is leading brands to rethink their store layouts

June 12, 2025

Brands like Glossier, Mejuri, and Velvet by Graham and Spencer are ditching traditional checkout counters in favor of mobile POS systems and open, experiential store layouts.

Jewelry brand Frank Darling is opening more showrooms and a larger US factory

June 11, 2025

Frank Darling, a custom jewelry brand known for its try-at-home program, is ramping up its physical retail presence as it celebrates 100% year-over-year growth. It plans to operate a total of 12 U.S. showrooms by the end of the year, while also opening a larger factory in the fall.