Many founders had to completely upend their business models in 2025 due to tariffs, resorting to production delays, raising prices and putting off hiring to save their businesses.
Many founders had to completely upend their business models in 2025 due to tariffs, resorting to production delays, raising prices and putting off hiring to save their businesses.
This year, tariffs kicked in at their highest rate since the Great Depression, completely upending the retail industry. In turn, Modern Retail rounded up the biggest winners and losers of all the changes in tariff policy this year.
Brands known for their heyday in the ‘90s, like Gap and Victoria's Secret, have used 2025 to mount turnaround plans. But staging a successful comeback after years of a battered reputation takes more than a few quarters of growth.
This year, tariffs kicked in at their highest rate since the Great Depression, completely upending the retail industry. In turn, Modern Retail rounded up the biggest winners and losers of all the changes in tariff policy this year.
Marketers share how they navigated the maze of tariffs and regulatory changes this year.
Modern Retail staff rounded up some of the most notable brand names we lost in 2025, like Joann and Rite Aid. These included brands we lost due to reorganizations, bankruptcies or quiet closures.
Secondhand gifts are shedding their stigma this holiday season as shoppers, squeezed by tariffs and inflation, turn to thrift stores and resale platforms for thoughtful, lower-cost presents.
Turmoil from tariffs and pressure on margins are forcing some brands to play it safer this Cyber Week.
Some Amazon sellers are reducing or skipping their Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions as tariffs and platform fees squeeze margins.
The Athlete’s Foot, a 54-year-old specialty footwear retailer, is launching a U.S. e-commerce site after discontinuing it roughly six years ago.
Amazon sellers are experimenting with new ways to optimize product listings for the AI chatbot Rufus, adding more conversational language and product details despite limited guidance from Amazon on how the tool ranks products.
Nora Eisner, senior research data scientist, Tatari For most retailers, measuring the success of an ad is as simple as waiting to see if it drives someone to visit a website. But what about getting shoppers to go to a brick-and-mortar store? Yes, in-store sales are still very much a thing in 2025. In fact, […]
In the seventh edition of our Modern Retail Dictionary, we look back at the most overused buzzwords that drove retail conversations in 2025, from tariffs to value to AI everything.
As tariffs and DEI rollbacks squeeze Black female founders, Essence launched WeLoveUs.shop as an alternative marketplace to help brands diversify sales and reach consumers.
Starbucks has hired a senior marketing manager of fashion and beauty, a first-of-its-kind dedicated role as the company seeks to reestablish its role in culture.
Before everyone put up their out-of-office responders, Modern Retail polled a group of executives to talk about what’s on their wish lists for 2026. We asked them one simple question: If you could wave a magic wand and change one thing about the retail industry in 2026, what would it be?
The CEO of Wolverine Worldwide, owner of brands like Saucony and Merrell, believes the company has been generally very good at developing products. But, he said, “I think we have to get better at telling stories.”
Bradley Keefer, CRO, Keen Decision Systems Despite the emergence of October sales events and December’s strong sales performance last year, Black Friday remains the premier event for retailers. Last year, the NRF found that an estimated 197 million consumers, up from their initial prediction of 183.4 million, shopped during the five-day holiday weekend between Thanksgiving […]
