Saks Global’s bankruptcy marked a turning point for the struggling retail giant. For smaller vendors, the fallout is still unfolding.
As brands plan for 2026, they are determined to not have their growth initiatives upended by another year of macroeconomic uncertainty.
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.
Investors and major retailers alike have shown significant confidence in North America's high streets over the past year.
This episode discusses the ways brands are evaluating return policies to ensure they make logistical and financial sense.
Fabletics’ stores are more than showrooms for leggings and sports bras -- they’re becoming one of the brand’s most powerful membership engines.
Shopify merchants saw a 14x increase in orders coming from AI agents over the past year, as agentic shopping gains traction, Shopify President Harley Finkelstein told Modern Retail.
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.
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.
Sam’s Club has been making significant changes to how its free-sample kiosks operate within the company — pointing to its confidence in the machines and free samples, in general, as advertising drivers.
Albertsons said this month that it has seen enough success in its digital screen network to begin a rollout in more than a third of its 2,200-plus stores in 2026.
Cori Voorhees, partner marketing manager, Adobe The start of a new year often brings a shift in focus for merchants. As the urgency of peak shopping season fades, teams turn their attention to how their systems and technology performed. It’s a moment to look beyond seasonal results and examine the infrastructure that supported them. Payments […]
Pacsun is using data from focus groups and surveys to better tailor its product releases, marketing and tech to Gen-Z shoppers.
For the third year in a row, Avocados From Mexico is returning to the Super Bowl with a digital play; its Prediction Pit is built on a predictive AI system that offers real-time football predictions, as well as custom guacamole recipes.
Fashionable designs and technical fabrics are front and center at the Winter Olympics, thanks to apparel and footwear partners like J.Crew, Nike and Ralph Lauren.
Brands entering Costco are crafting special warehouse merchandising and price-pack architecture to succeed in a high-stakes retail environment.
Several former Walmart leaders say they expect the big-box retailer to keep a close eye on Amazon’s proposed big-box store near Chicago.
Diana Williams, vp of product management, Intuit Mailchimp For retailers, the holidays can feel more like a survival season. These critical weeks can be extremely demanding, often generating the bulk of a business’s annual revenue. But when that surge leads to a disproportionate marketing focus on a single quarter, it can actually hinder momentum and […]
