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What it takes for startups to pull off a Costco launch

January 22, 2026

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People Who Shaped Retail

Jason Buechel, the man who’s tasked with energizing Amazon’s grocery business

December 12, 2025

Jason Buechel, a longtime Whole Foods leader with roots in food and technology, is now tasked with unifying Amazon’s sprawling grocery business and solving the company’s decades-long struggle to gain traction in the category.

People Who Shaped Retail

How Mandy Fields steered E.l.f. Beauty through tariffs and a high-stakes Rhode acquisition in 2025

December 10, 2025

Having spent seven years at E.l.f. Beauty, CFO Mandy Fields breaks down the day-to-day challenges and opportunities of growing a beauty brand.

People Who Shaped Retail

Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt has mastered the art of the bookstore turnaround

December 08, 2025

Over the past six years, James Daunt has operationally flipped the U.S.'s largest bookstore chain upside down. Now in growth mode, the once-struggling retailer is a prime example of how to save one.

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Store of the Future

What Amazon’s proposed big-box store could mean for Walmart

January 21, 2026

How Target is talking to corporate employees about the ICE surge in Minnesota

January 20, 2026

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The next retail advantage is hiding in merchants’ payments systems

January 20, 2026

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Brands Briefing: Founders hope for a ‘dependable and stable’ 2026 after the chaos of 2025

January 20, 2026

The Marketplace Boom

Goodwill’s e-commerce business hits record sales as online thrifting surges

January 20, 2026

Store of the Future

Walmart’s fashion push is resonating with more six-figure households

January 19, 2026

Modern Retail Podcast: Cautious optimism at NRF around AI and shopper sentiment in 2026

January 17, 2026

Member Exclusive

Marketplace Briefing: Inside the marketplace strategies of Target, Best Buy and Nordstrom

January 15, 2026

New DTC toolkit

Butcher Box’s grass-fed beef lands in Target stores

January 15, 2026

Store of the Future

‘Subscription fatigue’ has hit meal kit companies hard

January 15, 2026

How The North Face, Vans and Timberland are trying to transform their businesses in 2026

January 14, 2026

How Playhouse MD is scaling after selling out twice and becoming a viral hit with parents

January 13, 2026

New DTC toolkit

How brands like Vuori, Rothy’s and Away have adapted to the new DTC landscape

January 13, 2026

Store of the Future

Figs is building more stores around its medical community

January 08, 2026

New Economic Realities

Activist investor could force even more change at Target

January 08, 2026

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Digital Marketing Redux

Sam’s Club aims to make free samples more measurable using kiosks, tablets

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.

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