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Ringing the opening bell at the Nasdaq stock exchange had to have been especially sweet for Ron Johnson, CEO of Enjoy Technology, which today listed under the ticker symbol ENJY following a combination with Marquee Raine Acquisition Corp.

Macy’s stock has been surging as speculation rises around a possible spinoff of the company’s online business.

Saks Fifth Avenue has been mulling a potential IPO for its rapidly-growing e-commerce business, and will pull the trigger for a listing pegged to the first half of 2022 with a valuation of about $6 billion.

In today’s world where platforms and data are a part of everyone’s strategy, governance for securing that data is paramount—one example for the focus on the “g” aspects of ESG and how it can foster a safer future and better corporate returns.

The grocery giant appears to be paving the way for a new 21st century style of expansion with its use of automated warehouses, spoke hubs and micro-fulfillment centers to move into markets without having to open stores.

October 31 is the date most goblins fear. Moms and dads will march with their children. Buy what about the Gen-Z generation who wants to celebrate.

In 2013, at age 52, Fran Dunaway and her wife Naomi Gonzales cofounded the gender-neutral underwear and loungewear company TomboyX.

What’s new—and potentially strategically impactful—are emerging concepts from legacy retailers that aren’t driven merely by value engineering their mature flagship model.

It is the latest retailer to introduce special pay or perks in an effort to meet ambitious hiring goals in a tough labor market.

Toy startup Camp is opening a new store, and guess where it is? On the site of a failed Toys R Us experiment in experiential retail.

The Biden administration's move to open ports 24/7 to unload cargo is only a band-aid over a bigger crisis in trucking to get goods from the ports to where they are needed.

While there’s not much we can do at this juncture to speed everything up, retailers can find short term relief and lay the groundwork for better decision making in the future by implementing pricing and merchandising strategies that can help mitigate the current situation.

Home Depot recently awoke a sleeping giant – consumer excess – with the launch of its 12-foot, gleaming-eyed Halloween skeleton. The phenomenon of “Skelly” is back, and it reveals a lot about the power of canny merchandising when it comes to the shopper psyche. Five factors make it work.

Companies like Walmart, Amazon, Dell, Samsung, Target, Sam’s Club, Lenovo, E-Bay, Home Depot, and Lowe’s use goTRG to refurbish merchandise that is returned to stores by customers.

We went from having an overwhelming need for essential goods during our homebound existences, to a sudden hunger for discretionary goodies which were not in demand mere months prior. This has created a supply and demand debacle of epic proportions. There may, however be a creative workaround.

While other fashion labels might take a more subdued approach to style, Ronny Kobo’s timeless designs, sophisticated silhouettes and standout prints are all about dialing up the glamour and garnering attention — the best kind of attention.

Even as President Biden tries to remedy the supply chain mess some big developments coming out of China are going to make the situation worse before it gets any better