by Mike Duff | Mar 31, 2025 | Retail Articles
After years of focusing a significant proportion of its growth on urban markets, Target is doing almost as much business with urban as with suburban homeowners, according to Numerator. The market researcher reported that 68% of Target customers are homeowners, with...
by Mike Duff | Mar 31, 2025 | Retail Articles
Amid declining economic and personal financial outlooks for the year’s second half, the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index fell by 7.2 points in March to 92.9, a figure below the 100 mark that divides positive from negative sentiments. The Present...
by Mike Duff | Mar 31, 2025 | Retail Articles
Design duo Pierce & Ward have launched a new home furnishings and tabletop collection with West Elm. Cofounders Louisa Pierce and Emily Ward have created designs with the West Elm team that reflect the popular design studio’s distinctive aesthetic, which...
by Mike Duff | Mar 28, 2025 | Retail Articles
Businesses are aggressively investing in AI across supply chains as a counterweight to inflation and trade volatility, but a growing execution gap threatens to derail their efforts, according to a report by Relex Solutions, which operates a unified platform for...
by Mike Duff | Mar 28, 2025 | Retail Articles
Walmart, in a blog post, promoted ways it can support small and medium-size businesses while also suggesting how participation in the company’s marketplace could give such businesses a boost. Ashley Hubka, senior vice president and general manager, Walmart Business,...