Insights

The popular holiday tune, “It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas” hits differently for retailers this year.

Instacart’s technology efforts have elevated it to a level where it has some lofty company.

Chico’s FAS Inc. is cloud-enabling its e-commerce platform.

The direct-to-consumer bridal retailer Azazie keeps the “consumer” at the focus of its efforts.

Some retail technologies also assist loss prevention efforts as a helpful side effect.

Top YouTube poster MrBeast might have just told Don Ghermezian, “Open my first burger joint and I’ll give you the biggest crowd you ever had.”

The social element, not the shopping opportunity, is what must drive today’s retail centers

This year could bring one of the earliest kick-offs to peak trading season ever, with customers in a determined mindset to buy.

Amazon is making heavy financial and technology investments into the small- and medium-sized retailers that sell on its Amazon Marketplace platform.

As negotiations stall with railroad labor unions, Chain Store Age spoke with Spencer Shute, senior consultant at procurement and supply chain consultancy Proxima, about the impact a rail strike would have on the nation’s supply chain.

Supply chains are fragile.

According to the EPA, supply chains often account for more than 90% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.