Best Buy, Ikea partner for shop-in-shops — here’s whereA U.S. electronics giant and a Swedish furniture giant are partnering for a new, innovative cross-brand retail experience. Numerator: Best Buy, Amazon dominate consumer electronics marketTwo retailers capture more than half of consumer electronics spending. ‘Passion purchases,’ value pricing lifting sales in these categories... Consumers are being cautious — but they are still spending on what they really want. Amazon acquiring maker of wearable wrist device that records what it hears Amazon is expanding in the AI-powered wearable devices space. Consumer tech spending expected to soften in second half of year The “pull-forward” consumer purchasing that supported revenue gains in the U.S. consumer technology market during the first half of 2025 has ebbed. First Look: Innovative, experiential Tm:rw store opens in Times Square A sleek, futuristic store featuring state-of-the-art, technologically-driven items across categories has opened its doors in the heart of Manhattan’s Times Square. Walmart to make Vizio TVs one of its exclusive private label brands A change is in store for a smart TV maker/streaming platform provider that Walmart purchased for $2.3 billion in 2024. NRF: Back-to-school shopping kicked off early this year Concerns about potential price hikes due to tariffs have jumpstarted back-to-school shopping this year. Batteries Plus adds 20 stores to pipeline in Q2 Batteries Plus is continuing its rapid expansion this year. NRF: Sales slowed across nearly all sectors in June amid ongoing tariff concerns Retail sales slipped in June — the first monthly decline since February — amid uncertainty surrounding the economy, tariffs and trade policy. First Previous 4 5 6 7 8 Next Last
