How the beach boardwalk exemplifies three key retail trends Summer is here and it’s time for my annual beach boardwalk-themed column. Exclusive Q&A: Academy Sports + Outdoors merchandising head on customer focusAcademy Sports & Outdoors pays close attention to local customer demand signals when designing its merchandising strategy. QVC celebrates ‘Christmas in July’ with Lance Bass, Danielle Fishel QVC is appointing two celebrity “co-cheer officers” to help promote its annual summer holiday sales promotion. Hungry Howie’s modernizing digital ordering with DoorDash A pizza retailer with innovative crust is teaming with a leading on-demand delivery platform to revamp its online ordering experience. Hard rockers AC/DC promote tour with pop-ups A legendary Australian rock group will offer a pop-up shop in every city on its upcoming 2026 North American tour. Consumer acceptance of online marketplaces grows Online marketplaces are becoming increasingly important to retailers as customers utilize them more. Home Depot adds partner reward offers to pro loyalty program The Home Depot Inc. is opening its loyalty offering for home improvement professionals to third-party perks. Dick’s Sporting Goods loyalty program enhancements include paid tier Dick’s Sporting Goods is making several changes to its ScoreCard loyalty offerings that include a new paid membership option. Amazon Prime summer promotion provides savings on fuel, groceries Amazon Prime Day may be over, but Prime members have more limited-time discounts to look forward to. Amazon offers agentic shoppers up to 365 days of price history Amazon is expanding the price history capabilities of its "Alexa for Shopping" solution. 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last
