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  • Study: Back-to-school forecast looks sunny

    Many kids are just starting their summer vacations, but back-to-school shopping is well underway.  

  • TechBytes: Cool technologies at Wayfair Next innovation lab

    I recently had the opportunity to visit the Wayfair Next innovation lab at Wayfair’s downtown Boston headquarters.   My genial hosts, Wayfair co-founder Steven Conine and Wayfair Next director Mike Festa, explained the lab’s mission and let me demo some very cool technologies.  

  • Cool technologies at Wayfair Next innovation lab

    I recently had the opportunity to visit the Wayfair Next innovation lab at Wayfair’s downtown Boston headquarters.   My genial hosts, Wayfair co-founder Steven Conine and Wayfair Next director Mike Festa, explained the lab’s mission and let me demo some very cool technologies.  

  • New e-commerce platform seeks to reshape women’s apparel shopping

    Determining if an online clothing purchase will fit properly is a challenge for many women.    Launched in May 2016, e-commerce site Fovo curates apparel selections that are tailored to female shoppers’ specific body shapes.   “The way forward is personalization,” said Fovo cofounder Kiana Anvaripour in a Chain Store Age interview. We want to help women optimize the experience of shopping online for apparel so the ‘endless scroll’ doesn’t exist.”

  • Amazon inches closer to the top in another category

    Watch out Best Buy, the nation’s largest ecommerce retailer is on your tail.   According to a report by barrons.com, Amazon has moved ahead of Walmart to take the number two spot, behind Best Buy, as the nation’s largest electronics retailer.    

  • Nimble small- to mid-level retailers steal share from larger, traditional chains

    Think online is the biggest challenge traditional retailers face? Think again.  

  • Survey: So far, so good for 2016

    Retail tenants are not only reporting a strong performance for  the year so far, but are also optimistic about the next six months.  

  • Analysis: Is Ralph Lauren Corp. moving away from luxury?

    Ralph Lauren Corp. made headlines with its June 7th announcement that it planned to close 50 stores and lay off 1,000 employees as part of a restructuring in response to lower sales.     The announcement  didn't go into specifics about the luxury brand’s plans to correct its course. But some industry insiders speculate that the background of Ralph Lauren CEO  Stefan Larsson, who took the reins of the company in September,  holds the key.   
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