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Etsy’s “Shop Other Jeffs” Campaign Takes Aim at Amazon Ahead of Prime Day

Etsy is making a competitive statement, launching a campaign that celebrates its community of nearly six million independent sellers, and implicitly contrasting them with a certain billionaire Jeff.

News June 15
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Target Names Isaac Mizrahi Creative Director at Large, Partners with Bravo on Shoppable Series

Two announcements from Target signal the retailer’s intensifying effort to reclaim its identity as a style and design destination under new CEO Michael Fiddelke.

News June 15
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Stitch Fix Bets on Activewear, Footwear and Accessories to Unlock $1 Billion Opportunity

Stitch Fix is expanding its activewear, footwear and accessories offering with new brands, including Outdoor Voices, Malbon Golf, Quay, Cotopaxi and more as Q3 results show fifth consecutive quarter of…

News June 15
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The Store Associate Isn’t Going Away. AI Is Changing the Job Instead

KWI founder and CEO Sam Kliger: "Retail is about people. AI just lets the good ones become great. And the retailers seeing the greatest returns are the ones doubling down…

News June 15

Winning on Reddit: How Walmart, Home Depot and MAC Tap into the High-Value Community

Featuring: Anna Haffner, Reddit As AI-generated content floods the internet, shoppers are increasingly looking for something harder to fake: real human opinions. In this episode of Retail Remix, Kate Robertson…

Podcasts June 15
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Build-A-Bear Completes CEO Succession, Announces Leadership Updates

Build-A-Bear Workshop has completed its planned CEO transition, naming Chris Hurt as Chief Executive Officer while announcing expanded roles for two other senior leaders.

News June 12
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Shoe Carnival Becomes Shoe Station Group as Company Bets on Two-Banner, Acquisition-Fueled Future

A new name, a new ticker and a strategic reset: Shoe Carnival is becoming Shoe Station Group, closing underperforming stores, pulling back sharply on its rebanner program and signaling it…

News June 11
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Melissa Minkow and Nikki Baird: AI Is Reshaping the Retail Shopping Journey, but Retailers Are Still Catching Up

Experts from Aptos and CI&T say consumer adoption of AI is ahead of the retail industry, and the biggest risks are data quality, misplaced cost assumptions, and chatbot hype that…

News June 11
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Walmart’s Chief Growth Officer on Why Retail Media, Membership and AI Are Just Getting Started

Walmart's Seth Dallaire made the case at Evercore ISI Consumer and Retail Conference Wednesday that the company's retail media, membership and marketplace businesses are complementary by design and positioned for…

News June 10
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