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REI Updates Supplier Guidelines to Mandate Removal of ‘Persistent’ Chemicals by 2026

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The outdoor gear retailer also imposed the same deadline for textile products covered under a California law that takes effect in early 2025, and it will require PSAF-free products from all its textile suppliers by fall 2026.

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Athleta Enters Intimates as Category Slated to Reach $16.2B by 2026

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by 2026, according to Euromonitor International. Athleta activewear brand has added an intimates category with the debut of its Rituals collection. The brand is seeking to grow within a segment that has been forecasted to reach $16.2 billion in the U.S. The collection, which will be available Sept.

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Gartner 2023 Predicts: Brands Must Focus On Composability, AI, and Building Consumer Trust

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Here’s what Gartner predicts: “By 2026, the speed of digital innovation will improve by 60%, relative to 2022, for organizations that have established mechanisms to reuse composable digital commerce modules.” “By A poor experience with one seller can create a domino effect and damage consumer confidence in other sellers.

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Primark Opens Second U.S. DC, Announces Plans for 4 New Stores

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The retailer currently operates 24 stores across nine states, with plans to create a 60 -store footprint in the U.S. Primark plans to import cargo through the Jacksonville Port Authority, an international trade seaport located within a one-day truck drive of nearly 100 million U.S. We’ve seen growing demand for Primark stores across the U.S.,

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Live Selling: the Solution for Deepening Consumer Relationships in a Rapidly Evolving Retail Landscape

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Unfortunately, unexpected situations can occur at any moment, like a global pandemic that reduces foot traffic to a trickle, or the shift of consumer demand online from offline channels. Consumers Want Digital Interactions. Though they’ve seen success, relationships built solely on in-person interactions aren’t scalable.

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The Future of Ecommerce Demands a Better Understanding of Online Consumer Journeys

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trillion in 2026.”. While that may seem odd to say, given the extent that ecommerce now pervades most consumers’ everyday shopping, the current hot take from some industry analysts is that ecom growth has slowed and brick-and-mortar retail is on the rise. trillion today to $5.4 Or to put it more directly: Has ecommerce plateaued?

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Gartner: A quarter of consumers will use the metaverse daily by 2026

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The firm predicts 25% of people will spend at least one hour a day in the metaverse to work, shop, learn, socialize or consume entertainment by then.

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