TalkingRetail
MAY 12, 2025
Over half (54%) of Britons agree that supermarket loyalty cards benefit the supermarket more than the customer, according to Ipsos research. Almost three in four (73%) believe supermarkets raise product prices to make loyalty card discounts appear more attractive.
Forrester eCommerce
MAY 12, 2025
Increasing geopolitical volatility has characterized the last three years in Europe, reaching new heights, with ongoing disputes on US tariffs and possible EU retaliation measures hitting US big tech including hyperscalers. European technology leaders worry about the potential consequences of these actions, from higher costs, to service availability, and other disruptive consequences.
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lateshipment
MAY 12, 2025
Shipping an item is easy. Pack it in a box, slap on the address, and send it off. But that’s not the end of the process. The package needs to fare through several challenges before it is delivered to its destination. Who knows, it might get lost in transit or arrive damaged. A study reveals that over 10 million Americans had $2 billion worth of parcels stolen in 2024.
Forrester eCommerce
MAY 12, 2025
Adaptability and agility will differentiate HCOs that flourish amid volatility, per our new research, Healthcare Leaders: How To Thrive Through Volatility.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
lateshipment
MAY 12, 2025
E-commerce businesses are under pressure to deliver faster and more reliably than ever, with customer expectations rising tremendously. And logistics is where this battle is won or lost. For perspective, 52% of consumers expect their orders to be delivered within two to three days, indicating pressure on businesses to achieve these timelines. Third-party logistics (3PL) fulfillment becomes important for scaling businesses and achieving speed, reach, and customer satisfaction.
Wiser
MAY 12, 2025
In the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry, seasonal retail displays are planned months in advanceoften 8 to 9 months before they hit store floors. Brands like Haribo, General Mills, and Nestl lock in Halloween promotions in Q1, ship mid-summer, and expect execution by late summer. But despite early planning, retail display execution frequently diverges from strategy.
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RetailWire
MAY 12, 2025
Due to a Listeria outbreak , a Los Angeles company has pulled dozens of ready-made meals from shelves. The products are sold under the following names: Fresh & Ready Foods, City Point Market Fresh Food to Go, and Fresh Take Crave Away. A comprehensive list of 86 affected food items can be found in an FDA press release. The L os Angeles Times reported that federal regulators found a strain of Listeria on the equipment used to produce the products.
Korona
MAY 12, 2025
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Forrester eCommerce
MAY 12, 2025
The more I see social media conversations about brand versus demand or ideas like the 95:5 rule, the more I realize that a lack of good, objective data is at the center of these conversations.
Retail TouchPoints
MAY 12, 2025
Ebay , which has been quick to deploy AI-powered chatbots as well as conversational and interactive agents, has taken the next step by using agentic AI to deliver real-time, hyper-personalized product picks to customers. The new Ebay shopping agent, currently available to a small percentage of U.S. customers, will become available to other users on a rolling basis.
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Forrester eCommerce
MAY 12, 2025
New Figma products embrace AI, but Figma Sites fails to adhere to accessibility standards.
Retail TouchPoints
MAY 12, 2025
Mattress Warehouse has officially acquired a total of 176 stores from Tempur Sealy International 73 former Mattress Firm stores and 103 Sleep Outfitters locations pushing the retailer above the 500 -location mark. Tempur Sealy had agreed to sell the stores to Mattress Warehouse as a condition of its $4 billion acquisition of Mattress Firm, which was originally announced in May 2023 and was finalized in February 2025.
Forrester eCommerce
MAY 12, 2025
In today’s volatile business environment, executives face the dual challenge of optimizing costs while maintaining exceptional customer experiences. Our new report, “The Golden Thread From CX To Value Streams Reveals Optimization Opportunities” offers a strategic approach to navigating these complexities.
Retail TouchPoints
MAY 12, 2025
Market turbulence is hitting the retail industry hard. Faced with significant market disruptions, this would have historically been the juncture when retailers deprioritized their sustainability commitments. Instead, we are seeing something very different. Sustainability = Business Resilience Wildfires, supercharged storms and extreme heat are upending conventional retailers supply chains, leading to disruptions, delays and the loss of profitability.
Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker
Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.
Forrester eCommerce
MAY 12, 2025
While we cannot determine when commercially available quantum computers (aka Q-Day) will be able to break asymmetric cryptography and algorithms, Forresters best estimate is that this will happen in 10 years. But it could also happen in five or 20 years.
RetailDive
MAY 12, 2025
Brick-and-mortar stores drive the vast majority of core retail sales, and that won’t change any time soon, according to a report from commercial real estate firm Colliers.
Practical eCommerce
MAY 12, 2025
Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness inform human evaluators, not organic ranking algorithms. The post Googles EEAT Done Right appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.
RetailDive
MAY 12, 2025
The company, which is working to become a live social shopping company, reported a 10% revenue drop in Q1 and swung to a loss.
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TalkingRetail
MAY 12, 2025
Japan Tobacco International UK (JTI UK) has expanded its Nordic Spirit range with the introduction of three new flavours.
RetailDive
MAY 12, 2025
Last year’s sales declines and steep net loss put the retailer at the bottom of the struggling department store sector, an analyst said.
Wiser
MAY 12, 2025
In the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry, seasonal retail displays are planned months in advanceoften 8 to 9 months before they hit store floors. Brands like Haribo, General Mills, and Nestl lock in Halloween promotions in Q1, ship mid-summer, and expect execution by late summer. But despite early planning, retail display execution frequently diverges from strategy.
RetailDive
MAY 12, 2025
The launch of over 700 items comes as the craft retailer works to capture share left behind in the wake of the Party City and Joann bankruptcies.
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365 Retail
MAY 12, 2025
SKIMS will open its first UK standalone store on Regent Street, London, in summer 2026. The US-based brand, co-founded by Kim Kardashian and Jens Grede, has signed a 10-year lease for a 12,000 sq ft retail space at 245247 Regent Street with The Crown Estate. The store will mark the brands first permanent retail presence in the UK. Known for its focus on underwear, loungewear and shapewear, SKIMS will join a mix of international fashion retailers and brands operating on Regent Street.
RetailDive
MAY 12, 2025
By Wednesday, the two countries will charge 10% baseline duties and remove certain retaliatory levies that pushed rates over 100%.
TalkingRetail
MAY 12, 2025
Warburtons has launched two new products to add to its free-from range - Gluten Free Soft Brown Pittas and Gluten Free Seeded Tiger Bloomer.
RetailDive
MAY 12, 2025
Kirkland’s will run stores for both retailers while Beyond will be able to appoint directors to Kirkland’s board.
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365 Retail
MAY 12, 2025
George at Asda has officially launched its first standalone concept store at Crown Point Retail Park in Leeds, marked by a high-profile event on Saturday 10 May, headlined by Spice Girls member and Leeds native, Mel B. The new retail format represents a shift from the existing Asda Living model. Asda previously confirmed the store as part of a trial that could see other Living stores across the UK rebranded into George-focused spaces.
RetailWire
MAY 12, 2025
Following an initial recall over unsettling reports of fingertip amputations related to its coolers , Igloo has now expanded that recall to 1.2 million total units following news that 26 further fingertip amputations, bone fractures, and lacerations have been tied to its products, as TODAY reported. On May 8, Igloo indicated that the recall would now include an additional 130,000 coolers sold stateside, as well as 20,000 sold in Canada and 5,900 in Mexico.
TalkingRetail
MAY 12, 2025
Retailers across Scotland are being urged not to be caught-out by the upcoming ban on selling single-use vaping products.
RetailWire
MAY 12, 2025
Trader Joe’s has released a dupe of a popular, discontinued Starbucks beverage. The retailer introduced its Sparkling Matcha Lemonade in late April, and social media has declared that the Trader Joe’s drink is a dupe of an item eliminated from Starbucks’ menu, its Iced Matcha Lemonade. The Instagram page Trader Joe’s Treasure Hunt shared details of the beverage.
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