by Mike Duff | Feb 28, 2025 | Retail Articles
Retailers have been rolling out shopping assistants, chatbots, and automated purchasing capabilities supported by artificial intelligence. However, consumers continue to be wary of AI’s too-great control over their online store visits. In a survey commissioned...
by Mike Duff | Feb 24, 2025 | Retail Articles
Age and gender play a significant role in online shopping, according to the 2025 Consumer Insights Report from Wunderkind, a performance marketing firm. Mobile will be the future of e-commerce as smartphones are the go-to device for online purchases for Gen Z, with...
by Mike Duff | Feb 18, 2025 | Retail Articles
With the recently concluded Beyond deal confirmed by shareholders, Kirkland’s is updating its strategic initiatives and detailed plans to advance on the path to profitability. Kirkland’s also provided preliminary financial results for the fiscal 2024 fourth...
by Mike Duff | Jan 23, 2025 | Retail Articles
Coresight Research has issued its predictions for 2025 store openings and closures by sector in the United States, with store closures up to about 15,000 and store openings steady at 5,800. Closures announced late in 2024 and early in 2025 by Party City, Big Lots,...
by Mike Duff | Jan 21, 2025 | Retail Articles
In its fourth annual State of E-commerce Fulfillment report, ShipBob, a supply chain and fulfillment platform for small- and mid-market e-commerce merchants, noted that 80% of brands selling online saw revenue growth in 2024. More than half of all e-commerce orders in...
