by Mike Duff | Feb 11, 2025 | Retail Articles
The Trump administration has put its February 1 executive order squashing the China tariff exemption for ‘de minimis’ goods on hold until the Secretary of Commerce can put systems in place to process and collect the tariff revenue, according to a White...
by Mike Duff | Jan 31, 2025 | Retail Articles
Temu and Shein have launched efforts to reassure consumers about their quality assurance programs after shoppers and retail followers have expressed concerns about the safety and quality of products offered on the China-based discount e-commerce platforms. Temu has...
by Chandler Harvey | Dec 20, 2024 | Retail Articles
Retail took some surprising twists in 2024, as the view forward from 2023 didn’t reveal how the way forward would have so many twists and turns. Of course, some developments fell into old patterns and some weaker retailers fell by the wayside. Meanwhile, an...
by Mike Duff | Dec 12, 2024 | Retail Articles
Brigit, a financial company offering an app designed to help lower-income consumers manage money, has released its 2024 Black Friday and Cyber Monday spending report, which identified an increase in spending by paycheck-to-paycheck consumers in the period from Black...
by Peter Giannetti | Dec 4, 2024 | Retail Articles
More than half of 2024 Cyber Weekend shoppers made purchases mostly or only online, while continuing concern about higher prices factored notably in their shopping and purchase choices, according to market research company Numerator. Numerator surveyed more than 9,600...
