Business News
How to Think About the Future of Retail
As long as customers crave control and unique experiences, brick and mortar will never go away.
By Imran Tariq
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Business News
How to Thrive in Today’s Ever-Changing Retail Landscape
Despite shifting consumer behaviors, the modern marketplace presents many opportunities for a business today to survive—and even thrive—where competitors are falling short. Here we’ll highlight key strategies every business owner could benefit from in an e-commerce-heavy era. The Expert Advantage One of the most valuable differentiators a business can bring to today’s market is industry-leading […]
Thought Leaders
Lessons All Entrepreneurs Can Learn From the Shop Local Movement
Big-box retailers may be hurting due to ecommerce. But small businesses have learned how to thrive.
By Max Rhodes
Marketing
IoT Can Give Your Retail Business a Competitive Edge. Here’s What You Need to Know.
In a challenging environment for retailers, the internet of things is your secret weapon to staying relevant to brick-and-mortar shoppers.
Business Ideas
Thinking About Taking Your Product Into Big-Box Stores? You Need Help in These 4 Areas
Introducing your online-only product into physical stores calls for a launch playbook that's completely different from that of the online world.
Business Ideas
This Legendary Music Retailer Made Millions Online. So Why Did They Open a Studio?
How Sweetwater continues making beautiful music -- and profits -- after four decades in the business.
By Dan Bova
Business Ideas
How a Job Listing Earned This Jewelry Entrepreneur a Business Advisor — and Friend
Stone and Strand founder Nadine McCarthy Kahane found a mentor so valuable, she brought her on as a formal advisor.
Business Ideas
5 Things Every Retailer — Including You — Should Know Going Into 2019
Next year, 2019, is right around the corner. Is your new business ready for the new technology?
Building a Business
Thinking of Opening a Physical Location for Your Online Store? Ensure Success With These 4 Tips.
Take a cue from brands like Warby Parker and Everlane.
Marketing
To Stay Ahead in the Online Fashion Space, This CFO Looks Beyond Trends
Offering customers more than just free shipping and returns is one part of Revolve's Jesse Timmermans's strategy.
Business Ideas
Holiday 2018 Spending Could Reach $1 Trillion. Here’s Other Eye-Popping Numbers You Need to Know.
Get ready.
By Nina Zipkin
Business Ideas
13 Surprising Facts About Sears, Which Just Declared Bankruptcy
The troubled retailer first got its start in 1886.
By Nina Zipkin
Business Ideas
Your ‘Minimum Purchase’ Credit Card Policy Is Dumb
Whatever convinced you turning away sales is good business, it wasn't the math.
By Gene Marks
Business News
Amazon Opens 4-Star Store in New York City
In case the name isn't a big enough giveaway, the only products you'll find in this brick-and-mortar store have a four star or higher rating on Amazon. It's a clever way to fill shoppers with confidence that everything they buy won't disappoint.
Tech
4 Industries That Are Being Disrupted by AI
The top 100 AI startups of 2017 have raised $11.7 billion in aggregate funding across 367 deals.
By Andrew Medal
Online Presence
Everything You Need to Know About Instagram’s New Shopping Features
The app is giving influencers and brands new channels on which consumers can discover them.
Business Ideas
The Co-Founder of Orchard Mile Shares How She Handles Investor Rejection, Manages Startup Hype and Deals With Doubt
Jennie Baik opens up about what she's built and the lessons she's learned along the way.
Business Ideas
The Founder of Miss Jessie’s Got Retail Placement by Asking a Stock Boy for Intel
After an entrepreneurial failure, Miko Branch launched a new business out of necessity -- and identified a lucrative, underserved market in the haircare industry.
Business Ideas
WeWork Opens a Retail Operation, Highlighting Products Made by Its Members
WeMRKT features food, beverages and other items created by businesses that call the coworking space home.
Building a Business
Here’s How the Office Space for Wedding-Registry Company Zola Keeps Its Employees Engaged With the Brand
The online retailer's offices in Manhattan are like 'Zola come to life.'
Thought Leaders
A Founder Shares What to Do When Your Staff Can’t Agree on a Vision for the Company
This online shopping site had a promising platform and a talented team. But they had two very different ideas about what the company should prioritize.
Building a Business
Why the Entrepreneur Behind Rent the Runway Decided to Launch Her New Company Through Walmart’s Incubator
Jetblack, which just emerged out of stealth as the first company to go through Walmart's Store No. 8 incubator, is a text message-based personal concierge service.
Building a Business
How We Got Our Product Into Every Sephora Store As a Team of Two With No Outside Funding
You can see your products on the shelves of your dream retailer sooner than you think.
Business News
Alibaba’s Futuristic Supermarket in China Is Light-Years Ahead of the U.S. — and Shows Where Amazon Will Likely Take Whole Foods
With facial recognition payments and 30 minute online deliveries, this supermarket chain is all about being 'insanely convenient' for the customer.
Business Ideas
As Retail Reconfigures Into Click and Mortar, a New Kind of Employee Is Born
The hybrid of physical stores and online brands requires staff expert at both face-to-face selling and sophisticated technology.
Tech
The Digital Retail Experience Is About to Be Redefined — Again
Imagine a frictionless retail ecosystem, just a step up from where we are now.
By Doug Straton
Business Ideas
While Retail’s Behemoths Die, These 4 Retailers Are Rising From Their Ashes
These brands offer hope to others seeking to be part of the brick-and-mortar revival. Here's what you can learn from them.
By Marc Gingras