Aug 31, 2026 | Retail
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Several major big box retailers are recouping substantial returns for defunct tariffs they paid last year, but how they are utilizing the refunds varies. Rivals Walmart and Target have reported...
Aug 31, 2026 | Retail
2026 Hot 25 Retailers ListNRF's Hot 25 Retailers ranks the nation’s fastest-growing retail companies.View the complete chart.Wellness today is about so much more than avoiding or overcoming illness. It increasingly represents identity, self-optimization, keeping...
Aug 31, 2026 | Retail
The Federal Trade Commission is moving to ensure companies disclose use of customers’ personal data to set prices, as technology makes it easier for retailers to tailor them to individual shoppers. The FTC said that it is seeking public comment on an enforcement...
Aug 31, 2026 | Retail
Highlights AI shoppers show the sharpest payment sensitivity, with 78% saying preferred payment acceptance strongly influences where they shop. Income does not chan…Click here for the full...
Aug 31, 2026 | Retail
Vintage fashion is having a major resurgence, with demand for vintage pieces on The RealReal up 432% since 2020.The finding comes from The RealReal’s 2026 Resale Report, which examines how the secondhand market is influencing consumer preferences and reshaping...
Aug 24, 2026 | Retail
Aug 24, 2026 | Retail
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Amid high gas prices, global conflict and a soft job market, U.S. consumers are fed up. After two months of improvement, consumer sentiment fell about 8% in August, per University of Michigan...
Aug 24, 2026 | Retail
Off-price retailer Ross Stores saw “robust” sales growth in the quarter ended Aug. 1 as both existing customers and new ones sought prices lower than those of mainstream retailers, CEO Jim Conroy said during a Thursday (Aug. 20) earnings call. “We really want to be...
Aug 24, 2026 | Retail
Washington, D.C—The National Retail Federation has unveiled its list of this year’s 25 hottest retailers in the United States.The “Hot 25 Retailers” list, compiled by market research company Kantar, highlights the fastest-growing retail companies in the U.S., ranking...
Aug 24, 2026 | Retail
AliExpress has announced a new phase of US customer experience enhancements designed to give shoppers clearer order information, simpler eligible refunds, and more consistent support throughout the shopping journey. These are rolling out ahead of the company's...
Aug 17, 2026 | Retail
NEW YORK (AP) — After splurging on the World Cup and Amazon Prime Day sales, Americans unexpectedly cut their spending in July by the biggest amount in more than a year. Retail sales fell 0.6% last month, marking the biggest decrease since May 2025, compared with a...
Aug 17, 2026 | Retail
An article from Data from NRF projects that imports at major U.S. ports have peaked as businesses built up inventory ahead of new tariffs. Publis…Click here for the full article!
Aug 17, 2026 | Retail
A Target logo is displayed on a sign outside of a department store on March 23, 2026 in San Diego, CA. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesTarget announced it has appointed its first ever chief artificial intelligence officer on Tuesday in the retailer’s...
Aug 17, 2026 | Retail
As consumers grow more comfortable making larger, higher-consideration purchases on TikTok Shop, brands are rethinking how they merchandise, market and fulfill their large-ticket products. More customers are buying products like comforters, LED face masks and even...
Aug 17, 2026 | Retail
Payments used to arrive at the end of a sale, take the money and leave. Now they have a much bigger job. They can help companies earn revenue, see cash, serve customers and make better decisions. PYMNTS developed “Summer School 2026: The Payment Stack Strikes Back”...
Aug 10, 2026 | Retail
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Looking for immediate cash, some retailers sold off the economic rights to their potential IEEPA tariff refunds over the past year. A secondary market emerged looking to purchase future refund...
Aug 10, 2026 | Retail
Retailers are looking to market their products through artificial intelligence platforms while bringing the transactions and data that come with them to their own platforms, Reuters reported Friday (Aug. 7). While they want to tap into the growing amount of online...
Aug 10, 2026 | Retail
Retailers this quarter are reporting where artificial intelligence has actually changed how consumers shop, and where it has not. Etsy CEO Kruti Patel Goyal told analysts during a second-quarter earnings call Thursday (Aug. 6) that traffic from AI agent platforms...
Aug 10, 2026 | Retail
Thrift shopping has been recast in a short span of time. Once associated mainly with getting by on a tight budget, it is now a mainstream way to shop, and some customers say that wider appeal is showing up on the price tags.The growing popularity, visibility, and...
Aug 10, 2026 | Retail
Generation Z has grown up with the convenience of the internet and social media, but with the worry about climate change. Now, with more starting to enter the workforce, the question is how will their conveniences and concerns shape their purchasing...
