1. Technology & Innovation

How This Year’s Fastest-Growing Retailers Boosted Sales

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In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail’s Joe Keenan and Marie Albiges discuss Total Retail’s latest research report, the 2023 version of the annual Top 50 Fastest-Growing Retailers. The list ranks publicly traded U.S.-based retailers based on their year-over-year (YoY) net sales growth for the most recent fiscal year reported on. Topping the rankings is Boot […]

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