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Amazon Store-in-a-Store Debuts at Pennsylvania Whole Foods

Want some Coke with your chia seeds? That’s exactly what Amazon is hoping to deliver with its new store-within-a-store concept at the Whole Foods Market in Plymouth Meeting, Penn., which gives shoppers access to national brands and household essentials alongside Whole Foods’ standard selection of organic and natural goods. To enable this expanded selection, Amazon […]
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M&S official TikTok Shop launches as a pilot initially featuring a curated range of beauty products

M&S has officially gone live on TikTok Shop. Initially launching as a pilot, this is part of the retailer’s focus to broaden appeal and make it easier for customers to discover and shop whenever, wherever and however they like.   The shop will initially range a curated selection of beauty products, from skincare heroes, including […]
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Cross-media ad strategies are evolving—Here’s what’s missing in your ROI equation

With consumers engaging with content across more channels than ever before, optimizing spend is critical to ensure you’re reaching your audience where they are. Yet a significant hurdle remains: the fragmented nature of media investments and the resulting measurement challenges. This fragmentation makes it harder to get a unified view of return on investment (ROI), […]
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IKEA and Best Buy Launch Shop-in-Shop Pilot Across 10 Stores in Florida and Texas

IKEA U.S. and Best Buy are launching a new shop-in-shop pilot this fall that will bring IKEA’s home furnishings and planning services into 10 Best Buy locations across Florida and Texas. The partnership marks the first time IKEA’s products and services will be accessible through another U.S. retailer. Each Best Buy location will host a […]
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Prime Day Again Breaks Sales Records — and Offers Insight into Current Consumer Mindset

Despite getting off to a slow start (by some accounts), Amazon’s 11th annual Prime Day event — which this year was extended from two days to four — was once again the biggest ever, driving $24.1 billion in online spend from July 8-11, according to Adobe. That’s a 30.3% increase year-over-year, and while that growth […]
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Walmart and Partners Make Powerful $750K Commitment to Tornado-Affected Communities

Walmart Inc., Sam’s Club, and the Walmart Foundation are working to support tornado-impacted communities in Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri by committing $750,000 to support relief efforts across the impacted areas. Per AccuWeather, the tornado that struck St. Louis on May 16, 2025, was an EF-3, with winds up to 152 mph. It barreled through the […]
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Molly-Mae Hague fronts Persil and Comfort ads

Unilever is set to grow the sensitive laundry care segment with the launch of its Pure Heaven Scent collection from Persil and Comfort. The marketing campaign to support the launch is being fronted by Molly-Mae Hague. Nathan Palmer, marketing director Laundry UK & Ireland at… This story continues at Molly-Mae Hague fronts Persil and Comfort […]
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Ecover launches ‘Waste No Space’ campaign

Eco-friendly cleaning and laundry brand Ecover has unveiled ‘Waste No Space’ ad campaign. The ads show trains, tents, cars and suitcases packed with crockery, and have been placed in outdoor and print, including a takeover of Oxford Circus underground It comes as Ecover’s research finds… This story continues at Ecover launches ‘Waste No Space’ campaign […]
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AI Low Hanging Fruit

With all the hype and promise of AI, including synthetic market research I wrote about last week and new advances like “Agenic AI”, adoption in business is facing barriers and obstacles. Deloitte published their latest State of Generative AI report last month, including this headline takeaway: “We see that most companies are transforming at the […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Inside Best Buy’s 5-Year Effort to Evolve with Today’s Consumer

One of the core values of Dick Schulze, Founder of Best Buy, was “learning from challenge and change” — a prescient insight from a retail leader in the ’80s who realized even then that in retail, especially in consumer electronics retail, there would be constant change. It’s a tenet that the company’s latest CEO, Corie […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Restaurants: What’s the Difference Between Service and Hospitality?

  From the bustling dining rooms of the 1980s to today’s diverse array of foodservice options, the concepts of service and hospitality have been pivotal in shaping the restaurant industry. Now according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®, while often used interchangeably, these terms have distinct meanings, and their evolution […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Channel 4 Dispatches focuses on dark side of Vinted including fake products and misogynistic websites

A new Channel 4 Dispatches investigation aired on UK TV this week, entitled Vinted’s Dirty Laundry, in which journalist Ellie Flynn took a look into the darker side of the online marketplace for buying, selling, and exchanging new and secondhand items. Despite going against Vinted’s terms and conditions, the documentary flags a significant number of […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

The Juice is loose on Roblox! RTIH rolls out the biggest retail technology news stories of the week

It’s Friday, the weekend is almost upon us, so let’s kick back and reflect on another eventful week for the retail systems space. Here’s your briefing on the most important stories from the past five days, including B&Q, DPD, Walmart, Sainsbury’s, Instacart, Aldi, Asos, Microsoft, Lush, Ocado Retail, and Saks Off 5th. 1. DIY retailer […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Building Buzz: Why New Products are Essential for Retail and CPG Success

ByLisa Maas, principal and practice lead, CircanaJoan Driggs, vice president of content and thought leadership, Circana Who among us hasn’t stopped short in a grocery store aisle, shopping cart wheels screeching, because a new product — seemingly created to fulfill a very specific recent craving, need, or void — suddenly catches your eye. Maybe you […]
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  1. CPG & FMCG

Usain Bolt fronts Unilever’s new ad campaign for Persil

The ‘Fast Just Got Better’ marketing campaign features the eight-time Olympic gold medallist named ‘the world’s fastest man’, Usain Bolt, to showcase the new Persil Wonder Wash laundry detergent. At the centrepiece of the campaign is a TV advert where Usain Bolt shares his ‘fast’… This story continues at Usain Bolt fronts Unilever’s new ad […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Earth Week 2023: Walmart Continues Momentum in Journey Toward Regeneration

Guided by our purpose to help people save money and live better, Walmart aims to operate in a more regenerative way – making a net positive difference for people and the planet in all we do, including sourcing products for our customers. Our teams are hard at work with suppliers, NGOs, policymakers and others to […]
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Inflation is cooling, but prices on many items are going to stay high for months

Inflation may be cooling. But, for most Americans, the price of a cup of coffee or a bag of groceries hasn’t budged. In the months ahead, the big question is whether consumers will start to feel relief, too. Over the past few months, many of the key factors that fueled a four-decade high in inflation […]
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  1. Start Ups

How to fundraise a Series A

Jenny Lefcourt Contributor Share on Twitter Jenny is an entrepreneur, operator, board member, advisor, and investor in tech for over 25 years. Editor’s note: Jenny Lefcourt is a TechCrunch Live guest on August 31, 2022 where, along with Guillaume de Zwirek, CEO and co-founder of WELL Health, she’s scheduled to speak on the specific steps founders […]
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  1. Associates & Employees

In Wake of Kentucky Flooding, Walmart Offers Aid to Associates and Communities

In times of crisis, we believe in stepping forward to help communities in need. And as we watched floodwaters rise in Kentucky, we knew it was again time to take action.Hundreds of people – from our associates to community members who make our stores part of their daily routine – have lost their homes, lost […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Daily Crunch: Musk wants out of his $44B Twitter deal

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT (except today because of the breaking Musk news!), subscribe here. Jet-lagged and post-COVID-fatigued, Haje is back, joining Christine to bring you fine morsels of tech news in this very newsletter. Also, hearsay (and the […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon.com Announces Fourth Quarter Results

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021
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Walmart adding RFID tech to fresh categories

​Dive Brief The retailer worked with Avery Dennison on developing the solution in an effort to minimize food waste and improve inventory management. Published Oct. 23, 2025 Workers can better track inventory and determine when to rotate or mark down products with RFID technology, according to Walmart. Courtesy of Walmart
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‘A cultural shift’: Dollar Tree’s CEO on tech, AI adoption

At Dollar Tree’s investor day this month, the discount retailer gave a peek into how it’s catching up with the times — and AI is playing a key role. If one thing is certain, CEO Mike Creedon told investors, it’s that Dollar Tree must evolve. “And we are, from a single price point model to […]
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New Amazon smart delivery glasses help drivers navigate routes and complete deliveries

Amazon has unveiled new smart glasses designed to assist drivers in navigating their routes and completing deliveries. The AI powered technology provides hands free navigation, package scanning, and hazard detection directly in drivers’ field of view, eliminating the need to look down at their smartphones while making deliveries. The glasses feature computer vision technology that […]
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