Kohl's is the latest retailer to muscle in on Amazon's Prime Day, on Thursday announcing its "Wow Deals event" to be held in stores and online June 21 and 22. Like Walmart and Target, which also announced sales that compete with Prime Day, Kohl's has the advantage of stores, where
Livestream shopping is on the rise across the industry. As ShopShops raises funding to grow its reach in the U.S., other livestream shopping platforms like Talkshoplive and Whatnot have also closed funding rounds in recent months in the hope of capitalizing on the emerging livestreaming market. Per an April Coresight
As refillable beauty solutions gain traction — from Love Beauty and Planet's refillable hair care products at Target to Loop's partnership with Ulta to create reusable containers — Birchbox is launching an in-house brand to tackle similar problems. Birchbox co-founder and CEO Katia Beauchamp said in an email that the
On May 7, Lacoste Melrose Place, the new concept store by French heritage brand Lacoste, revealed the next chapter of its retail narrative: Lacoste Country Club. According to the company, Lacoste looked to its own rich tennis history to create an elaborate and thoughtful retail
TikTok, often regarded as a video-sharing app most popular among teens, is trying to evolve past that image as it chases more brand dollars and attempts to sustain user growth that has exploded amid the pandemic. During its second appearance at the Interactive Advertising Bureau's NewFronts Thursday, the
'Play New' celebrates the freedom of not getting it right on the first try Nike celebrates play over competition with its “Play New” campaign, showcasing elite athletes—and one Grammy winner—trying something new and failing majorly. Created in collaboration with agency Wieden+Kennedy, the one-minute spot features basketball star Sabrina Ionescu,
Selfridges & Co. is offering couples the chance to get married in its giant shopping emporium on London’s Oxford Street in a novel approach to attracting people back to the store. The luxury department store has acquired a temporary license to host “micro weddings” for a
Verishop is jumping on the virtual group hangout bandwagon. Social shopping platform Verishop released "Shop Party," a new iOS app feature that allows users to browse and shop together while video chatting, according to a Dec. 15 press release. A total of five users can join the party
I read an interesting post today from Retail Futurist Matthew Brown featuring his top 10 global stores of 2021. These included some great examples of innovation, accelerated trends and wonderful store theatre. ----- TRENDS STILL MATTER! 2020 is the year that the Retail Apocalypse finally happened. As we head
Snapchat has revealed its most inspiring augmented reality campaigns of 2020. In a blog post, the social platform described 2020 as “a year of the unexpected and the unprecedented, from stay-at-home orders to major shifts in consumer behaviour and in how brands, businesses and organisations operate. … This year more
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