Year: 2024

In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail’s Marie Albiges and Joe Keenan discuss the key themes and trends that emerged during Shoptalk Spring 2024 in Las Vegas. They touch upon highlights from discussions held at the Women in Retail Pavilion, hosted by Women in …

In this episode of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Shannon Flanagan, vice president and general manager of retail and consumer goods at Talkdesk, a global cloud contact center leader for enterprises of all sizes. Listen in as Flanagan discusses her experience in …

Walmart is raising its return shipping rates for seller-fulfilled orders, citing “changing market conditions,” according to an update posted this month on the Walmart Marketplace website. While the retailer doesn’t make its return shipping rates public, the company told Talk Business it’s the first rate …

While at Shoptalk in Las Vegas earlier this month, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan spoke with Philippe Gagnon, vice president of performance marketing at Sur La Table, a nationwide specialty retailer of cookware, kitchen electrics and bakeware; and Trevor Testwuide, CEO and co-founder of Measured, a media …

For affluent consumers who are ultra-sensitized to luxury brands and their codes of meaning, savoir-faire is the ultimate flex. In some prominent families, purchases and self-presentation trigger complex negotiations between social obligation and self-expression. A perfect example is the age-old tradition of donning your grandmother’s …

Only 41 percent of retailers find the current process for selling and buying retail media efficient. This insight has prompted discussions on how to continue its development, what’s working well, and where the major pain points exist. To succeed, retailers must address five critical challenges …

Canada Goose said Tuesday that it will cut about 17 percent of its corporate workforce, reports CNBC. This announcement follows a string of other retailers that have laid off employees this year as consumers continue to pull back on discretionary spending. The cuts will affect …