Category Retail

NorthLadder, a Middle Eastern marketplace for pre-owned electronics, has partnered with insights-led customer engagement platform MoEngage to create remarketing strategies and gamify the customer experience. The retailer is aiming to double its traffic by creating a customer journey that lets…

Rue21 has named Josh Burris CEO and member of its board. Burris replaces Bill Brand, who announced his intention to step down this month. Burris joins the retailer from GNC, where he has served as CEO since February 2021, leading…

7-Eleven has launched 7Charge, a proprietary EV (electric vehicle) charging network and app, at select U.S. store locations in Florida, Texas, Colorado and California. The retailer plans to expand the 7Charge network into Canada as well as other U.S. locations…

As it approaches its 50th anniversary in 2024, Foot Locker has outlined a new transformation strategy “designed to set us up for success for the next 50 years,” said the company’s President and CEO Mary Dillon at an investor presentation…

Amazon is planning to eliminate 9,000 jobs over the coming weeks, mostly in its AWS, People Experience and Technology (PXT), Advertising and Twitch businesses. The downsizing is on top of the 18,000 layoffs announced in January 2023, though Amazon plans…

Dollar General will invest nearly $100 million to increase labor hours for its more than 170,000 store employees in 2023 to enable “consistent store standards while further enhancing the associate and customer experience,” said CEO Jeffrey Owen on the company’s…

Bed Bath & Beyond is seeking shareholder approval for a reverse stock split in order to bolster its share price and “enable us to continue rebuilding liquidity to execute our turnaround plans and better position the company financially,” according to…

Laxman Narasimhan has officially begun his tenure as CEO of Starbucks following a five-month immersion during which he worked with employees in 30 stores, manufacturing plants and support centers around the world, earning his barista certification along the way. Narasimhan…

One of the major challenges faced by the cannabis industry is limitations on its ability to advertise, due to a combination of state and federal regulations as well as platform-specific rules. Key channels where cannabis brands have had to work…

Monolithic, all-in-one ecommerce platforms try to play jack-of-all-trades and as a result often struggle in at least one area. Maybe there’s no native subscription engine, for example, or the CMS is painfully slow. No matter the problem, there’s a clear…