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Walmart Dominates Amazon in Food Sales; Millennials, Gen Z Spur Brilliant Earth’s Growth; Consumers Spend More in August

Walmart Dominates Amazon in Food Sales; Millennials, Gen Z Spur Brilliant Earth’s Growth; Consumers Spend More in August
Walmart Dominates Amazon in Food Sales; Millennials, Gen Z Spur Brilliant Earth’s Growth; Consumers Spend...
September 17, 2021  |  Today In Data

Brilliant Earth is looking at millennials and Gen Z customers as the key cogs in their long-term future. Plus, consumer spending rebounds in August behind...

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The Great Retail Conundrum: Easy Returns Are Costly, but Drive eCommerce Loyalty
The Great Retail Conundrum: Easy Returns Are Costly, but Drive eCommerce Loyalty
September 17, 2021  |  Retail

As eCommerce has accelerated over the past 18 months, so too have the number of returns retailers are seeing, with consumers ordering multiple sizes to...

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H-E-B Joins Store-in-a-Store Trend With New Jewelry Shop Partnership
H-E-B Joins Store-in-a-Store Trend With New Jewelry Shop Partnership
September 17, 2021  |  Retail

The grocery store is no longer just for food shopping. Texas chain H-E-B, which operates more than 420 stores in Texas and Mexico, announced this...

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Augmented Reality Helping Build ‘Store of the Future’
Augmented Reality Helping Build ‘Store of the Future’
September 17, 2021  |  Retail

Scrolling through social media, it’s easy to see how widespread the use of augmented reality (AR) has become. What once was considered to be a...

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Amazon Career Day Sees Over 1M Job Applicants
Amazon Career Day Sees Over 1M Job Applicants
September 17, 2021  |  Personnel

More than one million people from more than 170 countries applied for jobs at Amazon during its virtual Career Day 2021, the Seattle-based retail behemoth...

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Sears to Close Final Store in Home State of Illinois
Sears to Close Final Store in Home State of Illinois
September 17, 2021  |  Retail

Sears will close its last Illinois-based department store Nov. 14, when the location in Simon Property Group’s Woodfield Mall shuts its doors for the final...

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Dada Introduces Open Digital Logistics Platform
Dada Introduces Open Digital Logistics Platform
September 17, 2021  |  Delivery

On-demand delivery and retail firm Dada Group is launching an open digital logistics platform using a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model to speed up the digitization of the on-demand...

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Vietnam COVID Crisis Cripples Coffee, Retail Supply Chains
Vietnam COVID Crisis Cripples Coffee, Retail Supply Chains
September 17, 2021  |  International

Vietnam’s ongoing COVID crisis and extended lockdowns are crippling supply chains for coffee and retail brands, sending companies scrambling for alternatives outside of the country....

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Deep Dive: How AI- and ML-Powered Analysis Can Improve Fraud Detection and Investigation
Deep Dive: How AI- and ML-Powered Analysis Can Improve Fraud Detection and Investigation
September 17, 2021  |  Fraud Prevention

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