The Costco Membership Model Just Keeps Working & Working
A "boring" business, worth billions.This week Costco, the membership-only big-box retailer, annou...
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Inflation Comes for High-End Electric Bikes
Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof raises the cost of its new models, citing supply chain woes.Dutch elec...
(PDF) Mckinsey - State of Grocery Europe 2022
Over the past two years, grocery retailers responded by becoming more efficient, resilient, and i...
(Infographic) The Richest People in the World in 2022 - No.1 Elon Musk
Today, the 10 richest people in the world control $1.3 trillion in wealth. This scale of wealth i...
Avatar-Based Fit Technology is Coming to the Online Shopping Experi...
More retailers are incorporating avatars into the online shopping experience to help shoppers det...
A Glimpse Into the Minds of China’s Shoppers
In a study of select countries, adults favored in-store over online shopping everywhere except in...
(PDF) Earning Report - NIKE Reports Fiscal 2022 Third Quarter Results
NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) reported fiscal 2022 financial results for its third quarter ended February...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Unpacking The Cross-Border Parcel Market’s Promise
As e-commerce continues to fuel cross-border package deliveries around the world, what should log...
(Infographic) The Retail Tech 100 : The Top Retail Tech Companies O...
The 2022 Retail Tech 100 has raised ~$25.4B in #equity funding across 373 deals since 2017. The l...
Retail-Tech Startup, Swiftly Systems Raised $100M in Series B funding.
Swiftly Systems, a Seattle, WA-based provider of retail technology solutions to improve the custo...
(Infographic) The Rapid Evolution of Plant-Based Alternatives
From plant-based Chick’n Tenders to dairy-free Mylk, consumers are spoilt for choice when it com...
Animal-Free Dairy Milk Set to Finally Hit US Retail Shelves - Bette...
Engineered microflora are used to produce whey proteins, allowing for the manufacture of milk tha...
(PDF) Deloitte - Global Powers of Retailing 2022 Report
A year of resilience and rising sustainability.In the past year retailers faced some strong econo...
Lululemon, The Apparel Retailer is Getting Into Footwear
This week apparel brand Lululemon announced a big move: it's getting into the shoe game.The first...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Patients Love Telehealth - Physicians Are Not So Sure
During the pandemic, patients have said that they like telehealth, especially for behavioral-heal...
(Video) Wireless Charging On The Go : New Tech Provides Freedom for...
Researchers at aalto university in finland have developed a novel method of power transfer that c...
(Video) Storelift has Unveiled the 'Boxy' Autonomous Store Housed w...
A French startup is working to create a chain of fully autonomous convenience stores in shipping...
(Infographic) How Much The Largest U.S.-Based Employers Make Per Em...
Some of the top corporations based in the United States rake in billions of dollars in revenue ev...
Which Luxury Products Do US Shoppers Buy In-Store ?
Across almost all product categories, US luxury shoppers are far more likely to make purchases in...
(Infographic) U.S. Inflation : Past, Present, and Future
The inflation rate in the U.S. has surged, reaching 7% year-over-year in December 2021. This mark...
(PDF) Lululemon - Global Wellbeing Report 2022
The study from athletic apparel retailer Lululemon directly links rising well-being to a return t...
(Infographic) The 2020s : A Watershed Decade for Plant-Based Altern...
Are you among the millions of people who have been eating less meat in recent years? Plant-based...
MySize Unveils AI Interactive Smart Mirror
Artificial intelligence (AI) provider MySize has announced its interactive, touch-screen mirror i...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Rise of The Inclusive Consumer
Social values are shaping purchase decisions more than ever—and retailers that act now stand to...
Pimloc Raises $7.5M for Visual AI That Protects Privacy
U.K.-based Pimloc has closed a £1.4 million (~$1.8 million) seed funding round led by Amadeus Ca...
Swiss Startup Scandit Hits Unicorn Status with $150M Series D
Zurich-based Scandit closed a $150 million Series D led by Warburg Pincus that gives the scanning...
(Infographic) American Companies That Failed in China
For decades, China has been a top priority for American companies looking to expand.This is becau...
SoftBank, Goldman Sachs Mint Unicorn in Indian Commerce Startup Ela...
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Goldman Sachs are in talks to back Indian commerce startup ElasticRun,...
70% of Consumers Who Visit Virtual Stores Have Made Purchases
A study showed that 70% of consumers who have visited a virtual store have made a purchase, accor...
(PDF) PwC - How VR and AR will Transform Business and the Economy
PwC's 'Seeing is believing' report explores how virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) m...
(PDF) Earning Report : Alphabet Reports Big 4th-Quarter Beat ; Stoc...
Google's parent company Alphabet was the latest member of big tech to give an update on its busin...
(PDF) BCG - A Guide to IT Innovation for CPG Companies
For the biggest impact, companies should focus on using AI, digitizing must-have capabilities, an...
