SoftBank Invests in Wiliot, Inc Making Battery-Free Wireless Sensors
Vision Fund 2 leads $200 million Series C financing for Wiliot. Wiliot is developing an IoT produ...
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‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Installment Plans Are Having a Moment Again
Fintech companies have brought back an old-fashioned way of lending, and now even Apple and Goldm...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Hainan’s $40 Billion Prize : The New Battleground...
This popular vacation destination is likely to capture a growing share of Chinese luxury spending...
China’s Vast Network of Gray-Market Shoppers Grounded by the Pandemic
Travel restrictions and a government shift have stymied daigou who buy goods overseas.Vivian Li,...
(PDF) Bain - Helping Consumers Make Healthier Choices
How The Consumer Goods Forum’s Collaboration for Healthier Lives coalition can build on its succ...
Crocs Shares Surge as Clog Maker Posts Another Record-Breaking Quarter
Crocs Shares Surge as Clog Maker Posts Another Record-Breaking Quarter.From the Oscar's to the Lo...
Untether AI Nabs $125M for AI Acceleration Chips
Untether AI, a startup developing custom-built chips for AI inferencing workloads, today announce...
(PDF) BCG - Don’t Let Channel Conflicts Limit E-Commerce Sales
During the pandemic, a disinfectants manufacturer that typically sells to large distributors real...
(PDF) Accenture - A New Era for RFID in Retail
Accenture has studied RFID in retail for eight years. It is here to stay, and it’s growing.The m...
Apple Teams Up With Goldman for ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Service
Service to let users pay off any Apple Pay purchase over time. Fresh partnership with Apple could...
(Video) Ocado Sales Jump 20% After Shopping Shifts Online in Covid...
Retailer says new groups of customers have become used to online grocery buying in pandemic. Ocad...
Bill Gates Invested in Blues Wireless Announces for Cellular Wirele...
Blues Wireless, a leading provider of embedded cellular solutions, today announced $22 million in...
SK-II Launches Olympic-Standard AR Battle for Female Empowerment
VS Obsession, part of SK-II’s latest “Change Destiny” film series, features Chinese Olympic sw...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Making Online Grocery a Winning Proposition
The global pandemic brought online platforms to center stage for grocers. Retailers should consid...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Why Retail Outperformers Are Pulling Ahead
Retailers’ relative performance in capital markets starkly demonstrates a pandemic-driven accele...
(Infographic) Key Events in the History of Online Shopping
For many, it can be hard to remember the days when online shopping wasn’t an option. Yet, despit...
Luxury’s Brick-and-Mortar Comeback: Let’s Get Physical, Physical
As the world reopens, the role of brick-and-mortar retail comes back to the fore as consumers are...
Nike's Direct-to-Consumer Strategy is Starting to Pay Off
Just do it, direct. Nike's direct-to-consumer strategy is starting to pay off — big time.This we...
(PDF) Retail in 2021 and Beyond : Trends and Solutions with Edge Co...
As more retailers deploy innovative, in-store technologies to boost the customer experience, impr...
How PepsiCo Uses AI to Create Products Consumers Don’t Know They Want
If you imagine how a food and beverage company creates new offerings, your mind likely fills with...
(PDF) Piper Sandler - Taking Stocks with Teens - Semi-Annual Genera...
Overall teen “self-reported” spending increased slightly to $2,165 per year; seeing emergence o...
(M&A) Unilever to Acquire DTC Skincare Brand Paula's Choice
Unilever today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire leading digital-led skin care bran...
Skybridge-Linked Toronto Towers will Create a Community in the Sky
Orca Toronto will consist of eight residential towers and an office tower. A series of skybridges...
Some Pandemic Hobbies Stuck Around Longer Than Others
This week British bicycle retailer Halfords warned that it expected the "global bike shortage" to...
(Video) Folding Wheels on a Folding Bike. The First - Tuck Bike
The tuck bike, folded up and ready to be toted tuck bike.There's a tradeoff with folding bikes –...
(Infographic) LGBTQ+ Consumers Look for Genuine Brand Support That...
More than 60% say their retail habits and preferences have changed since last year.Nearly 40% of...
(Patent) What's Next for Lululemon's Tech Ambitions ?
A year ago, the retailer acquired Mirror. But patents reveal that the at-home fitness technology...
Pandemic-Fueled Bicycle Boom Coasts Into 2021
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States in March 2020, forcing gyms to shutter and publi...
RIND Raises $6.1M for Upcycled Fruit Snacks
RIND Snacks, a startup that produces upcycled dried fruit snacks, this week announced that it has...
(PDF) BCG - 5 Retail Trends That Will Outlast the Pandemic
Consumers fundamentally shifted the way they spent money and time during the pandemic. While reta...
How Shiseido Cornered China’s Skincare Market
Shiseido’s sales in China jumped to $600 million in Q1 2021 — trailing just behind the $687 mil...
Sequoia Bets $4.1 Billion on Ssense
Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital China has invested $4.1 billion in the luxury e-retailer Sse...
