How Cartwheel Works Cartwheel is Target’s 3-year-old mobile app that offers shoppers hundreds of savings on products and categories of their choosing. Participating Cartwheel shoppers—of whom there are 27 million—can select from a list of offers they’d like to add to their shopper profile. When…
Just in time for week two of NYFW, Google and rewardStyle’s consumer facing platform LIKEtoKNOW.it, announced a new partnership which will make street style shoppable. Rachel Arthur for Forbes outlined the details of what this would entail for the consumer, explaining how when searching for…
Home Depot recently reported that 90% of online order returns are received at the stores. As online sales continue to grow so will returns of online orders to the stores as the Home Depot experience highlights. If not properly planned for, these returns have the…
Recent shakeups in the men’s shaving landscape point to the changing behavior and expectations of today’s more style-focused male consumers Men’s Subscription Shaving Models Gain Ground On the heels of Unilever’s announcement that it would acquire the subscription-based men’s shaving service Dollar Shave Club for…
We recently had the pleasure of hearing Eataly founder Oscar Farinetti share the secrets of the development of Eataly at the Latam Retail Congress held in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It was one of the more inspiring retail stories we’ve heard in some time, and it…
Here’s a clever way to more effectively use excess big box store space: Develop a destination section that brings together an exclusive set of unique, fashionable apparel and accessory brands that were previously unavailable in the market: a great idea. Surprisingly, Sears announced yesterday that…
In an effort to refocus resources on high-performing stores and improve its online shoppingexperience, Macy’s announced recently that it will close 100 stores, thus reducing the retailer’s total brick-and-mortar footprint by about 15 percent. The company will shutter these stores—whose specific locations they have yet…
Although technology is only a facilitator, many innovative concepts could not exist without the amazing technological progress that we are experiencing. As we have seen over the last few years, many of the most disruptive ideas in retail are “technology-intensive,” directed at providing increased access…
Last week, I weighed in on the potential deal between Walmart and Jet.com. Today, the companies officially announced the $3 billion deal with Walmart CEO Doug McMillon weighing in as follows: “We’re looking for ways to lower prices, broaden our assortment and offer the simplest,…
On the heels of Jet.com’s first birthday comes news that Walmart is reportedly in negotiations to acquire the online discount retailer. Sources close to the deal say it could be worth as much as $3 billion. While Walmart has struggled to translate its winning brick-and-mortar…
