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by admin | Mar 11, 2026 | Brick & Mortar, Commercial Real Estate, News
A Foot Locker store in Chicago. The retailer was acquired by Dick’s Sporting Goods last year. Kaarin Moore/Retail Dive Dive Brief: Dick’s is planning to close fewer Foot Locker stores than it initially anticipated as it sees success with a “Fast Break” store pilot at...
by admin | Mar 9, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence / CHAT GPT, News, Resources, Retail Technologies
Credit: Getty Images by WANAN YOSSINGKUM For decades, retailers have invested heavily in owning the customer relationship. Loyalty programs, first-party data, and personalization engines were all designed to ensure brands, not intermediaries, understand their...
by admin | Mar 7, 2026 | Brick & Mortar, Customer Experience, E-Commerce, News, Retail Crime
Court filings reveal that when Amazon and a rival “price match,” someone in the chain agrees to raise the price so both can safely match at a more expensive levels. California Attorney General Rob Bonta just exposed something most shoppers suspected but couldn’t...
by Doug Works | Mar 5, 2026 | Event Planning, Industry, News, Resources
Action Sports Canopies offers a comprehensive range of customizable event display solutions, allowing retailers to build cohesive, scalable, branding systems. From entry-level kits to full trade show setups, retailers can expand their display inventory while...
by admin | Mar 2, 2026 | Brick & Mortar, Community, Customer Experience, E-Commerce, Event Planning, Holiday, News, Opinion, Shoe Market, Skateboard
Clockwise from top left: Swedish sales rep Ante with the Kiosk Skate Shop crew in Orebro, Sweden; Kevin “Spanky” Long delivered a hand-drawn postcard and donuts to Val Surf in Los Angeles; A special delivery of goodies for Slappy’s Garage in San...
by admin | Feb 27, 2026 | Brick & Mortar, Clearance Sales / Discounting, Consumer Behavior, Customer Experience, Event Planning, Resources, Retail Strategy
From independent boutiques to national chains, many retailers lean heavily on coupons, sales, and markdowns to drive traffic. On the surface, discounting seems like an easy win to boost sales. In fact, almost all American shoppers (a whopping 94%) redeem at least one...
by admin | Feb 25, 2026 | Competitions, News, Olympics, Surf
Many CT surfers have criticized the new Olympic qualification system, but they could discover it works to their advantage. Photo: Beatriz Ryder//ISA For some of the world’s best surfers, qualifying for the Olympics just got harder – at least on paper. The new Olympic...
by admin | Feb 20, 2026 | News, Small Business, Tariffs
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection patch is displayed on the sleeve of a CBP official. Many importers remain uncertain about the timeline for potential refunds of tariffs recently struck down by the Supreme Court, a transportation and logistics lawyer said. Drew...
by admin | Feb 17, 2026 | m-commerce, News, Opinion, Resources, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies
dookdui/Depositphotos.com Platforms such as Whatnot and TikTok Shop represent something of a “modern gold rush” into shopping as entertainment — or “shoppertainment” — as Forbes contributor Catherine Erdly pointed out. Out of a total $87 billion social...
by admin | Feb 14, 2026 | Brick & Mortar, Data Driven Performance, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies, Skateboard, Surf, Surf Expo, Trade Shows
The story of Ocean Magic’s recent resurgence doesn’t begin in a corporate boardroom; it begins with a sponsored skateboarder being moved out of a pickleball store. A little over a year ago, Christian—now the shop’s manager—was running a completely different business...
