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“How Dick’s fulfills 80% of online orders from its stores’ shelves” by Andrew Adam Newman via Retail Brew

by admin | Jan 19, 2026 | News

Nurphoto/Getty Images The retailer talked omnichannel strategy at NRF. The advantages of shipping online orders from retail stores rather than warehouses and distribution centers are perhaps too obvious to mention, but since when did we let that stop us? As...

“Retailers carefully balance human intelligence with AI adoption” by Dani James via Retail Dive

by admin | Jan 18, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence / CHAT GPT, Brick & Mortar, News, Outdoor, Predictions, Retail Technologies, Staffing, Trade Shows

Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google and Alphabet, and John Furner, incoming Walmart CEO, speak at NRF 2026: Retail’s Big Show in New York City on Sunday. Courtesy of NRF Big Show 2026 – Jason Dixson Photography Executives at NRF’s Big Show were quick to say AI can...

“How The North Face, Vans and Timberland are trying to transform their businesses in 2026” by Julia Waldow via Modern Retail

by admin | Jan 15, 2026 | Industry, News, Opinion, Outdoor, Predictions, Skateboard, Story Telling

The North Face Apparel and outdoors giant VF Corp is revealing more details of its growth playbooks for three of its core brands: The North Face, Vans and Timberland. The company, which recently reported a 2% rise in revenue for its second fiscal quarter,...

“Surfer ‘Shot Out of the Water’ by Shark in California” by Cooper Gegan via The Inertia

by admin | Jan 12, 2026 | News, Olympics, Surf

“Jaws” helped shape the global perception of great white sharks, but it shaped it all wrong. Photo: Unsplash California just had its first shark attack of 2026. As USA Today reports, a Northern California surfer experienced a traumatic shark encounter...

“Gift cards gain popularity as top choice for holiday shoppers in 2025” by Lea Grgich via National Retail Federation (NRF) Newsletter articles

by admin | Dec 24, 2025 | Brick & Mortar, E-Commerce, Gift Cards, News, Retail Economy

The hustle and bustle of the holiday season is in full swing, and plenty of consumers have gift cards on their shopping list. Gift cards rank as the second-most popular gift this holiday season and total spending on gift cards is expected to reach $29 billion this...

“For the first time in years, Pacsun is opening more stores than closing stores” by Julia Waldow via Modern Retail

by admin | Dec 22, 2025 | Apparel /Fashion, Brick & Mortar, Commercial Real Estate, Customer Experience, Industry, News, Retail Strategy

Courtesy of Pacsun 2025 marks a major milestone for the Y2K-favorite brand Pacsun: It’s the first time in 18 years that it’s increasing its store count, rather than decreasing it, the company told Modern Retail. Pacsun, which is now at just over 300 stores, opened...