A look at the 2024 Top 50 Global Retailers
Stalwart market leaders Walmart, Amazon, Schwarz Group, Aldi and Costco top the list.
Retail sales and profits for most grew even as shoppers changed their work and personal routines and the channels they shopped.
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Sustainability in Retail
A glance into consumers’ views on sustainability
New GfK research finds most Americans say concern for the environment is a priority.
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Retailers close the loop on creating a circular retail economy
The industry is making significant investments to build tools and business models to power future circular solutions.
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3 things retailers need to understand about the world of reverse logistics
The backbone of a circular economy provides a roadmap for sustainable retail.
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How Reformation sticks to its mission and stays ahead of the pack
CEO Hali Borenstein on making a great product, enabling a fast supply chain and using data-informed manufacturing.
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Walmart provides a peek at a connected, sustainable supply chain
Collaboration ensures a company-wide commitment to leaving things ‘better than we found them’.
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3 ways retailers made it matter at NRF 2024: Retail’s Big Show
Impactful retail is driven by efficient tech and meaningful experiences.
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Retail Gets Real podcast
A conversation with 2022 America’s Retail Champion Margaret Barrow
Retail Gets Real Episode 345: The founder and CEO of It’s NOLA talks about advocating for small businesses.
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The future of AI in consumer experience
Retail Gets Real episode 344: IBM’s Jane Cheung shares consumer study insights and how retailers are using AI
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How Saks OFF 5TH is crafting customer-centric experiences
Retail Gets Real episode 343: President and CEO Rob Brooks talks about creating hyper-personal experiences for shoppers.
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Celebrating women in retail
How women are forging the path to success and helping others along the way.
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From Peeps to wreaths: Easter shopping insights with NRF’s Katherine Cullen
Retail Gets Real episode 341: NRF’s head of industry and consumer insights on the ways consumers are celebrating Easter.
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Leading the digital transformation at McDonald’s
McDonald’s Caleb Pearson gives insight into how digital strategies keep customers coming back.
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Made By Gather’s Shae Hong on innovation and key collaborations
Retail Gets Real episode 339: The entrepreneur on unexpected partnerships and inspiring the next generation of cooks.
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Improving the front-line associate experience at PetSmart
Retail Gets Real episode 338: HR talent leader Theresa Lee on culture, communication development and a growth mindset.
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Inside the digital transformation of Abercrombie & Fitch
Retail Gets Real episode 337: The retailer’s chief digital and technology officer on A&F’s digital revolution.
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Boon Supply: Where fundraising meets retail
Episode 71: CEO Lily Kanter explains the innovative philanthropic retail model.
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How Walmart’s incubation arm creates the future of retail
Store No. 8’s incubation process involves five steps: design, initiate, build, iteration, evaluation.
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Retailers are teaming up and getting creative to drive traffic
Department store Kohl’s announced that it would begin a pilot effort with supermarket chain Aldi.
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Q&A: Founder and CEO of Olivela Stacey Boyd
Olivela is designed to improve the lives of at-risk children through the online purchase of luxury designer goods.
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Lululemon athletica: The intersection of business and technology
Episode 70: lululemon CTO Julie Averill on the role of tech in retail’s transformation.
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4 reasons computer science grads should be looking for jobs in retail
Retail companies are increasingly seeking to hire college graduates with computer science backgrounds.
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Great retail stories with Guy Raz
Retail interviews from "How I Built This", one of NPRs most popular podcasts.
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From science project to global solution: FreshPaper takes on food waste
Episode 69 of Retail Gets Real: Inventor Kavita Shukla on the story behind the product.
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Retail’s top 5 tech investments right now
Forrester's Brendan Witcher on where retailers are focusing their tech investments.
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Back-to-school spotlight: Hispanic shoppers
One in four kids belong to Hispanic families in the U.S.
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