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
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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Michelle Gass on leadership, taking risks and her vision for Levi’s
Retail Gets Real episode 336: The new CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. shares her forward-looking vision for the company.
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Time for everyone to have a seat at the table for credit card security
Today’s payments system was built with very few of the knowledgeable players at the table.
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In with the new: When returns are a win-win
Episode 62 of Retail Gets Real: How tech startup Rohvi helps retailers retain customers.
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Q&A: The Art of Perception founder and President Amy Herman
Amy Herman helps business leaders use fine art to get right to objective facts.
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Shoppers are redefining what a luxury brand looks like
What once was accessible only to the privileged few is now more readily available to the masses.
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Politics and Prose: Books, community and evolution in D.C.
Episode 61 of Retail Gets Real: Co-owner Bradley Graham on the story of the independent bookstore.
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A way forward: Old Navy general manager finds limitless opportunity in retail
Garrett Ledbetter oversees 40 brand associates.
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Bourbon and Boweties creates community, one bracelet at a time
Founder Carley Ochs in the spotlight.
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The reinvention of Levi’s: Staying cool for over a century
Episode 60 of Retail Gets Real: Brand President James Curleigh on the brand’s reinvention.
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Why leaders need to overcome their fear of failure
Disruption and innovation expert Jay Samit shares what retail leadership needs today.
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Why trade matters for small retailers
A South Dakota retailer explains why his business depends on a thriving, trade-reliant agriculture industry.
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