How shoppers are planning to spend on Easter 2024
Springing into the holiday with consumer shopping trends
Consumers plan to spend an average of $177.06 per person on top Easter items like candy, food, gifts and clothing this year.
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Retail Gets Real podcast
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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How Monica + Andy built a community of care
Retail Gets Real episode 335: Monica Royer on founding and growing her organic baby clothing and accessories brand.
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Saks CEO Marc Metrick on the evolving luxury consumer
Retail Gets Real episode 334: How data-driven personalization and AI will enhance the customer experience.
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Walmart’s Anshu Bhardwaj on AI and the retailer’s role as a global tech leader
Retail Gets Real episode 333: Fostering innovation with the customer at the center.
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NRF 2024: Retail's Big Show
Meeting the challenges of unified commerce with Michaels, Ikea and Tapestry
Incisiv Chief Strategy Officer Giri Agarwal leads a conversation on the strategies and benefits behind unified commerce.
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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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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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Under Armour pushes the boundaries of performance and community
NRF 2024: CEO Stephanie Linnartz and Minnesota Lynx star Diamond Miller on UA’s commitment to customers.
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The ‘golden age’ of retail media networks
Insights from Walgreens Advertising Group and Walmart Connect on physical stores as the next major media channel.
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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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Capturing the right data to fuel retail success
NRF 2024: How Abercrombie & Fitch, Sephora and The Vitamin Shoppe stay connected to consumers.
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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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Drew Barrymore and Shae Hong work within a union of trust and taste
NRF 2024: The co-founders of home goods brand Beautiful by Drew discuss their partnership and connecting with consumers.
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How BÉIS Travel and Glossier are transforming markets at the speed of retail
NRF 2024: BÉIS' Shay Mitchell and Glossier's Kyle Leahy in conversation with Shopify's Harley Finkelstein.
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Future trends that will shape consumer behavior and retail operations
NRF 2024: Leaders of GDR Creative Intelligence, WGSN and WD Partners on technology's impact and the role of stores.
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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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Pinterest enters the online grocery foray
Users can buy ingredients directly from the site.
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How to de-escalate tense situations: Tips for retailers
Tips for retailers for when customers refuse to follow safety requirements in stores.
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TikTok brings short-form education to students
The mobile video platform is thinking long-term with virtual learning opportunities in partnership with businesses.
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Checking the consumer pulse during the pandemic
Retail Gets Real episode 174: IBM's Karl Haller on what to expect of consumers going forward.
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Through the retail lens: Shopper experience
Nicole Leinbach Reyhle on the uncertain road ahead.
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Crayola highlights inclusion and diversity with new collection
Colors of the World crayons represent skin tones worldwide.
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What does ‘luxury’ even mean?
Rethinking priorities and new technology should drive innovation as luxury adapts to changing consumer needs.
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Retailers outline challenges for Paycheck Protection Program
The program has helped retailers keep workers on the payroll, but the experience can be "hectic and stressful."
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