Peloton raises membership pricing ahead of holidays

The fitness company is hiking paid membership costs across tiers and debuted a refreshed product assortment aimed at cross training.

By Dani James • Oct. 1, 2025

Target plots retail, marketing blitz around ‘Stranger Things’ final season

Target is the only retailer running a national campaign developed directly with Netflix and featuring on-screen talent from the show.

By Peter Adams • Oct. 1, 2025

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How retailers can win over shoppers during the holidays

Retailers are pulling all the levers to drive loyalty during the industry’s all-important quarter.

By Retail Dive staff

Retail’s love affair with incentivized reviews

The beauty sector relies on incentivized reviews to attract attention — and sales — while some consumers grow skeptical of their authenticity.

By Dani James • Sept. 30, 2025

Spirit Christmas to open 30 locations

The company, a spinoff of Spirit Halloween, tested stores last year. This year, it is nearly quadrupling its footprint. 

By Kaarin Moore • Sept. 29, 2025

Banana Republic, looking to the future, digs into its past

The brand is celebrating its roots — and appealing to younger consumers — with a vintage apparel collection and a fan’s archive of marketing ephemera.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 29, 2025

Bath & Body Works wants to get inside your dryer

The retailer wants to bring immersive fragrance experiences to daily tasks, according to Chief Merchandising Officer Betsy Schumacher.

By Kaarin Moore • Sept. 29, 2025

Target introduces in-store toy demos, kids’ catalog for the holidays

The retailer is also highlighting thousands of toys it will offer under $20, as a way to emphasize value.  

By Kaarin Moore • Sept. 26, 2025

Michaels rolls out party, knitting shops in wake of Joann and Party City bankruptcies

The Knit & Sew space in stores, which comes about three months after the craft retailer acquired Joann’s IP, will feature co-branded signage.

By Howard Ruben • Sept. 26, 2025

The Weekly Closeout: Muji launches skin care and Arc’teryx aims for $5B in sales

The Japanese retailer is debuting a serum and a lotion. Meanwhile, the outdoors brand rolled out a series of goals for 2030.

By Retail Dive Staff • Sept. 26, 2025

Target to redesign SoHo store with style focus

The mass retailer will phase in an updated store layout starting this fall, shifting the merchandise assortment from essentials to apparel and beauty. 

By Dani James • Sept. 25, 2025

Depop debuts Outfits feature for style inspiration

The resale platform aims to make itself a daily destination with a shoppable, in-app collage tool. 

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 25, 2025

Microsoft, Curated for You collaborate on AI-based fashion discovery

Microsoft Copilot can now respond to conversational queries with context-aware, shoppable curations. Retailers like Rent the Runway and Steve Madden are already on board. 

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 25, 2025

The Backroom: How the holidays are different this year

Heading into the season, shoppers and retailers alike are getting squeezed by tariffs and mounting economic uncertainty.

By Retail Dive Staff • Sept. 25, 2025

Victoria’s Secret launches home fragrance

The collection is releasing just in time for the holiday season, as the retailer chases a growing market segment. 

By Kaarin Moore • Sept. 24, 2025

The American Girl doll of the year is Samantha’s great, great granddaughter

With Raquel Reyes, the company has created a descendant of another character for the first time — while introducing a new generation to its luxury product.

By Kaarin Moore • Sept. 24, 2025

Sephora cozies up to beauty creators with new affiliate program

My Sephora Storefront allows U.S. influencers to build shoppable digital storefronts and arrives as sales from affiliate marketing continue to grow.

By Jessica Hammers • Sept. 24, 2025

J.C. Penney furthers ‘It’s from where?’ campaign with exclusive Rebecca Minkoff tie-up

The affordable line from the designer, like the department store’s Bob Mackie collection, is part of an effort to appeal to budget-minded fashionistas.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 23, 2025

Walmart, Target bring back October deals events

To entice consumers to shop early, the mass merchants join Amazon and others in kicking off the holiday season with sales events next month.

By Dani James • Sept. 23, 2025

Walmart boosts search accuracy across languages with better translations

An AI agent flags search terms, which are sent to a team of linguists who find the right meaning and add it to the company’s translation platform.

By Bryan Wassel • Sept. 23, 2025

Warby Parker’s Neil Blumenthal on what’s next for the brand

The co-founder and co-CEO discusses the brand’s store expansion, its partnership with Target and the decision to sunset an iconic aspect of its business.

By Caroline Jansen • Sept. 23, 2025

Lululemon’s ‘downward spiral’ — and how the brand plans to break out of it

High-priced athleisure isn’t dead, but boring athleisure might be. That means it’s back to the innovation drawing board for the much-loved Canadian brand.

By Cara Salpini • Sept. 22, 2025

NikeSkims, the next big play for women activewear shoppers, launches Friday

Featuring seven collections, the brand will offer styles designed for everyday wear, strength training and other pursuits.

By Cara Salpini • Sept. 22, 2025

How James Avery Jewelry won back legacy customers

The launch of the “Designs From Our Archives” collection highlighted artisans — and had customers lining up outside of stores. 

By Kaarin Moore • Sept. 22, 2025

Kohl’s expands fall sales event to 4 days

The department store is offering deals on thousands of products across apparel, beauty and more online and in stores.

By Howard Ruben • Sept. 22, 2025

Best Buy builds retail media chops with in-store takeovers, sports deals

The retailer touted the strength of its advertising services for brand partners during its inaugural Best Buy Ads showcase.

By Jessica Hammers • Sept. 22, 2025