CVS to spend up to $3B on digital features

The retailer wants to improve its tech offerings as it scales back its brick-and-mortar operations.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 11, 2022

Mastercard teams with fintechs on small business card

The new card will be geared toward business owners who struggle to access credit and growth capital.

By Caitlin Mullen • Feb. 10, 2022

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What's shaping the e-commerce landscape?

From recent statistics on e-commerce growth to the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against Amazon, here are some of the forces impacting online retail.

By Retail Dive staff

Gartner: A quarter of consumers will use the metaverse daily by 2026

The firm predicts 25% of people will spend at least one hour a day in the metaverse to work, shop, learn, socialize or consume entertainment by then.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 10, 2022

Apple unveils Tap to Pay on iPhone tool for merchants

The feature won't require additional hardware and will work on iPhone XS or subsequent devices.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 9, 2022

Peloton slashes 20% of its corporate workforce and switches CEOs as losses mount

The cycle maker is undergoing painful restructuring cuts with growth slowing and acquisition rumors circling around it.  

By Ben Unglesbee • Feb. 8, 2022

Snapchat's AR shopping upgrade points to social commerce future

Tests of a new "catalog-powered" shopping lens generated $6 million in sales for Ulta Beauty and a 17-time lift in purchases among women for MAC Cosmetics.

By Robert Williams • Feb. 8, 2022

What retail has in store for 2022

A month into the new year, here are some of the top forces impacting retail, the trends we're watching and predictions for what is to come. 

By Retail Dive Staff • Feb. 7, 2022

Nike adds counterfeiting claims to NFT lawsuit against StockX

The shoe brand said it obtained four pairs of fake shoes that came with an authenticity guarantee.

By Ben Unglesbee • Updated May 11, 2022

Oddity launches personalized skin and hair care brand, SpoiledChild

Its first brand, Il Makiage, just surpassed $260 million in revenue. With SpoiledChild, the company enters the personalized skin and hair care space.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 4, 2022

GameStop plots NFT marketplace with Immutable X partnership

The retailer is trying to get a jump-start on the next technological iteration of gaming. 

By Ben Unglesbee • Feb. 3, 2022

Google's retail bets pay off during topsy-turvy holidays, ad revenue tops $61B

The tech giant is eyeing more shoppable opportunities in livestreaming, while its TikTok clone YouTube Shorts enters the "super early" testing phase. 

By Peter Adams • Feb. 2, 2022

Wish appoints former Foot Locker exec as CEO

It's the latest in a series of C-suite announcements from the company, which included a new CFO, CTO and chief product officer. 

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 2, 2022

Pinterest adds augmented reality feature for home decor

The tech will allow users to virtually stage their homes with items from retailers including Walmart, West Elm, Wayfair and CB2.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 1, 2022

Sam's Club rolls out inventory-checking robots chainwide

The technology will be mounted on autonomous floor-cleaning machines already in operation in stores across the U.S.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 1, 2022

Ralph Lauren turns to Franklin Venture Partners for tech investment strategy

The apparel retailer wants to be on the cutting edge of consumer technology and customer acquisition and invest in women-led companies.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 31, 2022

How analytics is shaping retail's new frontier

AI-driven SaaS applications, services and IoT technology are the keys to next-generation retail environments.

By Kim Melvin, Global Leader of Marketing, Sensormatic Solutions • Jan. 31, 2022

Walmart’s store redesign could spell more trouble for department stores

The store includes more dynamic displays, QR codes and digital screens that "create opportunities for digital exploration," according to the retailer. 

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 28, 2022

Snapchat’s latest feature allows users to shop multiple products in one place

Tested at first by Ulta and MAC Cosmetics, the shopping lens allows users to view similar products at a given retailer, in addition to product information.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Jan. 28, 2022

Walmart targets shoppers, workers with new ‘super app’ services

The retailer's fintech startup said it will buy earned wage access facilitator Even and digital financial services company One Finance to help Walmart sell consumers a financial services "super app."

By Lynne Marek • Jan. 27, 2022

Wayfair taps Walmart vet as CTO

Fiona Tan joined the online furniture company in 2020 and succeeds Jim Miller, who's held the role since 2019.

By Caroline Jansen • Jan. 26, 2022

San Francisco startups vie for checkout dominance

In the crowded checkout technology space, startups Bolt and Fast are competing to become the company known for making the process smoother and speedier.

By Caitlin Mullen • Jan. 26, 2022

Nike says a 'sole train' helped mitigate supply chain disruptions

The company added 1,000 robots to sort and pack products, helping triple its order capacity over the past two holiday seasons, COO Andrew Campion said.

By Colin Campbell • Jan. 26, 2022

Savage X Fenty opens its first store in Las Vegas

The lingerie brand's first physical location features a tech-enabled fitting experience and size-inclusive mannequins.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Jan. 25, 2022

Amazon Go convenience stores are headed to suburbia

The retail concept is a way to reach on-the-go shoppers outside of the downtown locations where existing Amazon Go stores are located.

By Sam Silverstein • Jan. 25, 2022

Automation beckons retailers as labor challenges endure

Technologies like self-checkout and ordering kiosks are offering relief to grocers unable to hire enough workers to handle essential functions.

By Sam Silverstein • Jan. 25, 2022