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Brands celebrate tariff reprieve, but fresh uncertainty looms
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (1310+ words) Join us: Modern Retail Marketing Summit | Apr 2022, Huntington Beach When Sarah O'Leary, the chief executive officer of breast-pump company Willow Innovations, found out that the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on Friday, she breathed a sigh…...
What Amazon's proposed big-box store could mean for Walmart
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (617+ words) Modern Retail spoke with several former Walmart executives to get a grasp of how the company is likely responding to this internally. Neither Walmart nor Amazon immediately responded to a request for comment. Still, Amazon doesn't have a strong track…...
E-commerce hasn't killed the Black Friday mall experience quite yet
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (528+ words) Foot traffic data platform Placer.ai found that Black Friday traffic was up 3.1% in indoor malls, 1.7% at open-air malls and 0.2% at outlet malls. However, for the entire week, the company found that indoor mall traffic was down 0.2%, open-air malls were…...
What it's like running a warehouse on Black Friday, according to Beachwaver, Leatherology and Weezie
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1142+ words) Cyber Week: Save 50% on a 3-month Modern Retail+ membership. Ends Dec 5. Sarah Potempa, CEO at hair tools brand Beachwaver, said it's taken more than a few years for her company to figure out how to handle Cyber Week shopping madness....
Job cuts hit 22-year October high as retail layoffs from Amazon to Target mount ahead of holidays
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (660+ words) Retail has been one of the hardest hit industries this year, behind only warehousing and non-profits. So far in 2025, the sector has announced 88,664 job cuts, a 145% increase from the 36,136 recorded through October last year. "Retailers are simply trying to do…...
Whole Foods exec says even high-income shoppers are now more cost-conscious
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (538+ words) Enter the 2025 Modern Retail Awards to showcase your retail innovation At the Groceryshop conference in Las Vegas, Sonya Gafsi Oblisk, chief merchandising and marketing officer for Whole Foods, shared what she said has been the largest and most impactful trend…...
Retail Debrief Recap: What Prime Day performance, back-to-school trends and more reveal about the state of the industry leading into the holidays
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (310+ words) On Wednesday, Modern Retail hosted a live video event for Modern Retail+ subscribers to look at what summer sales trends say about how the holiday season may go for brands and retailers. Led by Modern Retail executive editor Anna Hensel,…...
How tariffs have upended the back-to-school season
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (675+ words) This year, one of the most important annual shopping events hangs in the balance of how shoppers respond to the threat of tariffs with their wallets, with President Trump's deadline for trade deals set for Aug. 1. "Consumers, overall, are very…...