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Top Women in Retail 2017: Rebecca Minkoff, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Rebecca Minkoff
January 23, 2017 at 2:43 pm

Total Retailโ€™s seventh annual list of the leading female executives in retail features a whoโ€™s who in the industry. This yearโ€™s honorees were chosen based on a number of factors, including being in a top-level position within a retail organization, scope of responsibility within that position, career achievements, and involvement within the retail industry. This week we feature Rebecca Minkoff, co-founder and creative director, Rebecca Minkoff.

Top Women in Retail 2017: Natalie Marten-Fopeano, President, Chief Marketing Officer, Tumi Outerwear
January 20, 2017 at 4:09 pm

Total Retailโ€™s seventh annual list of the leading female executives in retail features a whoโ€™s who in the industry. This yearโ€™s honorees were chosen based on a number of factors, including being in a top-level position within a retail organization, scope of responsibility within that position, career achievements, and involvement within the retail industry. This week we feature Natalie Marten-Fopeano, president and chief marketing officer of Tumi Outerwear.

Top Women in Retail 2017: Shira Goodman, President and CEO, Staples
January 20, 2017 at 4:06 pm

Total Retailโ€™s seventh annual list of the leading female executives in retail features a whoโ€™s who in the industry. This yearโ€™s honorees were chosen based on a number of factors, including being in a top-level position within a retail organization, scope of responsibility within that position, career achievements, and involvement within the retail industry. This week we feature Shira Goodman, president and CEO, Staples.

Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group
January 18, 2017 at 4:43 pm

โ€œI think too many people are building businesses feeling that they have to do everything themselves. Because Iโ€™m a serial entrepreneur, I very quickly had to find people better than myself to run the companies. And Iโ€™m also dyslexic, so that bizarrely has helped me, because Iโ€™ve had to find other people to add upโ€ฆ

How Retailers Can Keep the Holiday Cheer All Year
January 5, 2017 at 9:34 am

For retailers big and small, the holiday shopping season is both the tipping point into profitability and the springboard to success for the coming year. Therefore, my team at Square Root studied and surveyed consumers this holiday season to gain a deeper understanding of what drives in-store shopping for the holidays. The overarching discovery fromโ€ฆ

4 Ways Content Drives Commerce
January 4, 2017 at 10:32 am

To have a chance in the battle against Amazon.com and other megastores, retailers are arming their e-commerce sites with the most powerful online tools โ€” and creative content is proving to be a valuable weapon of choice. Your online presence needs to be about much more than the products you sell. A website or mobile siteโ€ฆ

Alibaba Recruiting Brands to Escalate Fight Against Fakes
December 27, 2016 at 10:04 am

Add Alibaba to the list of companies fighting counterfeiting. The e-commerce giant announced it will be establishing an "Intellectual Property Advisory Board" that includes brands and trade associations to help fight the massive volume of counterfeit goods sold on its marketplaces, according to its October public letter to Probir Mehta, assistant United States trade representative forโ€ฆ

More Than 122 Million Consumers Plan to Shop Online on Cyber Monday
November 28, 2016 at 11:22 am

More than 122 million Americans plan to shop online today, Cyber Monday, up from the 121 million who planned to participate last year, according to the National Retail Federationโ€™s Cyber Monday Expectations Survey, conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics over the weekend. More than 28 million people, or 23 percent of Cyber Monday shoppers, planโ€ฆ

All Major Retailers Are 5 Steps Away From the Brink
October 19, 2016 at 12:48 pm

Sears and Kmart are the latest major retailers to lose market share to Amazon.com. Many spectators doubt that these proud store brands will survive after years of decline, and according to Business Insider, Sears and Kmart employees agree. โ€˜Welcome to Sears, How May I NOT Help You?โ€™ Who can blame Sears and Kmart employees for being so disgruntled? As depressing as itโ€ฆ