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  • New Hartford, NY – Jul 11, 2025: Night view of Carter’s Babies and Kids, Carter’s, Inc. is a leading marketer of baby and young children’s apparel, with over 1000 stores in the USA, Canada, and MexicoNorth America

    Children’s clothing outlet Carter’s is ‘right-sizing’ by shuttering 150 locations because of high-cost tariffs and product investments

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • Global business meeting in conference venue, luggage in the backgroundC-Suite

    Exec on the worst advice he ever received: ‘Don’t rock the boat’

    By Erin Cabrey and Retail Brew
  • AUSTIN, TEXAS – OCTOBER 16: A family shops for Halloween candy at a Walmart Supercenter on October 16, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Due in part to a shortage of cocoa beans, Halloween candy prices are on the rise this year as chocolate prices have climbed 7.5%. Candy companies have begun shifting to non-chocolate candies as chocolate makers deal with shrinking margins and a decrease in sales. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Economy

    Candy inflation has spooked so many consumers almost 80% say they’re forced to scale back how much to buy for Halloween

    By Jeena Sharma and Retail Brew
  • Young woman using a digital tablet on a sunny autumn dayNorth America

    Holiday shopping will look different this year, Adobe predicts: AI-assisted purchasing will jump a staggering 520%

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • Shoppers at a Walmart store in Secaucus, New Jersey, US, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Walmart is revamping more than 800 store locations and adding high-end products. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEconomy

    Walmart is going head-to-head with Amazon and Target on fall sales. They could have the upper hand because no membership is required to shop

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • A young woman chooses clothes in a fashion store and reads the labels on things while shopping at the mall. A millennial shopaholic woman tries on clothes in a fashion boutiqueEconomy

    Retailers like Walmart and Target ‘can’t keep up with constant price changes’ from tariffs, so many are snipping price tags and ditching discounts

    By Erin Cabrey and Retail Brew
  • Facade of Target store with CVS Pharmacy signage, glass entry and escalators visible, pedestrians on sidewalk, San Francisco, California, August 29, 2025. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)North America

    Target was hoping for a back-to-school sales bump that never came. Foot traffic is still down for the 7th month in a row

    By Andrew Adam Newman and Retail Brew
  • RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 15: A Walmart employee pushes a cart through a Walmart store on August 15, 2019 in Richmond, California. Walmart beat analyst expectations with second quarter revenue of $130.4 billion. Shares of Walmart stock surged 5% in early trading on Thursday. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Retail

    Walmart and Target are allegedly forcing employees to remove tags on apparel to make it easier to jack up prices based on tariffs

    By Erin Cabrey and Retail Brew
  • A Target store in Pleasant Hill, California, US, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Target Corp. is expected to release earnings figures on May 21. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesGlobal

    Target hasn’t gotten its mojo back after boycotts and backlash over retracted DEI efforts. Foot traffic and revenue are still down

    By Andrew Adam Newman and Retail Brew
  • Target has been focused on growing its beauty assortment beyond its Ulta shops.Retail

    Target and Ulta just broke up: Employees raised red flags about shoplifting, understaffing, and foot-traffic cannibalization

    By Erin Cabrey and Retail Brew
  • SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 28: In an aerial view, a customer enters a Target Store on February 28, 2025 in Sausalito, California. The People’s Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling for an “economic boycott” on Friday and is urging Americans not to shop for 24 hours. The boycott follows a rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at several companies. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Retail

    Target foot traffic is still suffering 6 months post-boycott. An industry veteran says the retailer’s problems are bigger than curtailing DEI

    By Andrew Adam Newman and Retail Brew
  • NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 23: An empty shelf is seen at Toys “R” Us in Times Square at 6:00 A.M., an hour after the store was opened, November 23, 2007 in New York City. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the first big shopping day of the holiday season. (Photo by Hiroko Masuike/Getty Images)Retail

    Toy shortages this holiday shopping season are an ‘absolute inevitability’ thanks to tariffs, manufacturing CEO says

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 01: Billboards of actress Sydney Sweeney is seen outside of an American Eagle store on August 01, 2025 in New York City. American Eagle’s recent denim ad campaign featuring Sweeney has drawn backlash for language and imagery that critics say echoes eugenics-era rhetoric, following a tagline referencing “great genes” alongside visuals of Sweeney in blue jeans. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Retail

    American Eagle foot traffic plummeted in the aftermath of the Sydney Sweeney ad controversy

    By Andrew Adam Newman and Retail Brew
  • Pepsi-Cola fridge with cans is seen in a restaurant in Krakow, Poland on November 1st, 2022. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Retail

    Cola lovers: PepsiCo has a prebiotic soda in the works for you—and it’s not Poppi

    By Erin Cabrey and Retail Brew
  • school supplies at TargetRetail

    Target is maintaining 2024 prices on back-to-school items in the aftermath of boycotts

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew