A look at the 2024 Top 50 Global Retailers
Stalwart market leaders Walmart, Amazon, Schwarz Group, Aldi and Costco top the list.
Retail sales and profits for most grew even as shoppers changed their work and personal routines and the channels they shopped.
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Retail Gets Real podcast
Welcome to the real world of retail
Retail Gets Real episode 347: Allbirds’ Courtney Nash and Munchkin’s Eugene Choi on the early lessons they’ve learned.
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How Kendra Scott delivers on a ‘fashion-for-philanthropy’ vision
Retail Gets Real episode 346: CEO Tom Nolan on authenticity and community involvement.
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A conversation with 2022 America’s Retail Champion Margaret Barrow
Retail Gets Real Episode 345: The founder and CEO of It’s NOLA talks about advocating for small businesses.
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The future of AI in consumer experience
Retail Gets Real episode 344: IBM’s Jane Cheung shares consumer study insights and how retailers are using AI
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How Saks OFF 5TH is crafting customer-centric experiences
Retail Gets Real episode 343: President and CEO Rob Brooks talks about creating hyper-personal experiences for shoppers.
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Celebrating women in retail
How women are forging the path to success and helping others along the way.
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From Peeps to wreaths: Easter shopping insights with NRF’s Katherine Cullen
Retail Gets Real episode 341: NRF’s head of industry and consumer insights on the ways consumers are celebrating Easter.
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Leading the digital transformation at McDonald’s
McDonald’s Caleb Pearson gives insight into how digital strategies keep customers coming back.
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Made By Gather’s Shae Hong on innovation and key collaborations
Retail Gets Real episode 339: The entrepreneur on unexpected partnerships and inspiring the next generation of cooks.
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Advocacy
First Quarter Results Show Economy is Slowing but ‘Remains Resilient’
May 7, 2024
3 reasons why Congress should pass organized retail crime-fighting legislation this year
April 22, 2024
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Custom framing gets a facelift at Framebridge
Retail Gets Real episode 118: CEO Susan Tynan talks about how the custom framing shop makes picture framing affordable.
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Who pays for tariffs? American businesses and consumers
Tariffs are a tax paid by American companies and consumers — not by the foreign governments targeted by the tariffs.
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Behind the ‘business’ of hacking
“Ethical hackers” like Sherri Davidoff find weaknesses and help businesses protect themselves from cyber criminals.
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Retail is Main Street
A look at the local entrepreneurs serving communities across the country.
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Practicing cyber resiliency in the digital age
Retail Gets Real episode 117: PwC expert discusses what retailers should know about the complex cybersecurity landscape.
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If you want to measure retail employment, don’t look to monthly BLS employment figures
BLS data does not accurately reflect the scale of retail employment, or the direction of its growth.
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Let’s taco ‘bout trade on Cinco de Mayo
As Americans celebrate the fiesta, there are a few reasons to be extra thankful for our third largest trading partner.
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Protecting consumer privacy is a job for Congress, not the states
Piecemeal legislative approach from states is full of flaws and unintended consequences.
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New app connects in-store associates with online shoppers
Online chat app Hero provides a channel to deliver the same in-store experience to ecommerce customers.
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