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Aug. 13, 2025
| This week’s marketing news and insights for retail leaders
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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Crafting those holiday gift lists yet? Or maybe you’re still in the Halloween costume planning phase.
Regardless, the holidays will be here before you know it. To prepare, Retail Dive is hosting a season preview on Sept. 10. Join us at 12 p.m. EST for a free, virtual event covering in-store experience, consumer sentiment and how best to market to shoppers this year.
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Cheers,
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Cookie Jar & A Dream Studios follows the retailer’s Emmy-winning documentary work and arrives as others invest in original programming.
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The platform is focusing on AI-powered visual search and product discovery, leading to cumulative gains across the business, CEO Bill Ready said.
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The initiative, which marks the retailer’s largest distribution effort outside of its own stores, is part of a strategy to attract younger shoppers.
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From Sephora embracing its status as a Gen Alpha “playground” to Coach’s Gen Z-focused store concept, explore how retailers are connecting with younger shoppers through the in-store experience in
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Deep Dive
Though spending forecasts are bleak, value-focused messaging and smart social media plays could help brands transcend the turbulence.
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The in-store effort at The Corner in the company's New York flagship will feature apparel geared toward runners.
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The eyewear company said the vast majority of the program’s users live within 30 minutes of one of the retailer’s 300 stores.
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The industry is showing strength, as consumers are anticipating even higher prices, according to a Circana report.
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With five additional shop-in-shops slated to open in the department store’s locations, the concept will now be in 38 of Nordstrom’s stores.
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If a buyer doesn’t come forward, and some analysts doubt any will, the retailer is prepared to wind down its operations in North America.
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Months after a sale to private equity, the retailer has created a new role to steer its strategy across marketing, e-commerce and mergers and acquisitions.
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