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Crystal Ball Time: What Will Motivate the 2026 Consumer?

Retail TouchPoints

Discussing what will be motivating consumers two years from now, Buzasi called 2026 “the year of redirection,” predicting that people will be looking for coping mechanisms to deal with what she termed “the great exhaustion,” a lingering hangover from COVID-19, political division and culture wars.

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Foot Locker to Boost Digital Investments 50% as it Aims for 25% Online Sales by 2026

Retail TouchPoints

We will evolve to a more agile product and platform operating model that delivers capabilities and personalized customer journeys with a faster speed to market.” The retailer also will invest in greater data capture and personalization at scale for both its loyalty program and digital marketing outreach.

Mobile 278
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Announcing The Public Cloud Market Outlook, 2022 To 2026

Forrester eCommerce

The four biggest public cloud providers are intensifying their struggle for market share.

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FTC Chair Lina Khan on Fighting ‘Gatekeeper Markets’ that Throttle Fair Competition

Retail TouchPoints

Connecting the dots between problems in the world and our policy choices — be it high grocery prices or independent pharmacies being run out of the market — has been key. We have an enormously busy portfolio underway and a key through line is making sure that our economy and our markets are serving everybody.

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Target’s New Last Mile Facility Adds Next-Day Delivery for 500,000 in Atlanta Market

Retail TouchPoints

The new facility puts next-day delivery within reach of 500,000 additional customers for a total of more than 3 million in the Atlanta market. Target has opened a Target Last Mile Delivery (TLMD) extension near its store in Smyrna, Ga.

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Ulta Lays Out Aggressive Store Expansion Plan to Reach Target of 1,800 Locations

Retail TouchPoints

Ulta Anticipates Growth to Pick Up in 2025, 2026 The retailer also has maintained its guidance for fiscal 2024, which ends Feb. In the long term, Ulta is targeting 4% to 6% net sales growth in 2026 and beyond. 3, 2025, with an anticipated $11 billion to $11.2 billion in net sales for the year.

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Survey: More than 50% of vapers think price increase will boost black market

TalkingRetail

Following the recent announcement of a new vaping tax which will make products more expensive from October 2026, new insights from research and insights agency Opinium reveal that more than half (56%) of current vapers predict black market e-cigarette and vape sales will increase if… This story continues at Survey: More than 50% of vapers think (..)

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