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How Consumer Buying Behavior Is Changing in 2025 | Salsify

Salsify

The way shoppers move through the buying journey has shifted (again), and its not slowing down. Shopping isnt just a thing people do anymore its something thats always happening. Whether theyre scrolling TikTok, watching YouTube, searching on Google, or walking through a store, shoppers are constantly engaging with brands.

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Mattel takes aim at Lego with brick-based building brand

RetailDive

The toy titan plans to introduce its first Mattel Brick Shop product in May and will unveil new sets in coming years.

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AI Resets Ecommerce Supply Chains

Practical eCommerce

Artificial intelligence is a supply-chain game-changer optimizing demand forecasts, fulfillment, delivery routes, and more. The post AI Resets Ecommerce Supply Chains appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.

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Spanx launches new sculpting denim collection

RetailDive

The shapewear brand said the jeans, which come in two colors and styles, combine lycra-encased cotton fabrication with traditional denim detailing.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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CVS Is Testing an App Feature That Allows Customers To Unlock Products

RetailWire

To deter theft, CVS stores lock up various items, but some customers can get around that.

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Bloomingdale’s releases ‘The White Lotus’-themed apparel collection

RetailDive

It’s not the only one. Banana Republic on the same day announced a capsule collection tied to the hit show, set to release this spring.

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Taco Bell Chicken Nuggets Pull a Grand Opening, Grand Closing as Controversial Item Disappears From Menu

RetailWire

Taco Bell Chicken Nuggets are no longer available.

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Amazon taps Whole Foods CEO to helm its entire grocery business

RetailDive

Jason Buechel, who remains head of the specialty banner, steps into a new role in which he will also oversee the Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go chains.

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Wendy’s Officially Announces the Girl Scout Thin Mint Frosty, Available Beginning Feb. 21

RetailWire

The rumors about the newest Wendy's Frosty are true.

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Troubleshooting Clover POS Issues: Top 12 Errors (and Fixes)

Korona

Facing issues with your Clover POS system? Discover how to troubleshoot common problems and get your business back on track.

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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Disney World Is Closing a Beloved Fast-Food Restaurant

RetailWire

Walt Disney World is closing a beloved fast-food restaurant located near one of its most iconic and longstanding attractions.

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DRS regulation certainty welcomed but retail industry concerns remain

TalkingRetail

With legislation for the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers in England and Northern Ireland implemented this week, the reactions from retail industry bodies has been mixed.

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Elon Musk’s X Lands Major Deal With Visa To Provide Digital Wallet, Peer-to-Peer Payments

RetailWire

X is about to get serious regarding its X Money accounts thanks to a deal with Visa.

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One Stop supports ‘How Do You Eat Yours’ campaign

TalkingRetail

Cadbury's national campaign How Do You Eat Yours? and One Stop customers team up for a chance to win up to 10k.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Amazon-Owned Whole Foods Sees Workers in Philadelphia Store Succeed in Union Vote

RetailWire

A Whole Foods store in Philadelphia saw workers vote in favor of joining a labor union.

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Canada Goose taps former Stella McCartney chief merchant to lead global merchandising

RetailDive

Judit Bankus, who spent eight years at Burberry and helped found the Karl Lagerfeld brand, will work closely with Creative Director Haider Ackermann.

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Love’s To Upgrade 50 Stores, Open 20 New Locations in 2025

RetailWire

Love's is pushing forward with more upgrades and locations throughout 2025.

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Pacvue Co-founder on How to Avoid the ‘Shiny Penny Effect’ with AI and Retail Media

Retail TouchPoints

Anyone whos ever been to CES will tell you, its a biiiggg trade show. While a lot of the action happens on that vast trade show floor where everything from autonomous cars to massage chairs are demoed Melissa Burdick, Co-founder and President of commerce acceleration platform Pacvue , said there is a whole other hive of activity in the suites of the adjacent Aria hotel.

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Modernizing the Frontend Experience on Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Unlock agility, boost performance, and gain control over your Salesforce frontend with the latest masterclass from Composable.com : Modernizing the Frontend Experience on Salesforce Commerce Cloud Featuring experts from Algolia, Ember, Netlify, and Stripe, this masterclass focuses on practical strategies for optimizing your Salesforce Commerce Cloud storefronts using modern composable commerce integrations.

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Bob Evans Farmhouse Kitchen Expands Menu, Introduces Breakfast Tacos

RetailWire

Two delicious new menu items are tantilizing the tastbuds of Bob Evans customers.

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DeepSeek Just “Opened” The Path To AI ROI

Forrester eCommerce

DeepSeeks open-source model, DeepThink (R1) by a little-known company in China sent shock waves across the technology world. It’s amazing. Yes, it does excel at benchmarks comparable to other state-of-the-art models. Yes, it’s partially open-source. Yes, the DeepSeek app explains its reasoning by default. But there are far-reaching implications to this important AI development.

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GM Surpasses Q4 2024 Estimates, Projects Strong 2025 Earnings

RetailWire

After a solid fourth quarter, GM is focused on 2025, despite some market uncertainty.

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Bookshop.org Ratchets Up Battle Against Amazon with Addition of E-book Sales

Retail TouchPoints

As it marks its fifth anniversary, Bookshop.org has launched a new salvo in its battle against Amazon a new e-book platform that will enable independent bookstores to sell e-books for the first time. Most e-book sales in the U.S. (over 70% ) occur on Amazon , which owns the popular e-reader brand Kindle. Now, through the Bookshop.orge-book platform, indie bookstores can go head-to-head with Amazon’s Kindle apps by selling e-books themselves online.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Chick-fil-A Plans Expansion Into British Columbia. Here Are the Details

RetailWire

Chick-fil-A is taking its chicken across the border to the Great White North.

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Pet Supplies Plus Adds Grubhub Delivery Option

Retail TouchPoints

In a deal designed to make animals (and their humans) purr with satisfaction, Pet Supplies Plus and its emerging sister brand Wag N Wash have partnered with Grubhub for on-demand deliveries from the retailers nearly 700 stores across 44 states. Pet Supplies Plus offers more than 10,000 products from 400 brands. This isnt Grubhubs first move into the lucrative pet market; PetSmart added Grubhub as a delivery partner in October 2024.

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Breaking Down Human-Element Breaches To Improve Cybersecurity 

Forrester eCommerce

We are thrilled to announce our research, Deconstructing Human Element Breaches, detailing the many and varied risks posed by and to humans a problem that has plagued cybersecurity teams for decades. Forrester clients can use this research as a catalyst for productive conversations with executives and peers across functions about controls to mitigate the human element breach types most common to their organizations and industries.

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Whole Foods CEO to Lead all of Amazon Grocery

Retail TouchPoints

Whole Foods Market CEO Jason Buechel has taken on an expanded role at Amazon and will now lead the companys Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) division, which encompasses Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh in addition to Whole Foods. The news comes as a Philadelphia store has become the first Whole Foods in the country to unionize. Buechels promotion follows the November 2024 departure of his former boss Tony Hoggett, who left Amazon to take on the COO role at food delivery startup Wonder.

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The Trends You Need to Succeed This Holiday Season

October Prime Day is usually an early sign of how consumer spending trends ahead of the holidays. This one was no exception. Our October Prime Day Report breaks down what’s working: the products flying off the shelves, the categories winning big, big brands, and the search terms defining demand. All brought to you via Similarweb’s Shopper Intelligence platform.

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Take An Audience Centric Approach To Create Compelling B2B Event Content

Forrester eCommerce

Delivering compelling B2B event content is central to an events success, but its a high-stakes endeavor. Leaders must build organizational alignment around a key theme that aligns to business objectives. They need to use this theme to craft a narrative that feeds into all aspects of event content. They must coordinate with demanding speakers.

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Lee Linton of Office Evolution on Why Round Rock is Perfect for Business Growth

Bryan Eisenberg

Lee Linton , owner of Office Evolution Round Rock and recently opened Office Evolution Georgetown has a clear message: Round Rock isnt just another Texas city. Its a place where businesses come to grow and thrive. During a recent podcast, Lee shared his perspective on why this community has become such fertile ground for entrepreneurs. For Lee, the magic lies in Round Rocks blend of opportunity and support.

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Top Six Use Cases For GenAI In Knowledge Workflows

Forrester eCommerce

After completing The Forrester Wave: Knowledge Management Solutions, Q4 2024, I wanted to understand where the market was with the adoption of generative AI in knowledge management (KM) workflows. Vendors use genAI to streamline and accelerate different parts of the agile KM process.

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Need a Digital River Replacement ASAP? FastSpring Can Help

FastSpring

Are you a Digital River customer in emergency need of a new payment and subscription provider ASAP? Click here our team of specialists is standing by, and requests are prioritized and routed by geo to ensure you have a fast, smooth experience. Many Digital River customers are reporting that Digital River is having serious, material problems running their business.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.