The work of scientists and researchers deserves celebration, but solid climate, energy, and technology breakthroughs need ...

The immediate priority for retailers hit by cyberattacks is to understand where critical systems depend on technology that is ...

Mary Jo Pile’s well-earned career in retail is a great example of taking what you have learned and then applying it to your own business. She worked her way into store, district, and regional ...

In my work with retail leadership teams and in conversations with board members, I keep hearing versions of the same concern. The consumer is behaving differently, but too many companies are ...

For much of the developed world, the department store has become something of an endangered species. In the United States, once-dominant chains have spent years closing locations, consolidating, and ...

Sweden has never lacked global brands. IKEA, H&M, Volvo, Spotify and even pop band ABBA have helped turn a country of just over 10 million people into an unlikely consumer brand and cultural ...

p(doom)—the Probability of Doom—is a term used in the tech and AI communities to describe the estimated probability that artificial intelligence will cause an existential catastrophe or human ...

Unlike a certain President of the United States who offered a bordering-on-bribery $5,000 to anyone who voted Republican in the midterm elections, Patagonia—the iconic, admired outdoor outfitter—is ...

The physical store has always been a black box. We know what inventory goes in and what gets sold. But almost everything in between, including where shoppers go, what they look at before they put ...

TJ/TK Maxx is showing no signs of slowing its international retail expansion. Its first stores in Spain opened in Barcelona in March and Madrid in May, with Valencia following this month. Its ...

It’s no surprise that there’s a lot going on in the mind of the consumer, with concerns about the economy, what’s happening globally, and the pressures of online social interactions. Halloween ...

After I listened to NPR’s Life Kit broadcast, I drove to Burbank over the weekend to see for myself, and I counted 214 digital price tags in one aisle of the local Walmart. Not one of them changed ...