Pricing
Major Sports Retailer Taps AI To Help Set Retail Prices
From setting base prices to markdowns and promotions across hundreds of stores, AI is the newest driving…
Retail Traffic Is Carter’s Profitability Challenge
Carter's reaches the mass market through exclusive brands, but it wants customers to head to its company…
UPS, FedEx Discounts Reach ‘Unprecedented’ Levels to Attract SMBs
The Q3 TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index said the period's ground parcel rate per package was the lowest it had been…
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ThredUp CEO James Reinhart said generative AI products helps the customer experience, with features powering…
TJX CEO: Potential to Expand Store Footprint By Another 1300+ Doors
In addition to more stores for global market share growth, TJX plans shrink to remain flat, helped by LP…
Retailers in Early Stages of AI Adoption
Though new research shows 92 percent of retailers say they use AI for pricing, their strategies lack maturity…
Startup Helping Dick’s Save $20 Million a Year Grabs $40 Million Growth Raise
Impact Analytics uses AI to help forecast demand, optimize pricing and plan inventory for future seasons for…
Circuit Court Tosses Old Navy ‘Deceptive’ Pricing Lawsuit
The suit alleged that Old Navy's sale prices were deceptive since the retailer never sold a large quantity of…
Amazon Lawyer Quotes Taylor Swift in FTC Defense: ‘Haters Gonna Hate’
Amazon general counsel David Zapolsky called the company's tactics "absolutely defensible behavior,"…
Amazon ‘Set Out to Destroy’ Zulily: FTC Lawsuit
A spokesperson for the e-commerce behemoth refuted many of the Federal Trade Commission's claims.
AI-Powered Pricing Replaces Too Much ‘Gut Feeling’ with Cold, Hard Data
As retail complexities grow, companies look to Centric's AI platform to improve profits and sell-through by…
How Chubbies Used AI to — Literally — Lengthen its Product Line
Chubbies, the Texas brand best known for its men's shorts and clothing, worked with Particl to launch…
Why J.Crew Could Settle New Class-Action Lawsuit Over Factory Outlet Pricing
Back in 2018 Ann Inc. ended up settling a similar deceptive pricing case for $6.1 million.
‘Goodbye For Now’: Isto Explains Why it Won’t Make Women’s Fashion Anymore
The Portuguese brand focused on transparency in garment pricing reveals why it's getting out of the women's…
Up Close: In Conversation with DemandTec’s Kevin Sterneckert
In this Q&A, Kevin Sterneckert of DemandTec by Acoustic discusses the impact of a "caring culture" and what…