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The Backroom with Retail Dive — 109 episodes
What’s really happening at Lululemon?
Redefining Pacsun
Consumer resilience in trying times
Walmart and Target are not the same
Saks Global and the bankruptcy that everyone saw coming
Contemplating retail in 2026 with Doug Stephens
Tariffs tee up unique holiday season for retail
Halloween casts a spell over retail
How the holidays are different this year
Bankruptcy court is in session
What’s next for Target?
Saks Global, Amazon and the state of luxury
Breaking down Dick's Sporting Goods deal to acquire Foot Locker
Talking tariffs with Supply Chain Dive
Talking wholesale with Liza Amlani
Foes of a Minimum Wage Guard
A new retail apocalypse?
Doug Stephens looks to 2025 and beyond
Amazon Haul and the state of retail: Checking in with Rick Watson
Retailers creepin' it real
The state of the art of couponing
Under Armour’s past — and future — under Kevin Plank
All of a sudden, a lot is happening at department stores
What’s going on with Amazon Fashion?
Lee Peterson and the hard truth about retail stores
What’s happening at Macy’s
Why it’s so hard for retailers to do the right thing
The story behind our stories on shrink and theft
What’s in store for DTC in 2024?
Doug Stephens’ retail predictions for 2024
What’s the deal with EBITDA?
How the 2023 holiday season is shaping up
Marisa Meltzer and the creation of Glossier
A look back on the first half of 2023 for DTC brands
Jason Del Rey and ‘Winner Sells All’
Target’s silent Pride Month
How the consumer is doing so far this year
Why is Walmart selling off so many DTC brands?
The Backroom: Unearthing financial details about J.C. Penney
What the ‘MetaBirkin’ NFT verdict means for art and commerce
What's Going On With DTC This Year?
Ushering in the new year with Doug Stephens
What holiday looks like from here
Retail bankruptcies are poised for a comeback
The Idiosyncrasies Of This Year’s Holiday Consumer
The remains of Sears
Planet Retail
Bankrupt Enjoy Technology Set Out To Disrupt Retail. But It Got Disrupted Instead.
What Walmart And Target Told Us About Retail In 2022
What's Going On With Amazon?
The World According To AlixPartners' Joel Bines
Kohl's versus Wall Street
The Surprising Importance Of The Retail Middleman, With BMO Capital Markets’ Simeon Siegel
Our traditional interview with the retail prophet, Doug Stephens
Another Disruptive Holiday Season
Why is the idea of splitting off e-commerce so popular all of a sudden?
What do changes at Stitch Fix say about e-commerce?
Delta's looming impact on retail
When Reebok was on top of the world
Reebok was meant to be a 'Nike killer.' How the brand lost its No. 1 spot
In e-commerce, it's growth versus profits
A former Blockbuster insider chronicles its many blunders
Just how competitive are retail markets?
How a $15 minimum wage could impact retail
Amazon enters a new phase
Family Video, GameStop and the precarious lives of media stores
BONUS: What the pandemic means for the future of retail
What Black Friday tells us about retail in 2021
J.C. Penney's slow ride through bankruptcy
How retailers are navigating holiday 2020
Walmart+ vs. Amazon Prime
Malls buy their tenants
When retailers issue mask requirements
Tracking retail sales numbers in a pandemic
How the coronavirus sped up retail bankruptcies
Retail responds to the coronavirus
Pier 1's road to bankruptcy
Trends to watch in 2020
2019 in review
The last Blockbuster
The looming threat of retail bankruptcies
Riding the tariff rollercoaster
What happened with Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale?
Bonobos CEO shares the secret to building a connected workforce
Inside the rise of clicks to bricks at Indochino
How one digitally native brand baked sustainability into its DNA
Here's what retailers are talking shop about in 2019
Why everyone is talking about women in retail
5 trends to watch in 2019
BONUS: 8 predictions that will shape 2019
10 bold predictions from 2018 revisited
How one apparel startup aims to spark a size revolution
Why stores are key to Walmart's online grocery plan
Inside the mindset of the next wave of digitally native brands
Nike, women and retail's big corporate culture problem
Amazon Prime Day cues up the holidays
How good retail jobs boost business
As Amazon expands, how should brands react?
At Lowe's, digital development isn't all about that tech
How a fashion tech startup is tackling some of retail's big problems
When is the store experience finally going to improve?
5 trends to watch in 2018
10 bold retail predictions for 2018
What Black Friday and Cyber Monday signal for holiday 2017
Black Friday predictions: Moody's Charlie O'Shea on what to watch in 2017
Our holiday forecast: 3 trends to watch this shopping season
How NRF's Matthew Shay envisions the future of retail
Why Toys R Us went bankrupt — and what it means for the holidays
The year of retail bankruptcies