Analytics Unite, the Summit for Retailers and Consumer Brands, has been redefined as a 100% virtual experience to continue serving as an essential destination where retailers and CG executives can learn and share ideas.

Despite Dick’s Sporting Goods slowing down its store growth, the sporting goods chain is opening 11 new stores in nine states this month.

Even if COVID-19 was eradicated tomorrow, the long-term supply chain impacts would persist for at least many months still. With that, retailers must adapt existing supply chain systems and processes to minimize pandemic impacts for both the short and long-term.

The back-to-school buying season is here, and both parents and retailers are preparing for an unprecedented, unpredictable event that won’t look anything like the sales of the past. To successfully connect with customers, retailers will have to dig deeper into a few key trends.

Your customer is the point of sale wherever they go, so it’s very important for retailers to utilize customer insights to understand the customer journey through a blended channel of technology, physical outlets and customer experience.