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What to Expect (Think Cozy & Fun) in the ‘23 Home Textile Market

Just as clothing styles change each year, so do trends in home fashions. And home textiles are no exception. Colors, textures, fibers, and fabric development all play important parts in…

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Retail/Brands

These Tech Firms Want to Lift Customer Loyalty

Retaining customer loyalty has been a concern for brands and retailers since, well, forever. But factors like online shopping and social media made things more complicated. And then COVID took…

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Retail/Brands

Here’s Why Brands Are Leaning into Natural Fibers

When it comes to sustainability, apparently there is a disconnect between what shoppers want and what retailers offer. In a survey from First Insight, the predictive analytics firm found consumers…

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Consumers

How is the Economy Affecting Apparel Shoppers?

Even though inflation has decreased steadily for six months, unemployment is at its lowest level in half a century and U.S. single-family housing starts increased by double digits in December,…

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Retail/Brands

Retail: Here’s How Holiday Performed & What to Expect from Shoppers in ‘23

After enjoying a strong holiday season, economists are predicting a slowdown in 2023 amid concerns about a recession. And they want retailers to be prepared. But first, the good news.…

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Retail/Brands

Who Should Really Be the Focus of “New You” in 2023?

The holidays are over so of course headlines are screaming “New Year, New You,” with everything from the latest paleo diet book to fitness plans being foisted upon the public.…

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Retail/Brands

Here Comes 2023 — What to Expect at Retail

Real talk: In December of 2019, nobody could have predicted what was to happen in 2020. But 2020 was a total outlier. Normally, people can rely on predictions. And right now,…

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Retail/Brands

How Small Businesses are Capturing the Spirit (and Sales) of the Season

Small Business Saturday may have happened last weekend but shop owners everywhere can parlay the benefits of that American Express-founded holiday into gains during the rest of the Christmas season. It just…

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Consumers

Gen Z + Gaming = Fertile Retail Ground

While Gen X and Boomers may be struggling to figure out what the metaverse even is, Gen Z is fully immersed in it. Now, digital experts are pointing to gaming as a…

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Consumers

This is How Fashion Can Help America Recycle

The slogan “reduce, reuse, recycle” has been around for decades. But it’s only more recently that the fashion industry has begun examining how such actions could improve their sustainability efforts…

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