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Retail’s long-standing addiction to promotions is becoming a strategic liability. As the first wave of 2025 earnings calls makes clear, discount-heavy tactics are no longer delivering profitable growth. Instead, they’re eroding brand value, weakening margins, and training consumers to wait.
Retail is no longer a place. It’s a feeling. In 2025, immersive commerce is the new reality, where digital and physical blend seamlessly, and the shopper is always at the center.
From skinimalism to sustainability, beauty is shedding its layers. In today’s beauty consumption trends, less is more: smarter, better and more intentional
Luxury loves a success story. But this year’s BCG x Altagamma report makes it clear: brands that underestimate consumer profiles aren’t starring in one.
From AI-powered personalization to eco-conscious shopping and social commerce, retailers face a fast-evolving landscape where the new ecommerce trends are rewriting the global playbook.
As the U.S. and China work to find middle ground in their escalating trade war, brands, consumers, and global commerce brace for the ripple effects of economic brinkmanship. From retail giants to supply chains, the new normal is anything but stable.
In a world shaped by war, inflation, and uncertainty, even the most resilient shoppers are hitting pause. Can global luxury demand chart a new course?
The global business landscape is shifting rapidly, driven by geopolitical tensions, economic pressures, and the rise of artificial intelligence. How can businesses adapt to this changing reality?
Environmental responsibility is not a trend. It’s the foundation of sustainable retail’s transformation. The rules are changing fast, and the smartest players are rewriting their playbooks in real time.
E-commerce is undergoing an overhaul. What began as a digital storefront has evolved into an ecosystem. Marketplaces are the direction the entire industry is now racing toward.
Dupe culture isn’t a fad. It’s a smarter, savvier way to shop. Here’s how brands can respond in an era where “just as good” is only a TikTok away.
From power users to AI skeptics, the new AI consumer landscape reveals strategic blind spots and urgent opportunities for brands, retailers, and tech leaders to close the trust gap and design for real behavior.
The session “Global Threads: How Marketplaces Are Reweaving the Retail Fabric” explored how marketplaces are revolutionizing retail by expanding assortments, enhancing operational efficiency, and reshaping consumer shopping behaviors.
Welcome to the age of experiential retail, where consumers are immersing, engaging, and Instagramming every moment. Oh, and lest we forget, shopping.