Bankrupt department store company Saks Global is ending its e-commerce partnership with Amazon.com, reports PYMNTS. The arrangement between the two companies had already been strained when Saks filed for bankruptcy last month, even though the retailer hadn’t specified whether it would exercise its right under Chapter 11 bankruptcy to reject the deal. Now, the luxury…

E-commerce fulfilment has developed a lot and at pace over the past decade, however, 2026 will mark a clear turning point. Over the next year, many of the technologies and operating models that once felt optional or experimental are fast becoming non-negotiable as consumer expectations continue to rise and operational margins remain under pressure. From…

Most marketing teams treat product packaging as someone else's problem. You hand off specs to operations, they negotiate with suppliers, and you move on to campaigns that feel more exciting. However, packaging plays more of a role in a business than leaders tend to realize; it directly affects your conversion rates, customer acquisition costs, and…

If technology matures at a pace closer to dog years than human, then we’ve already witnessed a century of conversational intelligence since Siri first appeared on our iPhones 15 years ago. As ChatGPT and a constellation of other large language models (LLMs) continue to evolve at an exponential speed and scale, legacy interactive voice response…

Outdoor apparel chain Eddie Bauer's nearly 200 stores in the United States and Canada may soon be on the chopping block. An entity of retail holding company Catalyst Brands, which owns the license rights to operate Eddie Bauer stores across North America, is prepping a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, sources familiar with the situation told Business…