Target announced on Wednesday it was reducing prices for more than 3,000 "on-trend" items across apparel, home baby, food and beverages for spring. The company said most of the price reductions would be between 5 percent and 20 percent. It's unclear how long the lower prices will last. Cara Sylvester, executive vice president and chief…

New York Fashion Week (NYFW) has always been about more than what happens on the runway. Look behind the shows and you’ll see a real-time signal of how the fashion industry is evolving and where its biggest pressures lie. As I spoke with designers, brand leaders, and retail executives at NYFW last month, one theme…

Retail doesn’t have a markdown problem. It has an overassortment problem that shows up as markdowns. The distinction matters. Markdowns are the symptom: visible, measurable, and easy to budget for. Overassortment is the disease: harder to see, harder to quantify, and almost never owned by a single function. At its core, overassortment is a capital…

Peak season may be behind us, but for many warehouses and third-party logistics (3PLs) providers, the real test begins after the holidays. The returns wave has a way of exposing operational friction that steady volumes can mask: crowded receiving areas, delayed restocking, inconsistent inspection steps, and limited visibility into what’s actually moving through the building.…

Generative artificial intelligence is quietly rewiring the product data supply chain. AI can now read, structure and reason over product information at scale, turning product data from a back-office burden into a strategic asset. Retailers still wrestle with fragmented product data arriving in multiple formats. Teams spend significant time normalizing attributes, resolving gaps, and rewriting…