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European startups
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Germany news: BASF opens massive factory in China

BASF opened an $10 billion production complex in China, raising concerns over job outsourcing and support for the Communist Party amid calls to 'de-risk'.
Business
fromHarvard Business Review
1 week ago

How Successful Retailers Prosper in Tough Times

U.S. retail chains have faced significant challenges, including bankruptcies and a shift to online sales, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
fromFood & Beverage Magazine
1 week ago

Franchise Brands Partner with BrandONE for Growth

Menchie's Frozen Yogurt has established itself as the world's largest self-service frozen yogurt brand. CEO Amit Kleinberger expressed confidence in BrandONE, stating, "BrandONE is a thought leader in franchise development, which means being the proper conduit between brands and aspiring entrepreneurs. Their expertise and integrity make them the ideal partner for our growth strategy." This collaboration aims to refine Menchie's growth strategy and attract seasoned franchise operators.
Food & drink
#walmart
fromInc
1 month ago
E-Commerce

Walmart Just Made a Very Big Change, and I Think You Should Probably Copy It

fromDigiday
2 months ago
E-Commerce

Walmart says 'open partnerships' are central to its AI strategy, while Amazon goes it alone

Walmart is expanding AI-driven shopping through partnerships like Google Gemini and OpenAI, integrating checkout in chat while Amazon focuses on in-house AI.
fromDigiday
2 months ago
E-Commerce

Walmart says 'open partnerships' are central to its AI strategy, while Amazon goes it alone

Walmart is expanding AI-driven shopping through open partnerships, integrating with Google Gemini and OpenAI while Amazon favors in-house AI development.
E-Commerce
fromTasting Table
2 weeks ago

7 Walmart-Brand Groceries To Avoid, According To Shoppers - Tasting Table

Great Value and Bettergoods are Walmart's in-house brands, with some products receiving negative customer feedback.
fromInc
1 month ago
E-Commerce

Walmart Just Made a Very Big Change, and I Think You Should Probably Copy It

fromDigiday
2 months ago
E-Commerce

Walmart says 'open partnerships' are central to its AI strategy, while Amazon goes it alone

fromDigiday
2 months ago
E-Commerce

Walmart says 'open partnerships' are central to its AI strategy, while Amazon goes it alone

fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Why some brands are choosing slower, more expensive growth on purpose

"Instead of starting with a product that we didn't feel like existed in the marketplace, we started with a mission that we felt like didn't exist, particularly in the beauty space," Cohen said. "We love that young people are turning to brands for not just products, but for the issues that they care about-and also that's what holds us accountable."
Marketing
#entrepreneurship
NYC startup
fromEntrepreneur
2 weeks ago

She Went From Getting Ignored at a Farmer's Market to Selling to PepsiCo for $1.95 Billion: 'Embarrassment Is the Most Under-Explored Emotion for Success'

Allison Ellsworth built Poppi, an apple cider vinegar prebiotic soda, from kitchen experiments into a $1.95 billion acquisition by PepsiCo through persistence and embracing public discomfort.
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago
Startup companies

From Faking a Business to 25,000 Stores - Here's the Simple Strategy That Landed Her Deals With Walmart and Target

NYC startup
fromEntrepreneur
2 weeks ago

She Went From Getting Ignored at a Farmer's Market to Selling to PepsiCo for $1.95 Billion: 'Embarrassment Is the Most Under-Explored Emotion for Success'

Allison Ellsworth built Poppi, an apple cider vinegar prebiotic soda, from kitchen experiments into a $1.95 billion acquisition by PepsiCo through persistence and embracing public discomfort.
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago
Startup companies

From Faking a Business to 25,000 Stores - Here's the Simple Strategy That Landed Her Deals With Walmart and Target

fromBusiness Matters
3 weeks ago

How to Select the Right Industrial Adhesive for Manufacturing

Industrial adhesives play a key role in modern assembly because they help manufacturers create secure connections while maintaining efficient production. When used correctly, they can improve product quality, support cleaner assembly, and contribute to more consistent manufacturing outcomes.
Angular
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
2 weeks ago

Sunoco Is No Longer Just a Gas Station Company

Sunoco LP transformed into a diversified midstream company through aggressive acquisitions, guiding for $3.1-3.3 billion Adjusted EBITDA in 2026, triple legacy levels, with units up 28.22% year-to-date.
fromPractical Ecommerce
3 weeks ago

Launch Your Own Private-Label Brand

Sourced directly from a manufacturer, private-label brands remove one or more layers of intermediaries from the supply chain, usually distributors or other brands. A nearly identical private brand can earn more margin, even at a low price.
E-Commerce
Silicon Valley food
fromTasting Table
2 weeks ago

How Grocery Outlet's Food Gets Onto Its Shelves - Tasting Table

Grocery Outlet achieves extreme discounts by buying excess inventory and overstock from other retailers at steep markdowns, operating as a food outlet store rather than a traditional discount supermarket.
from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks ago

Hasbro and Whirlpool: Two Iconic American Brands Reinventing Themselves Under Pressure

Hasbro's Q4 result was not a mild beat. Revenue came in at $1.45 billion, up 31% year-over-year, beating estimates by over 14%. The engine behind it is Magic: The Gathering, which grew 141% in Q4 alone and nearly 60% for the full year. The Wizards of the Coast segment ran at a 46% operating margin for the full year, extraordinary for a consumer brand.
Business intelligence
Marketing tech
fromAol
4 weeks ago

Grove Collaborative (GROV) Earnings Transcript

Grove Collaborative experienced significant 2025 churn from e-commerce platform disruptions, with DTC orders down 25% and active customers declining 13%, positioning 2026 as a rebuilding year focused on retention and momentum recovery.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks ago

Unilever vs. McCormick: Two Consumer Staples Giants, One Better Buy

Unilever pursues premium-focused simplification through divestitures and acquisitions, while McCormick expands via acquisition despite margin pressures from commodities and tariffs.
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

Plastics, fertilizers, clothing, medicines and electronics: $100-a-barrel oil has huge downstream consequences | Fortune

Crude oil is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons - molecules made mainly of carbon and hydrogen. Refineries and chemical plants separate and transform these molecules into smaller chemical building blocks known as petrochemicals. Some of the most important petrochemical building blocks include chemicals such as ethylene, propylene and benzene.
Environment
Marketing
fromEntrepreneur
3 weeks ago

The Packaging Mistake Most CPG Founders Make

Use consumer language on packaging and focus on buyer research and metrics to successfully launch CPG products and secure retail shelf space.
#retail-strategy
Toronto startup
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Target unveils new plan to win shoppers back. Will it work?

Target's new CEO plans to restore growth by adding trendy brands, redesigning stores, and increasing capital spending to create a fun shopping experience targeting busy families.
Toronto startup
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Target unveils new plan to win shoppers back. Will it work?

Target's new CEO plans to restore growth by adding trendy brands, redesigning stores, and increasing capital spending to create a fun shopping experience targeting busy families.
Marketing
fromMarTech
3 weeks ago

Why the future of marketing looks like product management | MarTech

Full-stack marketers succeed by understanding how all marketing functions work together rather than mastering single channels, requiring fluency across media, creative, data, UX, and technology.
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Dollar General closed hundreds of locations after evaluating its store footprint. But there's an upside

Shares of Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) fell more than 6% in premarket trading on Thursday following the report's early-morning release. And yet the discount retailer's financial results include figures such as a 5.9% increase year-over-year (YOY) in quarter-four, with net sales increasing to $10.9 billion.
Business
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
1 month ago

Target looks to e-commerce, advertising investments to help grow the business

Target prioritizes technology investments in retail media network Roundel and Target+ marketplace to restore operating margins to pre-pandemic 6% levels by 2026.
US politics
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Edwards: Corporate America's new slogan Make more, pay less

Corporate profits have surged to 9% of GDP while tax rates fell to 21%, yet workers' wages declined to 1941 levels and CEO compensation increased 281-fold relative to average workers.
Business
fromFortune
4 weeks ago

How Walmart CEO John Furner is using his father's lessons-and AI-to steer a $1 trillion giant | Fortune

John Furner became Walmart CEO in February, tasked with transforming the $1 trillion retailer into a tech-driven competitor against Amazon while maintaining its position as a Fortune 500 leader.
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

54.7% of Retail Brands now Have Their Own Product Line

Retailer-owned products not being seen as a cheap alternative anymore, but instead, a way to convey luxury and exclusivity. Price-Led Positioning is No Longer Dominating UK Supermarkets. Small UK businesses are aggressively growing, with price-led positioning becoming a dated trend. It's becoming evident that brands are no longer using their own branded products as a way to be a cheap alternative.
E-Commerce
Business
fromFortune
1 month ago

New Target CEO Michael Fiddelke is putting candor at the core of his turnaround plan | Fortune

New Target CEO Michael Fiddelke implements ambitious turnaround plan emphasizing organizational candor to address four consecutive quarters of comparable sales decline and regain market share.
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

8 products that used to last decades but now seem to break after the warranty expires - Silicon Canals

My grandmother's refrigerator ran for forty years. The washing machine she bought in the 1970s? Still spinning when she passed away. Meanwhile, I'm on my third coffee maker in five years, and don't get me started on the laptop that mysteriously died two weeks after the warranty expired. This isn't just bad luck or nostalgia talking. There's something fundamentally different about how products are made today versus decades ago.
Gadgets
Startup companies
fromEntrepreneur
2 months ago

5 Steps to Take Your Product From Idea to Shelf

Define a clear vision, build a focused MVP, create a purpose-driven brand, choose distribution and supply chain, support launch with marketing, and remain flexible.
Privacy technologies
fromZacks
1 month ago

Pardon Our Interruption

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US politics
fromFortune
1 month ago

Costco defied Trump's DEI directive as Target and Walmart scaled back. Business is booming | Fortune

Costco maintained DEI commitments despite political pressure, and its business performance has remained strong while rivals scaled back diversity programs.
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Best rubber band

Rubber bands come in all shapes, colors and sizes, and quality can range significantly between brands. You can buy a smaller pack or buy in bulk, so the pack you choose to purchase can vary depending on your needs.
Gadgets
Business intelligence
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

What QXO's $1.2 billion investment means for the fragmented building materials industry

QXO aims to consolidate the fragmented $800 billion building products distribution market through acquisitions to reach $50 billion annual revenue and increase negotiating power.
#amazon
fromFortune
1 month ago
Business

What Amazon's Fortune 500 rise teaches about building new growth engines | Fortune

fromFortune
1 month ago
Business

What Amazon's Fortune 500 rise teaches about building new growth engines | Fortune

Environment
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Tide spent 10 years turning laundry detergent into a tile. Please don't eat it

Tide developed Tide evo, a pre-dosed, fabric-like detergent tile that's a 100% concentrated, fiber-based formula that dissolves in water and reduces packaging emissions.
Marketing
fromDigiday
2 months ago

P&G bets big on retail integration as CPGs question incrementality

Brands like P&G and Diageo are increasing bets on retail media to bridge discovery and purchase as growth slows and media becomes fragmented.
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Is there a golden formula to scaling and selling new brands?

Spend half an hour exploring #StrategyTwitter or #MarketingTwitter and you'll quickly discover huge swathes of talented folks arguing passionately about the correct way to market brands. On one end of the spectrum you'll find the staunch strategists quoting lines from Sharp's How Brands Grow (which is well worth a read), while on the other end you'll find people posting fairly nauseating Gary Vaynerchuk quotes in serif fonts about how the number one rule in marketing is 'love'.
Marketing
E-Commerce
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

The small business guide to choosing packaging suppliers

Choosing the right packaging supplier prevents stock issues, product damage and inconsistent presentation while supporting customer trust, margins, compliance and efficient operations.
Marketing
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

P&G's Marc Pritchard: 'If you want to see the future of marketing, look to China'

China's digital ecosystem and 5G adoption are central to P&G's marketing transformation, driving data-driven, e-commerce and programmatic innovation.
fromFast Company
2 months ago

This startup helps enterprising resellers prevent nearly a million pounds of returns from ending up in landfills

Americans are likely to have spent a record $1 trillion-plus this holiday shopping season alone, and about $5.5 trillion in retail sales in all of 2025, according to estimates by the National Retail Federation. That includes many unhappy returns for retailers: And when it comes back to them, a lot of the $850 billion in returned merchandise is often cheaper to discard than to inspect, sort, and resell-adding millions of tons to landfills every year.
E-Commerce
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

P&G Rallies Under New CEO but Lags Rivals, Faces Tariff Challenges

Procter and Gamble underperformed key consumer-staples peers despite an 11.65% YTD gain, facing tariff headwinds, pricing challenges, and a CEO transition pressuring growth and margins.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Clorox's 5% Yield Dominates Consumer Staples: Can It Continue?

Clorox maintains a 48-year dividend increase streak, yielding 4.07%, but faces margin pressure and cash-flow stress that raise payout risk.
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Walmart is planning to expand a popular service. It means new delivery options from Los Angeles to Miami

the next chapter of the world's largest drone delivery expansion.
E-Commerce
Business
fromDigiday
2 months ago

How The North Face, Vans and Timberland are trying to transform their businesses in 2026

VF Corp aims to return to sustainable, profitable growth by sharpening brand strategies: The North Face on performance, Timberland holding gains, Vans addressing muted demand.
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Kraft Heinz Just Shocked Investors With a Massive Pivot

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ: KHC) delivered mixed fourth-quarter results on February 11, 2026, beating earnings expectations while missing on revenue. However, the bigger story was CEO Steve Cahillane's decision to halt the planned separation and commit $600 million to a turnaround effort. Shares fell roughly 7% in premarket trading as investors digested the strategic pivot and weak guidance. Q4 Results: EPS Beat, Revenue Miss Kraft Heinz reported adjusted EPS of $0.67, topping consensus of $0.62 by 8.1%. However, revenue of $6.35 billion fell short of $6.44 billion expectations, a 1.4% miss. Organic sales declined 4.2% year-over-year, driven by volume and mix headwinds of 4.7 percentage points.
Business
E-Commerce
fromFortune
2 months ago

Walmart teams with Alphabet for AI-assisted shopping on Gemini | Fortune

Walmart is integrating shopping into Google's Gemini AI so customers can discover and buy Walmart and Sam's Club items directly on Gemini, with Walmart fulfilling orders.
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