Retail
How Retail Loyalty Programs Generate Customer Data
Every loyalty card scan feeds a detailed portrait of a shopper. Here is how retail loyalty programs collect customer data and how retailers use it.
Lena Fischer · November 1, 2026
Retail: Stores, Brands and Sales
Coverage of retailing as a business: store estates and closures, online fulfillment costs, assortment decisions, own-brand ranges, and the real depth of a promotion. Figures come from company filings and price tracking. Read by category managers, suppliers negotiating terms, and analysts covering the sector.
Coverage of retailing as a business: store estates and closures, online fulfillment costs, assortment decisions, own-brand ranges, and the real depth of a promotion. Figures come from company filings and price tracking. Read by category managers, suppliers negotiating terms, and analysts covering the sector.
Retail
Same-Day Delivery Economics: What It Costs Retailers
The final leg from hub to door is the priciest part of delivery. Why last-mile logistics costs so much and how retailers fight the bill.
Lena Fischer · October 25, 2026
Retail
How Retail Markdowns and Discounting Strategy Work
Markdowns look like generosity but run on math: timing, depth, revenue realization, and the race to clear stock before the season ends.
Lena Fischer · October 10, 2026
Retail
Retail Stores Near Me: Chains or Local Shops, a Decision Guide
Price, service and returns work differently at big-box chains and independents. Here is the mechanism behind each, and when each wins.
Henrik Larsen · October 1, 2026
Retail
How the Consumer Price Index Is Actually Calculated
The CPI is built from about 94,000 monthly price quotes weighted by household spending surveys, and its known limits — substitution, coverage, shelter lag — are published with it.
Henrik Larsen · August 26, 2026