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Heads up: Shein and Temu aren’t going to be as cheap starting April 25

6 days ago | retailbrew.com | Vidhi Choudhary

The de minimis party is over on April 25. Both Temu and Shein have separately announced sweeping plans to “adjust” the prices of items sold on their platforms starting then, citing “recent changes in global trade rules and tariffs.” To be sure, both the notices use identical language. The China-linked e-commerce platforms also urged US shoppers to shop right away: “Until April 25, prices will stay the same, so you can shop now at today’s rates.
The death of de minimis is likely to lead to price hikes in e-commerce

6 days ago | retailbrew.com | Vidhi Choudhary

The de minimis trade loophole will be buried in the Cathedral of Congress on May 2. De minimis, or Section 321(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, was first cleared by Congress in 1938. The de minimis trade exemption permitted shipments costing less than $800 to enter the US duty-free and with minimal paperwork and verification.
Glow Recipe co-founders on their biggest learnings and advice for women of color in beauty

1 week ago | retailbrew.com | Jeena Sharma

From BB creams and sheet masks to snail mucin serums, Korean beauty products have created a global following over the years. What was once a niche area of beauty gradually popped up in seemingly every TikTok and YouTube beauty tutorial. While influencers are definitely key to bringing K-beauty to global prominence, some beauty brands, including Glow Recipe, also played a significant role in making it both more accessible and, well, more fun.
Before Ulta Beauty halted its Target expansion, Target employees saw problems first

1 week ago | retailbrew.com | Erin Cabrey |Andrew Adam Newman

When Ulta Beauty CEO Kecia Steelman revealed on April 3 the retailer would halt plans to expand the number of its store-in-stores in Target, it may have come as a surprise. After all, the partnership between Ulta and Target was widely lauded as symbiotic when it was first announced in 2020, and when the first shop-in-shops opened in 2021.
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1 week ago | retailbrew.com | Vidhi Choudhary
Walmart CEO commits to keeping prices low

1 week ago | retailbrew.com | Alex Vuocolo

As the Trump administration’s worldwide tariffs took effect on Wednesday, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon told investors that it sees the situation as an opportunity to gain market share. “We see opportunities to accelerate share gains and are maintaining flexibility to invest in price as tariffs are applied to incoming goods,” he said.
Family Dollar needs investment. Will its new owners pay up?

1 week ago | retailbrew.com | Alex Vuocolo

When Dollar Tree purchased Family Dollar in 2015 for $9 billion, then-CEO Bob Sasser said the deal would expand the discount chain’s reach among low-income shoppers and diversify its assortment by adding a multi-price banner to its fixed-price business. A decade later, Dollar Tree divested from Family Dollar in a $1 billion deal announced in March that has placed the business in the hands of private equity firms Brigade Capital Management and Macellum Capital Management.
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1 week ago | retailbrew.com | Alex Vuocolo
Target suffers 10th consecutive week of foot traffic declines

1 week ago | retailbrew.com | Andrew Adam Newman

As its stock dropped to a four-year low on April 4, Target also saw its foot traffic drop for the 10th consecutive week, a traffic slump that began the week after Target announced it was cancelling its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program in January. For the week that began March 31, Target saw foot traffic drop 7.9% YoY, its worst drop since the week beginning February 17, when it dropped 8.1%, according to data from Placer.ai.
Grocery is becoming more important for the Uber Eats marketplace

1 week ago | retailbrew.com | Vidhi Choudhary

Uber Eats is becoming a reliable platform for grocery delivery for consumers. In the US, Uber Eats works with grocers like Albertsons, Sprouts, Costco, Home Depot, and Lowe’s. Last year, Uber struck up a partnership with its rival Instacart to drive more shoppers to Uber Eats.