How Cross Border E-Comm and Social Platforms Power China’s Booming Supplement Market
China’s digital retail environment is dominated by home‑grown platforms such as Alibaba, JD, WeChat, and Douyin, where 51% of consumer spending now occurs online. The online nutraceutical market is projected to hit $17 billion in 2025, growing 14% year‑over‑year, with probiotics ranking among the top supplement categories. Cross‑border e‑commerce for health supplements reached $566 million in 2025, expanding 20% and split almost evenly between Tmall (42.2%) and Douyin (40.9%). Over half of Chinese supplement spend (54%) favors foreign brands, especially Australian and U.S. players, who rely on agencies like WPIC for logistics, marketing and regulatory support.
Luxury Briefing: Mytheresa Is Using AI to Find Future VIPs
LuxExperience, the parent of Mytheresa, Net‑a‑Porter, Mr Porter and Yoox, is deploying AI to pinpoint shoppers who are likely to become high‑value VIPs. The algorithm sifts through browsing patterns, purchase history and engagement signals to generate a VIP‑propensity score. Once...
LL.Bean to Re-Open Flagship in September Following Renovation
L.L.Bean is set to reopen its flagship Freeport campus in mid‑September after a $50 million, multiyear renovation. The revamped store will feature a grand staircase, a doubled‑size trout pond, an enlarged 3,000‑sq‑ft Café, and a modernized Custom Shop with expanded personalization...
They Just Opened Their 1,700th Cafe and Have 900 More Signed. Here’s the Strategy Fueling This $1.5 Billion Franchise.
Tropical Smoothie Café, acquired by Blackstone for $2 billion, posted $1.5 billion in system‑wide sales last year and opened its 1,700th café in April. The brand now has over 900 signed locations in its development pipeline, with first‑quarter sales up 10 % YoY...
EasyKiosk Launches Commerce Operating System to Unify POS, Payments, Delivery and AI Marketing
easyKiosk has launched a Commerce Operating System that unifies point‑of‑sale, payments, online ordering, delivery, loyalty and AI‑driven marketing on a single platform. The solution targets hospitality, retail, leisure and multi‑site operators and runs on web, Android and iOS. It integrates...
More Nigerians Are Buying Phones on Credit as Smartphones Dominate 70% of BNPL Gadget Purchases, Says Credit Direct
Nigerians are increasingly turning to Buy‑Now‑Pay‑Later (BNPL) to afford smartphones, with the device class now representing 70% of all BNPL gadget purchases. A Credit Direct study of 300,000 customers shows 81% of those phones are Android models, while 90% of...
ChatGPT Can Now Buy Things for You After Deal with Payments Giant Visa
Visa has embedded its payment network into ChatGPT, enabling the chatbot to shop and complete purchases on behalf of users. Customers link a Visa card, set spending limits and approval steps, and the AI can locate items—such as wireless headphones...
Wibra to Open Third Store in France
Dutch discount retailer Wibra is set to open its third French store on June 17 in Dunkirk, a coastal city in the Hauts‑de‑France region. The new outlet will sit in a retail park alongside Aldi, Basic‑Fit, Electro Dépôt and KFC. Wibra’s French...
The Raley’s Companies Launch In-Store Media Network
Raley's Companies announced the launch of an in‑store retail media network powered by Grocery TV across 208 of its locations, including Raley's, Bel Air, Nob Hill, Bashas', Food City and AJ's Fine Foods. The partnership extends Grocery TV’s platform, which already serves more than 6,700 stores...
Daily Harvest Releases Three Limited-Edition Smoothies Tied to World Cup
Daily Harvest has introduced three limited‑edition smoothies—Cherry Pie Protein, Blueberry Maple, and Mango Chile—aligned with the FIFA World Cup co‑hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Each flavor reflects a host nation’s culinary cues, with Cherry Pie Protein offering...
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[EBook] The Delivery Growth Engine
The Retail Bulletin promotes a new ebook that details how twelve leading ecommerce brands solved chronic delivery problems that hinder growth. It outlines five “delivery engines” that transform shipping from a cost center into a profit driver, and introduces a...
Mexico’s Largest Department Store Chain Coppel Expands AI Merchandising Pilot Program to Footwear
Mexico’s largest department store chain, Coppel, is extending its AI‑driven merchandising pilot to private‑label footwear for both men and women. The pilot builds on a previous test of First Insight’s predictive AI platform in women’s apparel, which evaluated 462 styles....
Adidas Offers Ecommerce-as-a-Service (EaaS) Featuring AI Agents
Adidas announced an ecommerce‑as‑a‑service (EaaS) offering, debuting with an Audi F1 store built on Salesforce technology. The rollout, completed in eight weeks, unlocked a business opportunity exceeding $100 million. AI agents powered by Salesforce’s Agentforce handle merchandising, search ranking and returns,...
Commercial Property: Between Ultra-Discerning Site Selection and a Scarcity of New Projects
French retailers and investors are becoming ultra‑selective about location as data‑rich analytics sharpen site‑selection criteria. With scarce new retail projects, owners are pivoting to refurbish existing centres, emphasizing footfall, loyalty and mixed‑use ecosystems. Regulatory constraints and debates over car access...
Subscriptions Lift Conversions for Online Retailers, New Data Shows
New data from Digital Commerce 360’s Top 1000 Report shows online retailers that offer subscription programs enjoy a 4.5% average conversion rate, 1.4 percentage points higher than non‑subscription peers. Only 3.2% of the world’s 1,000 best‑performing e‑commerce sites currently use...