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Men's Wearhouse Made $217M. The Credit Fund That Owns It Is Cashing Out

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Shopify Admits Its App Store Is Broken

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Jul 10, 2026

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Shopify Gets You to the Plateau Faster. What You Do Next Is on You

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Jul 8, 2026

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Half of Target's K-beauty isn't Target's

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Jul 7, 2026

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The Growth Was Real. The Bill Comes Later

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Shopify Was the Cheapest Part of the Story

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New Name, Same Balance Sheet: Saks Global Exits as Exemplar

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Jul 15, 2026

The Retail Tax You Already Paid For

And.. Augmodo, Auger raises funding, Shopify rolls out WebMCP and more

Jul 14, 2026

Walmart Just Bought a Nuclear Plant's Output. That's a Supply Chain Move, Not an ESG One

And... What StockX Listings Actually Admits

Jul 13, 2026

Men's Wearhouse Made $217M. The Credit Fund That Owns It Is Cashing Out

Tailored Brands filed its S-1 last Friday. $2.5B in sales, $217M in net income — and the company carrying a $585M shareholders' deficit

Jul 10, 2026

Shopify Admits Its App Store Is Broken

And... OpenAI to Sunset Its Atlas Browser, Resale Tax Exemptions, and more

EARNINGS & REPORTS

The Bankruptcy Exit, the Activist, and the Cloud Bills

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May 8, 2026

Andy Jassy Tells Us Where Amazon Is Headed, Eko Builds What Agents Can't

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Apr 13, 2026

The Consumer Wallet Reset Happening Between Amazon and Walmart and Nike's PR spin

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Mar 16, 2026

The Q4 Earnings Call Stories and Who and What is Going On In the Home Improvement Sector?

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Mar 4, 2026

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May 12, 2026

Speaker Announcement: Private Storefronts, Shared Suppliers, One Compliance Nightmare

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Apr 17, 2026

Webinar: When Your Customer Is on a Roof, Your UX Problems Are Their Problems: Sponsor Announcement

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Apr 14, 2026

Webinar: The 2026 Retail Reckoning: Analyzing Earnings for Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, UPS, & PayPal

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Men's Wearhouse Made $217M. The Credit Fund That Owns It Is Cashing Out

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The Growth Was Real. The Bill Comes Later

Shopify Was the Cheapest Part of the Story

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The Retail Tax You Already Paid For

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Men's Wearhouse Made $217M. The Credit Fund That Owns It Is Cashing Out

Shopify Admits Its App Store Is Broken

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EARNINGS & REPORTS

The Bankruptcy Exit, the Activist, and the Cloud Bills

Andy Jassy Tells Us Where Amazon Is Headed, Eko Builds What Agents Can't

The Consumer Wallet Reset Happening Between Amazon and Walmart and Nike's PR spin

The Q4 Earnings Call Stories and Who and What is Going On In the Home Improvement Sector?

WEBINARS

The Big Green Bag Of Promise: Enterprise Shopify Webinar Series

Speaker Announcement: Private Storefronts, Shared Suppliers, One Compliance Nightmare

Webinar: When Your Customer Is on a Roof, Your UX Problems Are Their Problems: Sponsor Announcement

Webinar: The 2026 Retail Reckoning: Analyzing Earnings for Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, UPS, & PayPal

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