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Will TikTok Be the Next Social Media E-commerce Player?

Social media, in its early days, was all about communicating and not much about selling anything. Boy, has that changed. With the big players like Facebook, Instagram and X (we still can’t get used...Read more

Available Retail Space Hits 18-year Low

During the height – or depth – of the pandemic consumers went crazy ordering online and there were real fears in the retail world about the future of physical stores. Turns out that fears were...Read more

Conversations with Cindy: The Dallas Momentum - Curating the Best Brands in the Best Place

There is nothing that makes me prouder than DMC being the talk of the industry. I continue to hear about the Dallas Momentum. Wes Hardin with Diverse Companies summed it up in a...Read more

Could More Retail Bankruptcies Be On the Way?

The 2023 year has been a tough one for the retail industry and after Bed Bath & Beyond, David’s Bridal, Tuesday Morning and Soft Surroundings can we expect more to follow?      ...Read more

Gen Z To Brands: Do a Better Job on Sustainability...or Else

Even as more and more brands say they are all-in on sustainability efforts, Gen Z customers believe they can do a better job – a much better job – getting with the program. Generation Z, rapidly...Read more

Conversations with Cindy: It’s TOLA Time

I’m a Texan so I may be a little biased but new research shows it’s a good time to do business here and in our neighboring states – Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas, known as TOLA. Like many in the...Read more

Retailers are Getting Small But These New Formats Present Big Challenges

Big retailers like Macy’s, Kohl’s and Target are all rolling out new, smaller footprint formats which represent significant challenges for suppliers and competitors alike. For much of the history of...Read more

Mexico Now the No. 1 Trading Partner for the U.S.

China has been the leading trader with the U.S. for years but just released Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas numbers show that Mexico has now become our number one trading partner.      ...Read more

Design Influencers Headed for Dallas

The Dallas Market Center will be ground zero for interior design influencers and interior designers as the pop-up Design Influencers Conference is set for Tuesday, November 7.      ...Read more

Freight Costs Are On Their Way Back Up: Plan Accordingly

If you made it through the height – or is that the depth? – of the pandemic when container prices from Asia more than quadrupled, domestic trucking prices exploded and the supply chain was clogged up...Read more

The Biggest Battle in Retail is Now Between Two Chinese E-commerce Giants

It wasn’t all that long ago that most people in the U.S. had never heard of Shein, much less bought something from its online store. And that’s even more so with Temu, a similar website seller that...Read more

What Does Amazon Cutting Back its Private Brands Mean for Competitors?

Amazon is well known for testing any number of initiatives...and just as quickly ending those tests when they didn’t work out. They’ve done it with hardware, ordering processes and pricing...Read more

Retail Inventory Levels Seem to Finally Be Getting Into Line

Among all the unprecedented occurrences the industry experienced during the pandemic, the wild swings in inventory levels were among the most difficult to deal with. The over-inventory situation in...Read more

ArchLIGHT Summit set for Sept. 19-20

ArchLIGHT, the annual lighting trade event and educational platform for the architectural, specification and design communities, is set for the Dallas Market Center later this month, September 19-20,...Read more

Conversations with Cindy: Put it There, Partner

Partnership has to be one of the most over-used words in business today...and nowhere more so than in the business of buying and selling between suppliers and retailers. Lots of companies on both...Read more

Top of the Line - January 2022 Dallas Apparel & Accessories Market

APPAREL Barbour WTC 13-8711 Ivielle WTC 13-8712 Line & Dot   Accessories Faith by Kristi White WTC 13-8602 Hello Edie WTC 13-8708 Hide & Hunter WTC 13-8702 HJANE WTC 13-8109 Most Wanted...Read more

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