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Global Flavor Trends Drive Snack Innovations

Indie brands are making over the snack aisle with an infusion of flavors, ingredients, and recipes from around the world.

Bookstores Tap Indie Vibe, Personalization, and Social Media to Romance Reading For Today’s Consumers

Despite doomsayer predictions, brick-and-mortar bookstores’ demise hasn’t come. In fact, local bookstores—and revived big-brand chains—are luring customers in with new incentives, merch, and cultivated communities.

Women’s Sporting Goods Boom for Hot Startups Like Moolah Kicks and Round 21

Companies tap into a fast-growing niche with apparel and merchandise for fans and players ranging from basketballs featuring the artwork of Jean-Michel Basquiat to sneakers engineered for women’s feet.

How Military Vets Use Their Leadership Skills to Build Multimillion-Dollar Businesses

Veteran-owned startups have a higher rate of success, research shows, thanks in part to the problem-solving and teamwork skills they learn in the military, interviews with founders revealed.

Gen Z and Men Drive Fragrance Boom

The fragrance category grew faster than any other beauty segment in 2024. Industry leaders unpack just how.

How Tech and Brand Adoption Are Driving Secondhand Retail Boom

The consumer appetite for pre-owned goods continues to accelerate, and new technologies that make it easier to sell and buy secondhand are fueling sales.

Cooking Convenience Trends Are Driving Sales for Food and Beverage Companies

Time-pressed consumers want restaurant-quality food at home, opening big opportunities for mixes, meal starters, kits, sauces, and other shortcuts — especially those with global flavors.

How 3 Startups Landed Funding Windfalls 

The founders of the companies behind AI-enhanced personal assistant Duckbill, Harbor baby monitors, and the OneRail last-mile delivery service share strategies that helped them secure funding that’s helping grow their businesses today.

Salesforce, Intuit, and ADP Execs on AI-Powered Solutions Designed to Fuel SMB Growth in 2025

Streamlining everyday tasks using automated agents allows companies to focus on other areas of their business, executives told CO—.

Key Solutions Retailers Are Focusing on to Drive Growth This Year

Brands and merchants are heading into the new year worried about prices and making the right decisions about AI adoption.