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Retail Trends

Macro retail matters for ecommerce operators because it's the gravity field everything else moves through. When store closures accelerate, certain categories lose physical-discovery surfaces and online costs change. When wholesale terms shift, brand calculus shifts. We track the trade-press coverage (Modern Retail, Retail Dive, Retail Brew, Business of Fashion), the public-company earnings calls and analyst commentary, the consumer-spending data from McKinsey, BCG, and Bain, and the operator-side reports from working brands. The synthesis is meant to be the one-screen weekly read of what's happening in physical retail and how it's changing the equation for the online-first brand, without the daily Bloomberg-style fire-hose. If you're trying to figure out whether to push harder on wholesale, retail, or DTC this year, this is the topic to read.