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When this year started, Amazon's private label goods were clocking in at about 2 percent of their sales. Since Prime Day? That number has been running closer to 12 percent and climbing. So why is Amazon's private label blowing up — and is the expansion set to spread? Read More...

Every couple knows they need a budget — but like dieting, jogging and organizing one's closet, it always feels like something better done tomorrow. But Honeyfi wants to fix that problem — and help bring couples together with their finances, instead of letting their finances drive them apart. It launches today and we talked to co-founder Ramy Serageldin about how — and why — it will work. Read More...

From one week to the next, teenagers’ retail preferences are always evolving. Today's teens have access to a much wider array of ways to engage with merchants, which makes it tougher for retailers to secure a reliable interaction pattern. Studies show that while mobile has a high conversion rate, teens prefer in-store experiences. With this mix of mobile and in-store, teens may just be tricky, tricky, tricky like Run DMC. In this week’s The Buyers, we explore these changing retail preferences and how retailers can keep up with the rock and rhyme of teenager shopping preferences. Read More...