Internet retailers now have enough data to charge different prices to different consumers based on what they know about each consumer. Is it legal? Is it moral? Is it happening? No one will own up to it.

The Outdoor Retail industry is conducting a contest this Sunday for the leading, women-led startups in the industry. These finalists in the contest are building business focused on what the outdoor retail industry is talking about now.

In an era where banning plastic straws is part of public discussion about protecting the environment, what should other brands take away from the announcement by Starbucks that it is doing away with single-use, plastic straws?

The shift to online shopping in grocery and health and beauty products will create enormous changes for consumer packaged goods brands. Companies that don’t prepare now for those changes are vulnerable.