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US Container Imports Rise 8% in June Ahead of Tariff Increases
U.S. container imports surged 8.2 percent in June from the year earlier, supply chain technology provider Descartes Systems Group said on Wednesda [...]
Sezzle’s BNPL Platform Proves to Be a Customer Acquisition Engine
In this episode of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan speaks with Traci Bower, senior vice president of revenue at Sezzle, a forwa [...]
As Logistics Platforms Scale, Cross-Border Compliance Becomes a Product Data Problem
The launch of Amazon Supply Chain Services reflects a broader shift in retail logistics. More retailers are moving away from fragmented arrangements a [...]
Building Websites That AI Can Shop: The Architecture Behind Dynamic Storefronts
More than half of consumers (58 percent) have replaced traditional search engines with generative artificial intelligence tools for product recommenda [...]
Navigating Multichannel Risk: How Retailers Optimize Standard Commercial Coverage
Independent retailers increasingly sell through a mix of storefronts, websites, marketplaces and social commerce platforms. While this accelerates rev [...]
Walmart Lowers Prices on Thousands of Items
Walmart has lowered prices on thousands of products, including beef, Coca-Cola and laundry detergent, saying the cuts are aimed at reducing the costs [...]
Why Smart Brands Are Rethinking Discovery in the Age of AI
The shopping journey used to start with a search bar. Now it starts with a conversation. Consumers are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence [...]
Agentic Commerce is Reshaping Retail … and Most Operating Models Aren’t Ready
Retailers have seen this movie before. When mobile commerce first emerged, many brands treated it as a lightweight extension of e-commerce — a smaller [...]
The Customer Optimization Gap: Why AI Won’t Fix Retail’s CX Problem on its Own
Retail enterprises have never had more tools to reach customers, and customers have never rated them lower. In June 2025, Forrester’s Global CX Index [...]
5 Questions Retail Brands Should Ask AI Research Vendors Before They Buy
Artificial intelligence has made grandiose promises to retailers’ consumer insights teams that rarely pan out: 95 percent of generative AI pilots fail [...]