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Refining, Not Declining: There’s More to the ‘Store Closure’ Story
The opening months of 2026 have seen several well-known retailers, including Eddie Bauer, Macy’s, and Saks Fifth Avenue, announce plans to close porti [...]
Amazon Pet Days 2026: 65 top deals on pet food, toys, grooming, and health supplies to shop now
Amazon Pet Days is here, with thousands of deals across categories including food, grooming, tech, and health supplies. [...]
Amazon Opens Logistics Network to All Businesses
Amazon.com has begun offering all businesses access to its logistics network, regardless of whether the business sells on the e-commerce giant’s marke [...]
Trucks Are Empty One-Third of the Time. AI Can Fix That
Well before the war with Iran began, retailers were facing an impossible tangle of challenges, from supply chain volatility to upticks in theft to stu [...]
From Pilot to Platform: Why AI Integration is Now a Retail Imperative
Retail leaders have spent the better part of three years running artificial intelligence experiments. Smart shelf analytics here. A dynamic pricing en [...]
How Retail Brands Can Cut Through the AI Vendor Noise
As you read this, business leaders across virtually every industry are dealing with the exact same problem: a deluge of sales calls, cold emails, and [...]
What Retailers Need to Know About Surveillance Pricing
Companies that use customer data to adjust the prices shoppers see, whether online or in-store, should know that regulators are paying attention and t [...]
GameStop Makes Surprise Offer to Acquire eBay
GameStop announced Sunday that it has made an unsolicited, nonbinding offer to acquire eBay for $125 per share in a cash-and-stock deal, valuing the e [...]
Why Technology Adoption Fails in Retail and How Leaders Fix it
The top reason technology fails in retail has nothing to do with the technology. Retailers are deploying increasingly sophisticated artificial intelli [...]
The Convenience Trap and Why Retail Fraud Has Outgrown Checkout
Retailers have spent years competing on convenience — one-click checkouts; frictionless returns; auto-applied promotions; instant buy now, pay later ( [...]