Author: Cyrus Pari

Aldi plans to open more than 180 stores in the U.S. this year, including on the traditional turf of rival supermarkets and big-box stores. The German [...]

The Next Era of Shopping is Agentic

The future of shopping is no longer about searching. It’s about delegating. Soon, consumers won’t need to sift through pages of products or toggle bet [...]

Why Unified Marketing Measurement is the Missing Link in Retail Media Performance

Retailers have access to more channels, dashboards and “performance” metrics than any other moment in the industry’s history. Yet it has become more d [...]

Crypto at the Checkout: How Retailers Can Prepare for the Next Evolution in 2026

Retail crypto spending jumped 125 percent in 2025, a signal that shopper preferences are shifting faster than many retailers realize. What was once pr [...]

Walmart Teams With Google’s Gemini for AI-Assisted Shopping

Walmart and Google announced on Sunday that consumers will soon be able to use Google’s artificial intelligence assistant Gemini to more easily discov [...]

Data Engineering is (Finally) Rewriting the Grocery Playbook

Surviving on an average net profit of just 1.6 percent, grocers haven’t typically had much room to experiment with new ways of doing business. At the [...]

Why 2026 Will Reshape Commerce: The Data Shift Retailers Can’t Ignore

There’s a major shift happening in commerce, and it’s hiding in plain sight. You can see it in how people are starting their buying journeys and in ho [...]

AI and Gen Z: How Technology is Reviving the In-Store Experience

For years, headlines foretold the demise of brick-and-mortar retail. As e-commerce boomed and digital convenience reshaped consumer behavior, many pre [...]

The AI Fluency Gap: Why Retail’s Next Competitive Advantage Lies Beyond Generative AI

The retail industry has never been more fluent in artificial intelligence, and yet, never more limited by it. Most retail leaders can articulate the p [...]