Author: Cyrus Pari
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Retail’s AI Ambitions Are High. Their Data Readiness Isn’t
Artificial intelligence has become the centerpiece of 2026 retail planning, promising lower costs, faster decisions, and more personalized experiences [...]
Walgreens Names New CEO as Company Goes Private
Walgreens Boots Alliance is officially privately held with a new chief executive who formerly ran office supply retailer Staples. The announcement coi [...]
Tackling the Biggest Retail Cybercriminal Threats: Scattered Spider and Beyond
Organized crime groups pose a significant threat to the retail sector by exploiting system vulnerabilities to gain access to sensitive customer inform [...]
Back-to-School Shopping Scams Are Surging: What Merchants Need to Know
Back-to-school shopping brings a welcome spike in volume for retailers, however, this annual event (or should we say preparation frenzy) has become pr [...]
Sweating Through Summer to Save the Holidays: Tariffs, Tight Timelines, and the Warehouse Crunch
It’s still iced coffee season. Pavement is shimmering in the late summer heat. However, inside warehouses across the country, teams are already in hol [...]
Prime Day 2025: What it Really Told Us About How People Shop
Prime Day started as a day of deals: a digital stampede of timers, discounts and one-click purchases. But this year, something shifted. It’s not just [...]
Schylling’s CEO on 50 Years of Toy Nostalgia and Product Innovation
In episode 489 of Total Retail Talks, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Paul Weingard, president and CEO of Schylling, the iconic toy company mark [...]
Kroger Announces Corporate Layoffs, Structural Changes
Kroger will lay off nearly 1,000 corporate employees as part of structural changes to its administrative teams across the U.S., multiple news outlets [...]
Labeling Tariffs Isn’t Political. Hiding Them Could Be.
America’s increasingly chaotic tariff policies have hit its businesses hard. In an effort to explain the resulting unpredictable pricing to customers, [...]
From Checkout to Crisis: Subcontractor Risk in Retail Contracts
Today’s retail operations rely on more than just products or e-commerce design. Behind the scenes, fulfillment providers depend on regional couriers, [...]