Author: Cyrus Pari
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How Retailers Are Rethinking Connectivity to Drive Competitive Advantage
As we begin a new year, retail leaders can be forgiven for feeling a little more cautious than usual. Tighter consumer spending and ongoing geopolitic [...]
2026 Predictions: AI Won’t (Fully) Replace Shopping, But it Will Rewrite Who Wins in Retail
If 2025 was the year retailers experimented with artificial intelligence, 2026 will be the year the industry is forced to confront a harder truth: AI [...]
Retail in 2026: What Brands Must Fix Before AI Leaves Them Behind
In the past year, at least a dozen major tech firms and retailers have launched artificial intelligence shopping agents. AI is no longer operating qui [...]
Discount Grocer Aldi to Open 180+ Stores in US in 2026
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 [...]