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Nicotine Brand ALP’s DTC Journey to Success
In episode 514 of Total Retail Talks, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Lorenzo De Plano, co-founder and CEO of ALP, the leading direct-to-consume [...]
Conversational Commerce is Your Holiday Season Secret Weapon
During the holiday season, retailers’ online traffic numbers skyrocket, but so does their competition. With standard site navigation, Black Friday and [...]
Foot Locker and Nike Partner on New Store Format
Foot Locker and NIKE, Inc., have announced The Crenshaw Rec by Foot Locker, a first-of-its kind retail destination created in partnership with Crensha [...]
How Amazon’s AI shopping assistant makes hundreds of millions of products feel personal
Doug Herrington, Amazon's CEO of Worldwide Stores, explains why conversational AI is the next format shift in retail—just as the catalog gave way to t [...]
Agentic Commerce vs. Autonomous Commerce: What Retailers Need to Know
For the past two years, AI has rapidly reshaped how consumers discover and evaluate products. Instead of solely relying on traditional search engines, [...]
What Data Collaboration Platform Consolidation Means for Marketers
The infrastructure marketers have relied on for neutral campaign measurement and data collaboration is undergoing a quiet transformation. Over the pas [...]
Stress Testing Your Commerce Stack: Why July Matters More Than November
E-commerce sales reached record levels this summer. Prime Day sales exceeded $26 billion in consumer spending, a 9 percent jump over last year, nearly [...]
Spencer Spirit Holdings to Acquire Hot Topic
Spencer Spirit Holdings, the parent company of Spirit Halloween and Spencer’s, has agreed to acquire Hot Topic and its portfolio of brands from privat [...]
Strategies to Build A Stronger Direct Digital Gift Card Program
In this episode of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Sarah Kositzke, global insights director at Blackhawk Network (BH [...]
The Next Era of Fulfillment Won’t Be Won on Speed
U.S. retail sales rose for the fifth straight month in June 2026, according to the Census Bureau’s Advance Retail Sales Report, and with it comes a re [...]