Category: Retail News
Nike Cuts Number of Online Distributors in China, Restructures Digital Footprint
Nike is planning to cut off thousands of online distributors in China beginning in January as the sneaker giant looks to clean up what’s become a mess [...]
Why One-Size-Fits-All AIO Won’t Work for AI Discovery
Companies selling into retail are quickly learning that artificial intelligence discovery is not just another version of search. Retail business buyer [...]
Retailers Are Spending More on AI Than Other Consumer Companies and Getting Less Back
I’ve spent 25 years working with consumer companies on revenue growth. I’ve sat in boardrooms where executives present beautifully designed artificial [...]
Trapped Between Marketing Strategy and Results
With 2027 budget planning cycles already underway, retail marketing leaders aren’t short on ambition or strategy. Tighter budgets, leaner teams, and t [...]
Why Retailers Rushing to the AI Storefront Are Building on Sand
As retailers pour investment into customer-facing artificial intelligence, are they overlooking the operational foundations that decide success? The r [...]
Destination XL Board Advises Against FullBeauty Brands Merger
Destination XL Group’s (DXL) board of directors no longer believes its planned merger with FullBeauty Brands is in the best interests of DXL and its s [...]
The Last Mile of AI: Why Your Retail Supply Chain ‘Pilot’ Never Makes it Into Production
Across the retail industry, artificial intelligence has become the centerpiece of supply chain modernization conversations. From AI-enabled routing an [...]
The Retail Store Lifecycle: From Plan to Performance
The biggest source of cost overruns and timeline failures in multi-site retail expansion is not any single phase. It’s what happens in the handoffs be [...]
The Future of Intelligent Retail Starts With a Connected Foundation
The retail industry is increasingly adopting agentic artificial intelligence into its task execution processes. Industry analysts predict the market s [...]
Shoppable TV’s Unfinished Business … and What it Tells Us About the Future of Commerce
Consumers can now discover products almost anywhere — streaming platforms, social feeds, artificial intelligence platforms. However, the systems that [...]