Category: Retail News
Signs Your Retail Catalog Workflow Won’t Scale Without More Manual Work
At some point in business growth, a retail catalog becomes too large to manage the same way. More products enter the system, supplier input becomes un [...]
How Small Businesses Can Avoid ‘AI Homogenization’ Without Abandoning Automation
A small business’s greatest competitive edge is its personal touch. Its connection with customers and unique brand story is one that big-box retailers [...]
Protect Omnichannel Margins With These 4 Fulfillment Automation Strategies
In today’s complex omnichannel retail environment, margin pressures are no longer a temporary headwind but a structured reality that isn’t going away. [...]
Value is Now the Default: How Retailers Should Rethink Assortment, Pricing and the Shelf
Brand used to guide choice. Increasingly, price is becoming the dominant decision influencer. Zappi’s 2026 CPG Mega-Trends report shows brand-name-onl [...]
Nike Sued by Consumers for Not Refunding Tariff Costs
Nike was sued on Friday by consumers who accused the athletic apparel and footwear maker of not refunding tariff-related costs it passed on in the f [...]
How Naturepedic is Scaling Operations and Retail for Organic Growth
In episode 507 of Total Retail Talks, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Charlie Beer, chief operating officer at Naturepedic, the leading certifie [...]
The Hidden Cost of Automation: Managing Liability in the Age of AI
E-commerce is moving at a breakneck pace. To keep up, retailers are plugging in artificial intelligence tools and third-party platforms faster than ev [...]
Refining, Not Declining: There’s More to the ‘Store Closure’ Story
The opening months of 2026 have seen several well-known retailers, including Eddie Bauer, Macy’s, and Saks Fifth Avenue, announce plans to close porti [...]
Amazon Opens Logistics Network to All Businesses
Amazon.com has begun offering all businesses access to its logistics network, regardless of whether the business sells on the e-commerce giant’s marke [...]
Trucks Are Empty One-Third of the Time. AI Can Fix That
Well before the war with Iran began, retailers were facing an impossible tangle of challenges, from supply chain volatility to upticks in theft to stu [...]