Category: Retail News
USPS Announces 6% Rate Increase for Peak Season
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will levy a 6 percent average rate hike for several package shipping services during the 2026 peak season, according to [...]
Why Physical Retail Matters More Than Ever in the Age of Digital Fatigue
For years, retail centered on convenience through faster shipping, more online options, and frictionless transactions. Today, consumers search for som [...]
Exterior Prevention is Reshaping Retail Security
Retailers have become experts at optimizing the in-store experience. They carefully manage merchandising, staffing, inventory, and customer service to [...]
Why Europe’s New Customs Rules Should Be on Every US Retailer’s Radar
International e-commerce has always operated on a simple assumption: if an order was inexpensive, it could move across borders with little friction. T [...]
The Coming Fight Over AI Likeness Rights in Retail
A shopper messages a retailer’s “product concierge” that looks and sounds exactly like the founder who launched the company a decade ago. A training v [...]
Walmart Will Finally Accept Tap-to-Pay in Stores
Walmart announced on Friday it will finally accept Apple Pay, Google Pay, and other tap-to-pay methods at its U.S. stores after holding out for over a [...]
The Next Era of Commerce Platforms
Many organizations approach artificial intelligence as a new layer of technology to add to their existing stack. However, AI doesn’t create value simp [...]
The $9.99 Problem: Why Cutting Marketing is the Wrong Answer to Margin Pressure
Consumer brands are running into the same invisible barrier. As inflation continues to push up the cost of goods sold (COGs), companies have two obvio [...]
Small Businesses Embrace the Role of ‘Creator’ to Get Seen
There’s some seriously good news for small businesses right now: Consumer love for independent brands is soaring. But as any business owner will tell [...]
The Brand Website is Being Demoted. Now What?
For the last 20 years, e-commerce marketing strategy has revolved around a simple premise: get the consumer to your website, analyze their behavior, a [...]