Category: Retail News
Report: Retail Sales Grew in March Thanks to Tax Refunds
Retail sales rose again in March as consumers received higher-than-usual tax refunds that made up for increased gasoline prices, according to the CNBC [...]
How Urgency is Reshaping Physical Retail and the Media Inside it
Physical retail is fracturing into specialized formats. Some locations function as micro-distribution centers processing online orders. Others priorit [...]
Are US Businesses Ready for Privacy Fragmentation? Why E-Commerce and Marketing Teams Are Now on the Front Line
Privacy regulation in the U.S. has moved out of policy and into production. As new state laws emerge in Indiana, Kentucky, and Rhode Island, businesse [...]
Choosing a Last Mile Partner? Start With Their Failure Plan
Before signing on the dotted line, many last-mile carriers promise perfection. However, strong partnerships aren’t built on flawless service guarantee [...]
Caddis Redefines Eyewear for the 40+ Community
In episode 505 of Total Retail Talks, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Tim Parr, founder of Caddis, a cultural lifestyle and eyewear brand boldly [...]
How Whatnot is Driving the Growth of Live Commerce
At Shoptalk in Las Vegas last month, Total Retail Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviewed Tom Verrilli, chief product officer at Whatnot, the largest l [...]
David’s Bridal Partners With Shopify for Agentic Commerce
David’s Bridal has launched Shopify’s Agentic Storefronts across ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, further cementing its reputation as the leading artifi [...]
Stores Are Forgetting Their Customers, and it’s Costing Them More Than They Think
When considering fundamental shifts in how shoppers define value in today’s retail environment, at the center is continuity. It’s the expectation that [...]
AI is Accelerating Retail Development — and Exposing New Security Gaps
Retail technology teams face a paradox: artificial intelligence is transforming how software gets built, yet the very tools that accelerate delivery a [...]
The Chatbot Closed the Sale. The Publisher Created the Demand. That’s a Problem.
Criteo bought its way into ChatGPT. Advertisers can now place sponsored products inside artificial intelligence responses, the same way they buy displ [...]