Why Finance is Driving Retail Strategy
Finance is driving retail strategy. For years, global retailers and brands have had to adapt their business strategy to jolts like: 🔸 […]
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Build Brand Trust in the Age of AI
Brand trust fuels growth. In any relationship, trust is vital but in retail, it’s a competitive advantage. Yet, brand trust is at […]
Retail Shifts Defining 2026
What happened in retail in Q1? What’s up: 🔺 War as a retail disruptor🔺 Agentic’s soaring influence🔺 Affordability as a retail imperative🔺 […]
2026 Retail Tech Trends
What are this year’s hottest retail tech trends? 🤖 AI supercharges process efficiency📣 Retail media makes a specific change to fuel growth💋 […]
Amazon Strategy Matrix
📈 Amazon eyes the B2B prize. This week we saw a big hullabaloo on LinkedIn and in the media about the closure […]
Why Just Walk Out is Winning
Need for speed boosts Just Walk Out’s popularity. Demand will continue to grow for Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology because it solves […]
2026 Retail PEST Analysis
Business as usual is out of style in retail. Look at the profound changes happening across global structures, systems and standards and […]
Retail’s Hottest Holiday Trends
Top Q4 retail trends in <40 seconds … See which hot trends affected Black Friday, Cyber Monday and holiday shopping, including: 🎁 […]
Q4 2025 Top Retail Trends
What’s happening in retail in Q4? During the all-important 4th quarter, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the most popular sales associate […]
Grocery 2026: 5 Trends Spicing Up Supermarkets & CPG
🎉 It’s the tastiest time of year! Now that it’s the holiday season and the all-important fourth quarter, it’s the perfect time […]
Retail’s AI Evolution
As AI in retail explodes, are you confused? Me too. Here’s a high-level framework to help all of us go from chaos […]
The Race to Conversational Commerce
Retail’s getting conversational. As e-commerce makes an evolutionary leap to conversational commerce, there’s some serious déjà vu. In 2017: 🛍️ Walmart and […]
OpenAI’s Retail Collaborations
🎉 The retail party’s at OpenAI! Look at how many major retail players are collaborating with the AI giant. It’s no wonder, […]
Retail in 2025 – Porter’s 5 Forces Check-In
Which retail factors are making the biggest impact this year? As promised, we’re revisiting our Porter’s 5 Forces framework from April to […]
Q3 2025 Top Retail Trends
What happened in retail in Q3? Tech + techtonic shifts. What’s up: 🔺 Tariffs’ impact🔺 Retail media moves🔺 Sports as a retail […]
2025 Retail PEST Analysis Check-In Reel
Which retail predictions from January actually came true? This quick video highlights several top: 🔸 Political🔹 Economic🔸 Social🔹 Technological … shifts […]
Q2’s Hottest Retail Trends
What just happened in retail? Q2 delivered a whirlwind of change: 🔺 Tariffs spiked🇨🇳 China made power plays🏀 Sports showed up as […]
Q2 2025 Top Retail Trends
What happened in retail in Q2? A dizzying amount of change. What’s up: 🔺 Tariffs🔺 AI adoption🔺 China retail moves🔺 Sports as […]
RCC STORE 25 Highlights – Day 1
The best part of retail? The people. Yesterday the Retail Council of Canada united Canada’s vibrant retail community at RCC STORE25. Even […]
Q1 2025 Top Retail Trends
What happened in retail in Q1? (A lot!) What’s up: 🔺 Tariffs🔺 Supply chain shifts🔺 AI adoption🔺 Value-oriented retailers’ store counts What’s […]