Q3 2026 Retail Trends
What changed in retail in Q3? What’s up: 🔺 Agentic advertising as a retail CFO’s fantasy🔺 Inflationary pressure on companies & consumers🔺 […]
Category: AI
Announcing Retail Evolution. Let’s start with a mega-post on Retail’s AI Evolution.
Welcome to Retail Evolution! After chronicling the biggest retail shifts of our time for 15+ years, I’m still in awe of global […]
The State of Retail – 2026 Retail PEST Analysis Mid-Year Check
Which powerful forces are shaping retail in 2026? Let’s revisit my 2026 Retail PEST Analysis from the beginning of the year to […]
CASE STUDY: Media Coverage for Brand Trust on AI Platforms & Search
BUSINESS ISSUE:An AI client hired me to prepare a press release announcing a new strategic partnership. The Head of Marketing hired me […]
CASE STUDY: B2B Thought Leadership for Growth Marketing Wins
BUSINESS ISSUE: Since I launched my own marketing business in 2013, many clients needed executive-level thought leadership content to boost brand awareness, […]
Happy Canada Day, hosers!
Happy Canada Day, hosers! ❤️ From waterfalls just outside Vancouver to Mont-Tremblant’s slopes and PEI’s picturesque shores, we have so much to […]
Retail Signals – Q2 Executive Briefing
What happened in retail in Q2? What’s up: 🔺 Sports euphoria as commerce fuel🔺 Inflationary pressure due to war🔺 Amazon’s grocery moves🔺 […]
2026 LinkedIn Cheat Sheet
Baffled by LinkedIn’s new algorithm? Confused why this business platform suddenly feels more like Instagram? Unsure how to adapt to get your […]
AI-Driven Retail Brings Us Together
Last night’s inaugural AI in Retail (AiR) Meetup at Toronto Tech Week, hosted by RETHINK Retail, was a celebration of an exciting […]
OpenAI is a Retail Superconnector
OpenAI plays well with others. Just look at how many powerhouse retailers, brands and retail platforms are collaborating with the AI icon. […]
What LinkedIn Wants: Best practices the algorithm rewards
Frustrated by LinkedIn’s algorithm U-turn? You aren’t alone. (My retail communities have felt confused and bewildered by recent algorithmic shifts, and vocal […]
CASE STUDY – Community Management & Engagement Leadership
BUSINESS ISSUE: A retail media company needed help to unite hundreds of community members, create a sense of belonging and build mutually-beneficial […]
Join us at the AI in Retail event in Toronto
🎉 The AI in Retail party heads north. Excited to attend RETHINK Retail’s AI in Retail Meetup at Toronto Tech Week. Thank […]
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: 🔸 […]
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 […]