3+ week, 4+ day ago  (308+ words) Marie Albiges is the managing editor for Women in Retail and Total Retail. She is responsible for content development, management and production for the group. Marie is a former journalist, a travel aficionado, a French native and fitness enthusiast who…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (317+ words) Walmart has agreed to pay $100 million to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) claims that the retailer misled delivery drivers about the pay and tips they could earn. The FTC alleged Walmart caused drivers with its'delivery service, Spark, to lose tens…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (252+ words) Inventory distortion remains one of retail's most costly and persistent challenges. Globally, overstocking and stockouts drain $1.7 trillion from the industry each year. In the United States alone, out-of-stock items cost retailers $82 billion in lost sales annually. These figures expose a…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (734+ words) Despite the advent of livestream shopping, malls are not obsolete. They're evolving. If retailers want their multichannel strategy to work, the mall supply chain cannot remain reactive. It has to become deliberate. Mall stores operate under unique constraints that amplify…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (487+ words) When technology starts making commercial decisions for us, any potential agentic mistake undermines trust in that system, process or workflow, and widespread adoption is kept at bay. It's a vicious cycle. Confidence in agentic AI doesn't arrive through blind faith;…...

4+ day, 44+ min ago  (299+ words) For merchants, this means continued participation in the transaction even when it doesn't originate on their owned-and-operated site. Distribution expands. Less friction improves conversations. The path to purchase compresses. But so do traditional trust signals. UCP is an important step…...

5+ day, 13+ min ago  (814+ words) The first brush with "agentic shopping" often feels deceptively simple. A short ChatGPT or Gemini prompt, "Find a blue quarter-zip sweater in men's size large," produces, within seconds, a neatly curated set of results, complete with images, prices and purchase…...

5+ day, 36+ min ago  (340+ words) Digital out of home (DOOH) screens provide the world with bold canvases for advertisers to delight audiences in in real life (IRL) across a myriad of environments. While the static image remains the cornerstone of high-impact advertising, the integration of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (835+ words) Artificial intelligence can identify your target audience in seconds, optimize campaigns in milliseconds, and generate hundreds of creative variations in minutes. Marketing automation has never been more powerful " or more tempting. Yet the marketers winning right now aren't the ones…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (398+ words) Retail media is on the brink of reinvention. Fueled by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, shifting consumer expectations, and the growing demand for incremental brand investment, the category is entering a transformative era. In 2026, retail media will no longer be…...