Luxury retail can feel personal again. This episode explores high touch service, AI clienteling, RFID, and predictive analytics, showing how technology can restore confidence, intimacy, and expert service without losing the human touch.
Retail media went full funnel in 2025. This episode breaks down CTV, commerce media, in store screens, AI agentic shopping, measurement, and bold 2026 predictions to help brands plan smarter across the entire shopper journey.
At NRF 2026, retail executives say AI will transform retail, emphasizing collaboration with human expertise, data governance, and strategic use of emerging tech.
Effective partnerships in elearning technology enhance content delivery, accelerate course creation, and empower organizations to scale learning initiatives swiftly and seamlessly.
Centric Software integrates AI and PLM to help retailers accelerate product development, optimize assortments, and drive omnichannel profitability.
Wayfair partners with Google to co‑develop the Universal Commerce Protocol, enabling seamless AI‑powered shopping and checkout experiences across platforms.
Amazon’s Alexa+ upgrade uses generative AI and memory to make Alexa more personalized, proactive, and conversational, putting it in stronger competition with advanced AI assistants like ChatGPT.
Meta begins significant layoffs in its metaverse‑focused Reality Labs unit as it pivots strategic investment toward AI and wearable tech.
In a new Walmart Connect webinar, leaders from AdFury.ai and Walmart share how AI and creative best practices drive performance across retail media campaigns.
Legacy business models are breaking in 2026 as AI‑enabled agents and intelligence‑driven enterprise strategies reassign economic opportunity across markets.
Walmart and Google redefine retail by embedding Walmart’s product universe directly into the AI‑driven Gemini experience, ushering in a new era of conversational commerce.
Retailers and brands must prioritize digital shelf audits, AI tools, and PDP optimization to win in today’s omnichannel marketplace.
Generative AI fueled smarter shopping while tariffs drove price caution in a 2025 holiday retail season marked by innovation, inflation, and early buying trends.
From AI‑driven discovery to tariff‑induced price sensitivity, the 2025 holiday retail season revealed how technology and economic headwinds reshaped consumer behavior and retail strategies.
Walmart, Meta, and Omnicom are launching a data‑linked influencer matching initiative that uses purchase behavior and creator analytics to drive measurable retail media sales.
CES 2026 launches in Las Vegas as the CTA forecasts U.S. consumer tech spending will reach $565 billion, driven by AI, sustainability, and omnichannel retail innovations.