How to Partner with Funded Retail Startups in 2026
Explore the latest funding trends in US retail startups for 2025-2026 and understand why targeting these newly funded companies offers unique growth opportunities for partners and vendors.
Tote.ai Secures $22.6M to Transform Convenience Retail with AI-Powered POS
Tote.ai raises $22.6 million to replace outdated POS systems in convenience retail with a unified AI-native platform, enhancing real-time operations, payments, and customer engagement.
Omnichannel Loyalty: The Key to Seamless Customer Engagement
Retailers embracing omnichannel loyalty drive deeper engagement, personalization, and lifetime value by unifying rewards across digital and in-store channels.
Eagle Eye Launches Scalable AI for Personalized Promotions
Eagle Eye's new AI-driven Personalized Promotions solution enables retailers to deliver one-to-one tailored offers in real time, enhancing promotional ROI and customer engagement at a scalable level.
Future of Commerce Highlights from NRF’26 for Retail Innovators
NRF’26 revealed key trends reshaping retail: AI impact, immersive store design, Gen Z engagement, and payment innovations for seamless shopping.
Lululemon in 2026: Reinventing Customer Experience with Wellness, AI, and Community
Lululemon strengthens customer experience through community events, omnichannel shopping, fitness integration, and sustainability efforts tied to its Impact Agenda.
Acosta Group and CommerceIQ Launch AI Retail Alliance
Acosta Group and CommerceIQ have partnered to blend connected commerce expertise with AI-driven retail intelligence, offering brands a powerful integrated approach to navigate the fast-evolving omnichannel retail landscape.
Retail Media 2026: Smarter, Faster, More Measurable
AI tools, smarter measurement, and omnichannel formats are transforming retail media strategies for brands and retailers in 2026.
Omnichannel Packaging: Retail’s New Front Door
In omnichannel retail, packaging has become a full-fledged media channel—bridging shelf, screen, and social with storytelling, speed, and shopper impact.
Retail Media’s Evolution in 2025: From Product Pages to Agentic AI
Retail media became full-funnel in 2025, with agentic AI, CTV, and commerce data transforming how brands drive discovery, engagement, and conversion in 2026.
Ep. 8 - Omnichannel Packaging Power
Packaging is a channel. Matt Woolley of Designsteins shares how smart packaging, storytelling, and fast execution drive shelf and screen success, from PDP assets and micro video to sustainability tradeoffs and speed to market.
Luxury Retail Lost Its Touch, Can Tech Bring It Back
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.
DTC Brands Reaffirm Value of Brick‑and‑Mortar in 2026 Retail
Direct‑to‑consumer brands like Beyond Yoga, Mejuri and Coterie say physical stores still drive growth, new customer acquisition, and stronger brand experiences this year.
Pop Mart to Open 20+ U.S. Stores in 2026 via Simon Deal
Pop Mart plans to open over 20 U.S. stores in 2026 through a new retail partnership with Simon Property Group, expanding its collectible toy empire stateside.
Fabletics Targets Global Growth with 40-Store Expansion in 2026
Fabletics is expanding globally with 40 new stores in 2026, positioning the athleisure brand for major revenue and footprint growth beyond the U.S.
Dos Equis Revives ‘Most Interesting Man in the World’ in Nostalgia‑Driven Ad Push
Dos Equis is reviving its iconic Most Interesting Man in the World ad campaign with Jonathan Goldsmith reprising the role in a new spot debuting during the College Football Championship on ESPN.