Retail leaders map the road to 2026 with AI driven strategy, omnichannel execution, and sharper private label growth. Explore Amazon supercenter tests, Walmart AI partnerships, Aldi expansion, club format momentum, and how smarter data and culture power retail success.
Retail leadership that wins in the age of AI demands clarity, leverage, and trust. Drawing on 18 years at Walmart, we share strategies for omnichannel success, empowered teams, clear metrics, and values driven decision making that fuels growth without burnout.
Retail in 2026 will be shaped by AI shopping agents, private brands, and health driven demand. We explore agentic commerce, smarter product pages, value beyond price, and how retailers can win with better data, fulfillment, and wellness focused merchandising.
Video is now the shopping experience. Vyrill CEO Ajay Bam explains how AI powered video search, UGC, and retail media drive discovery, trust, and conversion across ecommerce and stores. Learn how to index clips, personalize PDPs, and turn short form video into measurable revenue.
What makes Costco a retail powerhouse? We break down its membership model, disciplined SKU strategy, capped margins, and supplier partnerships that build long term loyalty and trust. Discover why focus, value, and execution drive sustainable retail growth.
Former Saatchi and Saatchi X CEO Jessica Hendrix shares practical leadership lessons on culture, retail media, commerce, Gen Z buying power, and leading through crisis. Learn how to set clear goals, build resilient teams, and balance performance with humanity in fast changing markets.
Modern POS is now mobile, self checkout, curbside, and scan and go. Retail expert Michael Leister shares how scalable hardware and software, remote management, and AI diagnostics improve customer experience, reduce downtime, and boost conversion across stores.
AI is transforming retail marketing by turning messy data into connected brand experiences across search, stores, and digital channels. Leaders from Google and Hershey share how agentic systems personalize creative, speed planning, and keep messaging consistent wherever shoppers engage.
Agentic commerce is shifting retail from AI recommendations to autonomous buying. Learn how leaders must prepare with machine ready product data, accurate pricing and inventory, clear governance, and APIs that keep trust, accountability, and margins intact as AI agents make decisions.
Ozark Retail Accelerator helps Arkansas CPG founders scale from local sales to major retailers like Walmart, Sam’s Club, and Kroger. Learn packaging, pricing, trade math, working capital, and buyer pitching, plus key dates for the Bentonville kickoff, virtual cohort, and demo day.
Digital in store media is turning the grocery aisle into retail’s most measurable ad channel. Kevin Bridgewater of Quad shares how dynamic screens, smart content placement, and privacy safe measurement prove sales lift and help grocers and brands win at the moment of purchase.
AI agents are becoming the new shoppers. Learn how to prepare your ecommerce brand with machine readable product data, clean metadata, trusted pricing and promos, inventory and delivery accuracy, and better analytics so AI can confidently recommend your products.
Retail media fails when planning happens in silos. Toby Willse shares how AI shopping, sponsored prompts, and smarter measurement are reshaping strategy, creative, and attribution. Learn how to align teams, improve KPIs, and drive brand growth across retailers.
Freight pricing is broken by incentives, not tech. Sam Tibbs explains why brokers need a neutral, broker owned data layer to capture booking time details and build better rate signals. Learn how data quality, governance, and smarter models can reshape trucking decisions.
Inside Bentonville, leaders from Walmart, NWACC, and logistics partners share how talent pipelines, data driven training, and supplier collaboration solve real retail challenges. Learn how CPG careers start, goods move faster, and leadership turns pressure into progress.
Learn how 1P suppliers can use Walmart Marketplace to drive ecommerce growth, control pricing, and unlock data. This episode breaks down 1P versus 3P strategy, promotions, ads, fulfillment, and brand control to build a stronger Walmart business.