A Federal Reserve Bank of New York analysis found U.S. businesses and consumers absorbed about 90% of the economic burden from 2025 tariff increases, challenging claims that foreign exporters paid most of the costs.
Key supplier readiness strategies that help brands succeed within Walmart’s omnichannel retail ecosystem.
New research finds that AI agents can infer and exhibit human-like altruistic tendencies by learning from real human decision-making across cultural contexts.
Arkansas entrepreneurs gain structured pathways to scale consumer products into major retail channels through the Ozark Retail Accelerator.
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.
As AI adoption accelerates, individuals can build skills now while leaders turn experimentation into strategy through hands-on use, innovation councils, and clear direction.
In 2025, Bentonville blended retail education, AI, and logistics innovation to drive smarter supply chains and accelerate supplier success.
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.
Brands are transforming MLK Day into a day of action, with sincere messaging, volunteerism, and long-term commitments to equity and diverse talent development.
Effective partnerships in elearning technology enhance content delivery, accelerate course creation, and empower organizations to scale learning initiatives swiftly and seamlessly.
Employers enter 2026 with stronger hiring intentions, but skills gaps and AI challenges continue to shape workforce strategies.
Despite decades of effort, real workplace gender equity remains elusive as progress stalls and critical support systems for women are scaled back.
Why retail accelerators are reshaping how brands scale. Learn how execution, compliance, logistics, and digital merchandising now matter more than invention, and why retailers use accelerators to build reliable partners and spot trends early.
AI agents are now browsing and buying for shoppers—brands must optimize data, build trust, and adapt to generative search or risk falling off the digital shelf.
Digital shapes the shopping journey but stores still win the moment of purchase. This episode uses fresh data to explain why blended retail works, from social discovery and mobile research to BOPIS, curbside, and in store experiences that drive trust and conversion.