AI in Retail – Threat, Opportunity, or Both?
September 21, 2026
The AI safety debate has reached the US Senate and beyond. In retail, a quieter version of that conversation has been running for some time.
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The Retail Giants Finding Their Place at New York Fashion Week
September 18, 2026
This September at New York Fashion Week, the most interesting conversation was happening off the official calendar. Walmart and Target set up their own productions
Uneven Futures: Why Commerce No Longer Moves as One
September 9, 2026
Global commerce has stopped advancing as one. Markets are now moving at different speeds, toward different priorities, under different rules. These uneven futures are becoming
Will AI Replace Search Engines? What the Data Shows
August 28, 2026
How people browse, shop and make decisions is changing fast in 2026. But will AI replace search engines? Here’s what the latest research shows.
Why Global Brands Keep Getting the African Retail Market Wrong
August 24, 2026
The African retail market crossed $2 trillion in consumer spending in 2025. Most brands competing for a share are doing so in the wrong markets,
GLP-1 Impact on Retail Is Bigger Than Anyone Predicted
August 17, 2026
A pharmaceutical intervention is doing what decades of dietary trends could not, restructuring consumer demand at scale. The GLP-1 impact on retail is already visible
The Indian Retail Real Estate Market and the Boom Nobody Saw Coming
August 3, 2026
The Indian retail real estate market is expanding at a pace that demand is outrunning supply, even as Western counterparts continue to contract. Whether the
Is One Location Enough as a Viable Department Store Strategy?
July 27, 2026
Single-location retail sounds like a limitation. For some retailers, it turned out to be the most defensible department store strategy in the business.
Q1 2026 Grocery Retail Earnings: Loyalty, Currency, Conflict
July 17, 2026
Operators across the US, Europe, Latin America, and the Gulf reported Q1 2026 grocery retail earnings shaped by three very different forces: revenue earned beyond
Does the New EU Tax on Fast Retail Really Change Anything?
July 13, 2026
The new EU tax on fast retail lands on Shein, Temu and AliExpress, and on every small sender outside the bloc shipping anything under €150.
AI Adoption in Retail Is Costing More and Delivering Less
July 6, 2026
AI adoption in retail is accelerating at a pace that has no precedent. Across every major study published in the last six months, the returns
Europe’s Consumer Price Map Tells Half the Story. What Retailers Need to Know
June 29, 2026
Eurostat’s consumer price map is widely referenced and rarely questioned. It is also missing the one major variable that makes it useful for retail: what
What Q1 2026 Fashion Earnings Say About the State of the Industry
June 19, 2026
The Q1 2026 fashion earnings season is the most revealing in years. Across luxury, sportswear, fast fashion and heritage retail, the results expose a single
Permacrisis, AI and the Future of Stores: The IGDS World Department Store Summit 2026
May 15, 2026
The department store sector has been declared dead more times than anyone cares to count. The IGDS World Department Store Summit 2026 begs to differ.
US Retail Sales Growth Holds Against the Odds in 2026
May 11, 2026
March data from the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor shows six consecutive months of growth, even as consumer sentiment hits record lows and inflation reaches its highest