Retail has spent the past two years asking the same question: Which AI model should we use? It's an understandable place to start. New foundation models continue to arrive, each promising faster insights, better recommendations, and more efficient operations. Yet many retailers are discovering that deploying AI is much easier than generating consistent business value…

Online shopping behavior in 2026 is being reshaped in real time. Consumers are experiencing a fragmented, AI-driven landscape where discovery happens everywhere: from social feeds and creator content to large language models (LLMs) that surface recommendations in a single response. In fact, more than 70 percent of consumers want generative AI integrated into their shopping…

Retail sales rose again in July, marking the 10th consecutive month of gains, according to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor, powered by Affinity Solutions, and released today by the National Retail Federation (NRF). “Retail sales maintained their steady upward momentum in July as consumers kept shopping despite ups and downs in other economic indicators,” NRF President and…

Today’s retail supply chain and warehouse leaders are seeing an all-too-familiar frustration right now. A retailer scales its business, adds distribution centers or fulfillment centers, or enters a new market, and quickly discovers that its warehouse management system was not built to grow with it. The result is a disruptive, expensive reimplementation cycle that strains…

The big summer sale season kicked off with a bang this year, with Amazon electing to move its annual summer promotion from July to June. This tactical shift meant that Amazon Prime Day, Walmart Deals, and Target Circle Deal Days overlapped during the last week of June, creating one of the most competitive promotional periods…