In this episode of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan speaks with Traci Bower, senior vice president of revenue at Sezzle, a forward-thinking fintech company committed to financially empowering the next generation through its purpose-driven payment platform. Listen in as Bower shares the unique career path that led to her current leadership role at…

U.S. container ⁠imports surged 8.2 percent in June ​from the year earlier, supply chain technology ‌provider Descartes Systems Group ‌said on Wednesday, after buyers ⁠rushed ⁠in goods to avoid potential new tariffs and ​higher transportation costs tied to the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. U.S. seaports handled 2,400,627 20-foot ​equivalent units (TEUs) last month. For the…

Independent retailers increasingly sell through a mix of storefronts, websites, marketplaces and social commerce platforms. While this accelerates revenue, it also spreads operational risks. Many owners struggle to distinguish where physical property risk ends and digital exposure begins, often mistakenly assuming standard policies cover e-commerce or that online marketplaces handle all third-party liability. As inventory…

More than half of consumers (58 percent) have replaced traditional search engines with generative artificial intelligence tools for product recommendations. That figure was 25 percent just two years earlier. Your next storefront visitor may not be a person at all. It may be a large language model (LLM) deciding whether to recommend your products. Most…

The launch of Amazon Supply Chain Services reflects a broader shift in retail logistics. More retailers are moving away from fragmented arrangements and toward shared platforms that coordinate freight, warehousing, fulfilment and delivery at scale. For retailers, the platform approach is attractive because it can simplify fragmented fulfilment networks, meet rising delivery expectations, and support…