Omnichannel

The Home Depot has announced the nationwide rollout of its Express Delivery program, bringing rapid fulfillment to customers for a small flat fee in U.S. markets, without the need for a subscription or membership. Customers can get essential items in three hours or less, including materials and supplies for pro construction projects. Shoppers can view…

Picture a shopper scrolling a boutique’s Instagram feed, tapping through to a cropped denim jacket, and dropping it into a digital cart. An hour later, on a whim, she walks into the store to try it on. The associate can’t find it. Not because it sold out, but because the register and the website’s inventory…

Every retailer I talk to has an artificial intelligence story. There's a new tool on the store floor, an AI marketing pilot, or a vendor pitching a solution for merchandising, pricing, or customer service. I think the industry is asking the wrong question. The question is not whether a retailer uses AI. Nearly every retailer…

During an interview at the 2026 CommerceNext Growth Show last month in New York City, Josh Friedman, senior vice president of e-commerce and digital at Ulta Beauty, shared the company's strategic focus on omnichannel engagement and personalization.

In today’s complex omnichannel retail environment, margin pressures are no longer a temporary headwind but a structured reality that isn’t going away. Rising labor costs, volatile freight rates, tighter delivery expectations, and the growing complexity of selling across multiple commerce platforms are forcing brands to rethink how their back-end operations are designed and managed. One…

The retail industry has entered a new era, one in which fragmented omnichannel strategies are no longer enough to meet rising consumer expectations and mounting operational pressures. According to Manhattan Associates’ latest report, Unified Commerce Powers Future Retail Success, the retailers pulling ahead are those that have moved beyond omnichannel and embraced unified commerce: a…

After attending NRF Big Show earlier this year and EuroShop more recently, it’s clear that retailers aren’t short of ideas. They’re focused on what actually works, consistently, across stores, day in and day out, and that shift points to a broader reality the industry has been circling for some time. Retail’s biggest challenge is execution…

When considering fundamental shifts in how shoppers define value in today’s retail environment, at the center is continuity. It's the expectation that a shopper’s relationship with a brand doesn’t reset when they move between channels, but instead flows seamlessly across them. For retailers, this is where the challenge becomes operational. While digital channels have evolved…

Products from Ace Hardware are now available on Uber Eats nationwide as the hardware cooperative becomes the latest retailer to dive into on-demand delivery services and Uber Eats works to recast itself from the "Eats" part of its brand. The two companies announced the partnership Tuesday, saying it would allow customers who already shop locally…

How retailers can provide a best-in-class customer experience via a unified commerce model -- and what that means for the bottom line