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Kroger announced Wednesday it will acquire regional supermarket chain Giant Eagle in a $1.65 billion deal, marking the grocery giant's first major acquisition since regulators blocked its proposed $25 billion merger with Albertsons nearly two years ago. The acquisition will strengthen Kroger's presence across several Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic markets as traditional grocery chains compete with Walmart…

Generative artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how advertising gets made. What once required days of model shoots, full video crews, and large creative teams can now be produced faster and at lower cost with AI tools. For retailers, that means quicker creation of digital ads, seasonal campaigns, product imagery, social media content, and even updated…

Saks Global has completed its Chapter 11 restructuring and re-emerged under the name Exemplar Luxury Group (ELG), cutting its total debt by close to 75 percent, reports Yahoo Finance. The company, which operates Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Bergdorf Goodman, said it has entered new ownership with a "strengthened" balance sheet, "sufficient" liquidity, and…

Retail workers want more from their health benefits than traditional plans provide. The industry’s notoriously high turnover rates are one indication that employees aren't satisfied with what most retailers currently offer. As a result, they're constantly searching for better compensation and will quickly move on if the company's benefits package doesn't meet their needs. Improving…

Corporate industry has become enamored with artificial intelligence agents, those autonomous bits of software that execute any number of work tasks. This is a big reason why Gartner predicts that 40 percent of enterprise applications will feature task-specific agents through 2026. Agents that can facilitate customer service on behalf of brands are taking off in…

Halfway through 2026, retail organizations are facing a familiar but intensified reality: customer expectations continue to rise while frontline employees are being asked to do more with less certainty, tighter labor models, and constant operational change. Hiring challenges, retention concerns, and manager burnout have pressured retail organizations for years. However, leading organizations are responding differently.…

While your legal and compliance team works through its five-day review queue, your competitor just posted the viral recipe. Here's why compliance speed is a commercial strategy problem, not just an operational one.

Walmart, which has developed one of the most sophisticated retail media networks, advanced its advertising strategy on Tuesday to sell more ad space across connected TV (CTV). The retailer announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Vibe.co, a self-serve CTV ad platform that aims to simplify advertising for small and midsized businesses (SMBs).…

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge by Macy's to a National Labor Relations Board ​(NLRB) decision requiring the retailer to compensate employees who the company fired in a case in which the company sought ‌to roll back the agency's power to order such action. Macy's had appealed a lower court's…

Sleep Number has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and reached a deal to sell its assets to Sleep Country Canada, Canada's largest mattress company, reports Yahoo Finance. If approved, the arrangement will keep Sleep Number's stores open and allow the new company to honor Sleep Number's warranties, gift cards, store credits and rewards points,…