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forbes.com - Naveen Jaggi - The Bounce-Back: How Entertainment Tenants Are Rewriting Retail Real Estate
The Bounce-Back: How Entertainment Tenants Are Rewriting Retail Real Estate
Forbes

Kids play in the foam pit in the Foam Zone area of Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Americans are spending more on fun. That might…

fastcompany.com - Sonia Lapinsky - For retailers, the tariff shock is far from over
For retailers, the tariff shock is far from over
Fast Company

The headlines this past February suggested a collective sigh of relief was in order. When the Supreme Court struck down the use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for broad-scale tariffs, many retail executives exhaled, assuming the…

forbes.com - Holden Bale - The Retail AI Trap: Why Most Brands Are Solving For The Wrong Problem
The Retail AI Trap: Why Most Brands Are Solving For The Wrong Problem
Forbes

Holden Bale is the Global Chief Strategy Officer at Merkle, a global business and technology consultancy. ​Every week, I speak with brands grappling with the same question: How should we use AI? It's a reasonable question. It's also the…

bloomberg.com - Watch Retail Traders Dive Into Private Markets
Watch Retail Traders Dive Into Private Markets
Bloomberg

Retail Traders Dive Into Private Markets Retail traders are racing to get their hands on shares of SpaceX, OpenAi and Anthropic. Bloomberg's Charlie Wells explains.

searchengineland.com - Anu Adegbola - Commerce media expands beyond retail sites with Demand Gen integration
Commerce media expands beyond retail sites with Demand Gen integration
Search Engine Land

Brands can now tap retailer first-party data to run Demand Gen campaigns across YouTube, Discover and Gmail directly through Commerce Media Suite, expanding the reach of retail media beyond traditional onsite placements. What's happening. Google is…

wsj.com - Opinion | Bring Back Our Local Retail
Opinion | Bring Back Our Local Retail
Wall Street Journal

Marian Tupy's insightful op-ed (“ Jeff Bezos Earned His Fortune,” May 27) reminded me of the line about democracy, which can also apply to capitalism, which is that it's the worst system, except for all the others. Mr. Tupy is correct…

cnbc.com - Liz Napolitano - There's a big buying opportunity in this struggling retailer, Citi says
There's a big buying opportunity in this struggling retailer, Citi says
CNBC

Things may be turning around for Kohl's, and investors should scoop up shares while they're still cheap, according to Citi. The bank upgraded the retailer to buy from neutral. It also raised its price target on shares to $22 from $14, implying 53%…

prnewswire.com - Handshake Solutions Ltd - A new era for retail buying; London-based retail technology company Handshake raises $3.2M to scale AI-native platform
A new era for retail buying; London-based retail technology company Handshake raises $3.2M to scale AI-native platform
Cision PR Newswire

And while technology has transformed nearly every aspect of retail, the commercial agreements that underpin the $18.8 trillion industry still rely heavily on spreadsheets, email chains, siloed systems, and informal 'handshake' agreements. Today…

cnbc.com - Gabrielle Fonrouge - Retail had a 'surprisingly robust' first quarter, but the real test is ahead as tax refunds dry up
Retail had a 'surprisingly robust' first quarter, but the real test is ahead as tax refunds dry up
CNBC

The retail industry eked out strong gains in profits and sales in the first quarter despite concerns about consumer weakness given high gas prices and low sentiment. Still, high tax refunds and deeper buy, now pay later use may have helped to buoy…

wwd.com - Roy Stephen Canivel - Inefficient Operations Cost Key Retail Sectors Nearly $200 Billion
Inefficient Operations Cost Key Retail Sectors Nearly $200 Billion
WWD

The cost of inefficient operations reached nearly $200 billion across key retail sectors this year, CoreSight Research said, despite higher AI-related investments. With a total of $196.4 billion across retail sectors including fashion, electronics…

afaqs.com - Khushboo Mulani - Shoppable TV is here: What India's D2C and retail brands need to know
Shoppable TV is here: What India's D2C and retail brands need to know
afaqs!

For the longest time, television was a one-way street. The audience consumed content, keeping some information in their memory. However, they had to search for products themselves, often losing interest when that time came around. Today, shoppable…

androidcentral.com - Nickolas Diaz - Is it a date? A retailer might've revealed the Google Home Speaker's launch
Is it a date? A retailer might've revealed the Google Home Speaker's launch
Android Central

Best Buy Canada reportedly slipped up and revealed the assumed launch date for the Google Home Speaker. The listing claims the device will debut on June 25, 2026; however, this has since been removed from the product listing. Google revealed the…

computerweekly.com - Glynn Davis - Retail Technology Show: No let-up in retail tech investments | Computer Weekly
Retail Technology Show: No let-up in retail tech investments | Computer Weekly
ComputerWeekly.com

Against a backdrop of acknowledgement that artificial intelligence (AI) will impact retailers in many ways, the sector is experiencing a major level of investment aimed at creating the infrastructures that will enable businesses to fully utilise…

zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden - 65,000 Small German Retail Stores Have Disappeared As Economic Downturn Hits Europe's 'Powerhouse
65,000 Small German Retail Stores Have Disappeared As Economic Downturn Hits Europe's 'Powerhouse
Zero Hedge

The number of small retail stores in Germany has declined drastically since 2010. According to a recent analysis by the credit agency Creditreform and the Handelsblatt Research Institute, there were 236,143 small retail stores with annual sales of…

retailbrew.com - Erin Cabrey - Patchwork surveillance pricing laws could pose a challenge for retailers
Patchwork surveillance pricing laws could pose a challenge for retailers
Retail Brew

The practice of retailers changing prices based on consumer data is known by several names—surveillance pricing, dynamic pricing, personalized pricing—and is potentially on its way to being governed by a patchwork of laws. Concerns…

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