When Routine Breaks: Why Everyday Grocery Decisions are no Longer Automatic
The era of autopilot shopping is ending. For decades, many CPG categories benefited from something close to cruise…
Executive Viewpoints June 2
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The Physical Store is Still Retail’s Most Powerful Storytelling Platform
Walk past a well-designed store window and something happens almost instantly: you slow down. Maybe you pause to…
Executive Viewpoints June 1
The Structural Reset: Navigating the Post-De Minimis Era in DTC Ecommerce
For years, the de minimis exemption served as the silent engine behind the global direct-to-consumer (DTC) explosion. By…
Executive Viewpoints May 29
The Hidden Cost of ‘Nearly Usable’ Data in Retail
I have spent 25 years digitizing the physical world, from barcodes and RFID to automation systems, helping enterprise…
Executive Viewpoints May 28
Why Retail’s AI Fraud Problem Starts at the Identity Layer
Retail has always attracted fraud, but what’s happening now is different in both scale and sophistication. 69% of…
Executive Viewpoints May 27
From Alexa to ChatGPT: The AI Shopping Race is Rewriting Retail Media
In the last few weeks, Amazon embedded an AI shopping assistant into its search bar, OpenAI launched product…
Executive Viewpoints May 26
AI Commerce Depends on Open, Foundational Location Data
The shift toward autonomous AI shopping agents is accelerating, moving agentic commerce from an experimental concept to an…
Executive Viewpoints May 25
Pretty Products, Ugly Lawsuits: Legal Risks Facing Beauty Brands
The beauty industry is increasingly targeted with consumer claims, including class action litigation, particularly in consumer-friendly states such…
Executive Viewpoints May 22
Backroom Problems Hiding in Plain Sight
Walk the backroom of almost any grocery store, and you will find the same thing: shelves stuffed with…
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