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Inside Instacart’s Billion-Dollar Growth Flywheel with CCO Ryan Hamburger
Featuring: Ryan Hamburger, CCO, Instacart Instacart recently crossed $1 billion in quarterly revenue, and alongside its impressive marketplace growth, it’s also evolving into a powerful technology partner for retailers while…
Podcasts July 27Why Small Retailers Are Invisible to AI — and How to Fix It Before Amazon Eats Everything
Shopping queries on ChatGPT doubled between January and June 2025. The platform now fields over 84 million shopping questions per week from U.S. consumers alone. Google’s AI Overviews, Perplexity and…
Executive Viewpoints July 27Albertsons Launches AI-Powered Restructure Following Soft Q1 Results
Albertsons’ identical sales declined 0.8% and company will consolidate 11 divisions in four regions to save $200 million by 2027.
News July 24Tractor Supply to Close 75 Petsense Stores, Trims Guidance After Challenging May Quarter
Tractor Supply's Q2 comparable sales fell 1.5% as May fuel prices and drought hit hard. The company withdrew its long-term financial framework and will open fewer stores than planned in…
News July 24Facebook Launches Standalone App for Marketplace Sellers
The new Seller app has AI listing tools, a unified inbox, inventory management and performance data.
News July 24Adidas Store Foot Traffic Surges During World Cup: Report
Adidas store visits climbed 44.7% year-over-year during the week of June 15, according to data collected by Placer.ai.
News July 23Retail Rise: Andy Gray, CEO, Journeys Global Retail Group
He turned around a two-year sales slide at Journeys after more than 20 years at Foot Locker, then was promoted to lead two more brands. Andy Gray talks about the…
Features July 23Welcome to Retail’s Everything-Is-Impulse Era. Are You Ready?
It’s 2 p.m. on a Tuesday. A shopper asks her phone for a sunscreen recommendation that won’t irritate her kid’s skin. Her AI answers, she taps once, and the bottle…
Executive Viewpoints July 23Kate Spade New York Appoints Jonathan Saunders to Executive Creative Director
Kate Spade New York has named Jonathan Saunders Executive Creative Director, effective Aug. 26. Saunders, who has 20 years of experience at brands such as Diane Von Furstenburg, Calvin Klein,…
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