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
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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
TJX Forecasts Strong Year Following 9% Q1 Sales Increase
Economic uneasiness that has more consumers seeking value helped boost TJX’s Q1 results, and increasing numbers of Gen…
News May 20
Why U.S. Retailers Must Embed Sustainability Across Operations in 2026, Not Just Product Lines
Environmental concern among American consumers is growing, with 80% of shoppers worried about purchase-related environmental impact. Consumers are purchasing…
Executive Viewpoints May 20
Is Your Data Ready for the Era of AI-Powered Search?
Data requirements for being found by an agentic commerce search go far beyond having the right basic product…
Features May 19
Is Brand Visibility Misleading Retail Marketers?
There was a time when marketing carried a reassuring sense of logic. Your growth could be traced back…
Executive Viewpoints May 19
The Invisible Bias Problem in AI Consumer Research
A startup ran the same question through a synthetic panel and a real consumer sample: “What would you…
Executive Viewpoints May 15
Michaels Grows Shop-in-Shop Party Assortments by 60%, Adds New Piñata Category
Michaels is doubling down on becoming a party planner’s all-in-one resource by expanding assortments at The Party Shop…
News May 14
Convenience vs. Discovery: How AI-Powered Shopping will Impact Brick-and-Mortar Retail
People thinking about the impact of agentic AI in retail focus, quite naturally, on how the digital shopper…
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