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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…

Features May 14

April Retail Sales Rise for Seventh Straight Month Despite Inflation

Nearly every retail category posted gains, signaling resilient consumer demand fueled by a steady labor market, wage growth…

News May 13
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Loyalty in Layers: How B2B2C Models Change the Metrics that Matter

Conventional wisdom in marketing has been clear: if you want to build loyalty, you go straight to the…

Executive Viewpoints May 13
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