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The Future of Retail Marketing: Content, Data and the Power of Community

As shoppers become more selective and value-conscious, retailers must constantly adapt to shifting behaviors and rising expectations. Explore the trends shaping where and how consumers shop today, and what they mean for retail strategy in 2026.

2026’s Shopping List: What’s Trending in Retail

Agentic commerce is changing shopping from browsing to delegation, reshaping how brands earn visibility and trust with AI agents. Learn what to prioritize now as AI-driven discovery moves toward in-conversation purchasing and performance tracking.

From Prompt to Purchase: Transactions and Tracking in the AI Era 

Retail Brew delivers the latest retail industry news and insights surrounding marketing, DTC, and e-commerce to keep leaders and decision-makers up to date.

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Vidhi Choudhary

How retailers can interpret shopper data to maximize impact.

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Alex Vuocolo

The bookseller combines both local knowledge and corporate expertise to determine what to buy and how to sell it.

How Barnes & Noble’s ‘cluster’ system balances local knowledge with corporate expertise 

Andrew Adam Newman

Chewy reports sales more than doubled, and steady category growth.

Dog boot sales surged for Winter Storm Fern

Erin Cabrey

New chief brand officer, Nike and Athleta vet Michelle Goad, is helping lead the retailer’s turnaround after its acquisition.

How Claire’s new C-suite hire is making the tween retailer a ‘life moment retail destination’

Jeena Sharma

Well, it depends.

Sydney Sweeney’s Syrn has already attracted controversy, but can it be a brand that lasts?

Walking into a store is expected to continue to lead the way for luxury shoppers.

Does Saks pulling out of Amazon’s marketplace reflect a deeper mismatch with luxury brands?

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The home improvement chain is sinking serious money into capital expenditures amid a challenging macroeconomic environment.  

Home Depot continues to invest in capex despite tough market conditions 

Per a recent study by supply chain intelligence firm Zero100, over a third of businesses considered cyber incidents “the biggest threat to continuity” in 2026.

Most businesses view cybersecurity as a bigger threat than tariffs or geopolitical instabilities 

She’s co-founder and CEO of Bird&Be.

Coworking with Samantha Diamond

Many consumers are worried there will be a pullback in discounts this year, and yet promotions have never been more important for getting shoppers in the door. 

Shoppers fear a discount gap this holiday season. Here’s how retailers are responding

A recap of key pivots retailers like Build-A-Bear and brands like Oura and Burlap & Barrel have made to survive these days.

How retailers are pivoting their way through chaos

How Barnes & Noble’s ‘cluster’ system balances local knowledge with corporate expertise

The Latest Retail Industry News

Home Depot continues to invest in capex despite tough market conditions

How Barnes & Noble’s ‘cluster’ system balances local knowledge with corporate expertise

Most businesses view cybersecurity as a bigger threat than tariffs or geopolitical instabilities

Coworking with Samantha Diamond

Dog boot sales surged for Winter Storm Fern

Editor's Picks

Dog boot sales surged for Winter Storm Fern

How Claire’s new C-suite hire is making the tween retailer a ‘life moment retail destination’

Sydney Sweeney’s Syrn has already attracted controversy, but can it be a brand that lasts?

Does Saks pulling out of Amazon’s marketplace reflect a deeper mismatch with luxury brands?

Events

The Future of Retail Marketing: Content, Data and the Power of Community

2026’s Shopping List: What’s Trending in Retail

From Prompt to Purchase: Transactions and Tracking in the AI Era

Resources

Shoppers fear a discount gap this holiday season. Here’s how retailers are responding

How retailers are pivoting their way through chaos

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Topics

Retail news that keeps industry pros in the know

How Barnes & Noble’s ‘cluster’ system balances local knowledge with corporate expertise

The Latest Retail Industry News

Home Depot continues to invest in capex despite tough market conditions

How Barnes & Noble’s ‘cluster’ system balances local knowledge with corporate expertise

Most businesses view cybersecurity as a bigger threat than tariffs or geopolitical instabilities

Coworking with Samantha Diamond

Dog boot sales surged for Winter Storm Fern

Editor's Picks

Dog boot sales surged for Winter Storm Fern

How Claire’s new C-suite hire is making the tween retailer a ‘life moment retail destination’

Sydney Sweeney’s Syrn has already attracted controversy, but can it be a brand that lasts?

Does Saks pulling out of Amazon’s marketplace reflect a deeper mismatch with luxury brands?

Events

The Future of Retail Marketing: Content, Data and the Power of Community

2026’s Shopping List: What’s Trending in Retail

From Prompt to Purchase: Transactions and Tracking in the AI Era

Retail news that keeps industry pros in the know

Resources

Shoppers fear a discount gap this holiday season. Here’s how retailers are responding

How retailers are pivoting their way through chaos

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Topics