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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

Andrew Adam Newman

LiquiDonate promises it slashes returns costs and helps both the needy and the planet.

This start-up is making a business case for brands donating returns

Erin Cabrey

While Amazon has been bullish about succeeding in grocery, it hasn’t found a unique angle to win over shoppers.  

Amazon’s Go and Fresh closures offer a lesson about differentiation 

Jeena Sharma

As the eco-friendly retailer prepares to shutter all its US locations, experts outline the factors that pushed a onetime DTC darling back toward digital-first retail.

Can Allbirds fly back to profitability?

In agent-to-agent shopping, consumers may never see the ad.

What will ads in an agent assisted shopping world look like?

Tricia Crimmins

How L’Oréal and the Estée Lauder Companies are getting ahead of “extended producer responsibility” laws that target plastic packaging.

Cosmetics companies are preparing for the end of their products’ lives

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Retail Media

Marketing

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Supply Chain

Container imports fell 6.8% overall amid Trump’s tariffs, geopolitical tensions.

Chinese shipping imports fell 22.7% year over year in January

He’s co-founder and co-CEO of Saint James Iced Tea.

Coworking with Brad Neumann

Alex Vuocolo

Hasbro’s Magic the Gathering grew 86% in Q4, widening gap with Mattel 

Hasbro’s Magic the Gathering widens gap with rival Mattel 

With fears of a bubble spreading among even executives of AI firms, the question of industry adoption looms large. 

How important is retail as a proving ground for AI? 

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

This start-up is making a business case for brands donating returns

The Latest Retail Industry News

Chinese shipping imports fell 22.7% year over year in January

This start-up is making a business case for brands donating returns

Coworking with Brad Neumann

Hasbro’s Magic the Gathering widens gap with rival Mattel

How important is retail as a proving ground for AI?

Editor's Picks

Amazon’s Go and Fresh closures offer a lesson about differentiation

Can Allbirds fly back to profitability?

What will ads in an agent assisted shopping world look like?

Cosmetics companies are preparing for the end of their products’ lives

Events

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

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

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

This start-up is making a business case for brands donating returns

The Latest Retail Industry News

Chinese shipping imports fell 22.7% year over year in January

This start-up is making a business case for brands donating returns

Coworking with Brad Neumann

Hasbro’s Magic the Gathering widens gap with rival Mattel

How important is retail as a proving ground for AI?

Editor's Picks

Amazon’s Go and Fresh closures offer a lesson about differentiation

Can Allbirds fly back to profitability?

What will ads in an agent assisted shopping world look like?

Cosmetics companies are preparing for the end of their products’ lives

Events

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

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

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