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In 2026, winning retailers focus less on driving foot traffic and more on attracting high-intent shoppers ready to buy. Join Retail Brew to explore how audience targeting, creative strategy, and media sequencing can shape in-store demand and drive real sales.

E-Commerce

Digital Retail Strategy

Intent by Design: The New Conversion Battleground Before the In-Store Visit

Omnichannel Retail

Clicks, Bricks & Everything In-Between: Retail Strategies for an Omnichannel World

Most retailers use video for awareness, but the ones pulling ahead treat it as a driver of revenue and conversion. Find out how to turn video into a commerce capability through the right strategy, measurement, and integration.

Video Killed the Cost Center (and Made it a Revenue Engine)

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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Erin Cabrey

Vidhi Choudhary

Andrew Adam Newman

Jeena Sharma

Alex Vuocolo

Stores

Even in the age of AI, retailers continue to bet big on brick and mortar.

Physical Retail Strategy

The state of stores

Morning Brew Creative Studio

Lebesgue

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Don’t waste those precious ad dollars on reacquiring repeat customers.

AI in E-Commerce

Off target: How overspending on repeat customers can limit growth

How retailers can interpret shopper data to maximize impact.

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Marketing

Bar Keeper’s Friend gave away more than 1,000 reusable lids through a promotion. 

Packaging

How Reddit complaints led this brand to finally make a lid for its 144-year-old cleaner

The bed brand is highlighting its booming robe business in the collab.

Why Brooklinen is partnering with scent brand DedCool on a pillow fragrance

A new Farm Bill, which passed in the House last month, could codify $187 billion in SNAP cuts. 

Food Supply Chain

How a new Farm Bill’s SNAP cuts could affect retailers

OpenAI may have moved too fast with its instant checkout feature, but that doesn’t mean it was a failure.

Why agentic shopping adoption remains low despite the hype

 Moravian Book Shop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ended its relationship with Barnes & Noble Education because it needed more flexibility.

Why America’s oldest book shop decided to go independent 

Consumer Behavior & Trends

He’s chief sales officer at Cust2Mate.

Smart Checkout

Coworking with Frasier Neil

 Dollar Tree, Five Below, and Burlington are among the discounters buying up leases at auction to drive growth, according to A&G Real Estate Partners.

Store Footprint Optimization

Drugstore closures are fueling discount chains’ expansion plans

A new report by Colliers found that retailers are increasingly using AI to optimize store performance while expanding brick-and-mortar footprints.

AI Customer Service

AI is making physical stores more important, not less

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. 

Customer Journey

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 Reddit complaints led this brand to finally make a lid for its 144-year-old cleaner

The Latest Retail Industry News

Coworking with Frasier Neil

Drugstore closures are fueling discount chains’ expansion plans

AI is making physical stores more important, not less

Why Brooklinen is partnering with scent brand DedCool on a pillow fragrance

Editor's Picks

Why Brooklinen is partnering with scent brand DedCool on a pillow fragrance

How a new Farm Bill’s SNAP cuts could affect retailers

Why agentic shopping adoption remains low despite the hype

Why America’s oldest book shop decided to go independent

Events

Video Killed the Cost Center (and Made it a Revenue Engine)

Clicks, Bricks & Everything In-Between: Retail Strategies for an Omnichannel World

Intent by Design: The New Conversion Battleground Before the In-Store Visit

Resources

The state of stores

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

How retailers are pivoting their way through chaos

The state of stores

Topics

Retail news that keeps industry pros in the know

How Reddit complaints led this brand to finally make a lid for its 144-year-old cleaner

The Latest Retail Industry News

Coworking with Frasier Neil

Drugstore closures are fueling discount chains’ expansion plans

AI is making physical stores more important, not less

Why Brooklinen is partnering with scent brand DedCool on a pillow fragrance

Editor's Picks

Why Brooklinen is partnering with scent brand DedCool on a pillow fragrance

How a new Farm Bill’s SNAP cuts could affect retailers

Why agentic shopping adoption remains low despite the hype

Why America’s oldest book shop decided to go independent

Events

Video Killed the Cost Center (and Made it a Revenue Engine)

Clicks, Bricks & Everything In-Between: Retail Strategies for an Omnichannel World

Intent by Design: The New Conversion Battleground Before the In-Store Visit

Retail news that keeps industry pros in the know

Resources

The state of stores

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

How retailers are pivoting their way through chaos

The state of stores

Topics