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A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

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 

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

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

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Vidhi Choudhary

Andrew Adam Newman

Alex Vuocolo

Erin Cabrey

Jeena Sharma

A pink shopping cart with digital analytics like a pie chart and bar chart inside of it

Tamara Coleman started grinding peanuts in her food processor. Now she’s expanding into grocery stores. 

How Buddy Budder plans to ‘become the Jif’ of dog peanut butter 

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

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

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

As 1 in 4 shoppers skipped gifting, brands halved V-Day email pushes despite overall marketing volume rising.

Why Valentine’s Day lost its retail glow this year

Plus, the Toy Fair comes to New York City. 

This Week in Retail: Presidents Day sales and Walmart earnings

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

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

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?

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 

The effects of the cocoa shortage and tariffs continue to fuel double-digit price hikes across some seasonal treats. 

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

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

This Week in Retail: Presidents Day sales and Walmart earnings

Can Allbirds fly back to profitability?

Why Valentine’s Day lost its retail glow this year

Chocolate prices continue to soar this Valentine’s Day

Editor’s Picks

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

How Buddy Budder plans to ‘become the Jif’ of dog peanut butter

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

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

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

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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

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Retail news that keeps industry pros in the know

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

The Latest Retail Industry News

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

This Week in Retail: Presidents Day sales and Walmart earnings

Can Allbirds fly back to profitability?

Why Valentine’s Day lost its retail glow this year

Chocolate prices continue to soar this Valentine’s Day

Editor’s Picks

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

How Buddy Budder plans to ‘become the Jif’ of dog peanut butter

Events

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

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

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

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