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Tariffs: Understanding the impact

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Between tariffs, taxes, and trade complexity, global ecommerce isn’t getting any easier. Join Retail Brew and Swap Commerce to learn how brands are simplifying operations, staying compliant, and turning red tape into growth.

Successful Growth in a Complex World: Strategies to Navigate Tax, Tariffs & Trade

Fragmented data wastes spend and frustrates customers, while unified data drives smarter marketing and loyalty. Join Retail Brew and Wunderkind to explore how identity resolution boosts efficiency, cuts costs, and strengthens retention.

Spend Smarter: Making Every Marketing Dollar More Efficient

The days of speaking like machines to shop online are ending—thanks to the machines themselves. Join Retail Brew and Bloomreach to explore how conversational AI is bringing back the human side of shopping with context, clarity, and real dialogue.

No More Robo-Talk: Online Shopping as it Should be

Morning Brew Creative Studio

Vidhi Choudhary

Andrew Adam Newman

Alex Vuocolo

Erin Cabrey

Quarter century project: Retail over the last 25 years

Talon.One

Put the pedal to the metal and stand out from the competition by boosting value for long-term customers

Loyalty and incentives marketing step into the driver’s seat

T-Mobile for Business

Reliable network connectivity is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity. 

4 game-changing ways 5G is shaping retail’s future

AI is the biggest fundamental shift that will change the way DTC brands serve ads and how shoppers shop from DTC.

What’s next for DTC?

One seller on Amazon focused on offering extreme value by bundling items and selling three or four products together like a set.

Amazon’s Fall Prime Day was better than expected for some merchants

Shopify announced a similar partnership with ChatGPT parent OpenAI in September.  

Walmart becomes the latest retail giant to check out with ChatGPT 

Spend on retail products could dip this season as consumers report worsening financial situations and anticipate higher prices. 

Deloitte: Consumers say they’ll spend 10% less this holiday season

Plus, a “head-to-head” onsite design project in Providence.  

 This Week in Retail: Mattel and Hasbro earnings, and more October sales events

Mastercard’s card-linking technology lets advertisers track both conversion and incremental sales across in-store and online purchases.

Here’s what retailers should know about Mastercard’s new Commerce Media network

In just over a decade, Apple Pay has increased its penetration from 3% of US retailers to 85%. Here’s how the tech giant pulled it off. 

How Apple Pay became ubiquitous at retailers

The discount retailer has been expanding in the US as it works to attract value-conscious shoppers.

Four questions with Lidl US CEO Joel Rampoldt 

With newly exposed tin ceilings and a pruned assortment, an emphasis on curation and storytelling.

How the MoMA Design Store revamped its own store design

Retail Brew’s roundup of forecasts shows a rough consensus that retail sales growth will slow this year, even as consumers show resilience.

Experts predict cautious consumers will slow their roll in 2025

After eBay took reselling online in the ’90s, competitors and branded resale took off.

How recommerce went from a novelty to a mainstay 

Platforms like Kickstarter helped launch Allbirds, Peloton, Brooklinen, and more.

Experts predict cautious consumers will slow their roll in 2025

The Latest Retail Industry News

Loyalty and incentives marketing step into the driver’s seat

Walmart becomes the latest retail giant to check out with ChatGPT

Experts predict cautious consumers will slow their roll in 2025

This Week in Retail: Mattel and Hasbro earnings, and more October sales events

Deloitte: Consumers say they’ll spend 10% less this holiday season

Quarter century project: Retail over the last 25 years

How recommerce went from a novelty to a mainstay

How crowdfunding changed everything

What’s next for DTC?

How Apple Pay became ubiquitous at retailers

Events

Spend Smarter: Making Every Marketing Dollar More Efficient

No More Robo-Talk: Online Shopping as it Should be

Successful Growth in a Complex World: Strategies to Navigate Tax, Tariffs & Trade

Resources

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Tariffs: Understanding the impact

4 game-changing ways 5G is shaping retail’s future

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Topics

Retail news that keeps industry pros in the know

Experts predict cautious consumers will slow their roll in 2025

The Latest Retail Industry News

Loyalty and incentives marketing step into the driver’s seat

Walmart becomes the latest retail giant to check out with ChatGPT

Experts predict cautious consumers will slow their roll in 2025

This Week in Retail: Mattel and Hasbro earnings, and more October sales events

Deloitte: Consumers say they’ll spend 10% less this holiday season

Quarter century project: Retail over the last 25 years

How recommerce went from a novelty to a mainstay

How crowdfunding changed everything

What’s next for DTC?

How Apple Pay became ubiquitous at retailers

Events

Spend Smarter: Making Every Marketing Dollar More Efficient

No More Robo-Talk: Online Shopping as it Should be

Successful Growth in a Complex World: Strategies to Navigate Tax, Tariffs & Trade

Retail news that keeps industry pros in the know

Resources

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Tariffs: Understanding the impact

4 game-changing ways 5G is shaping retail’s future

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Topics