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

As consumer spending tightens and expectations for seamless shopping rise, retailers must adapt quickly to shifting behaviors and data signals. Join Placer.ai to uncover where and why shoppers are buying—and how these trends will shape a critical 2025 holiday season and beyond.

The New Retail Playbook: Consumer Trends and Retail Forecasting

Smartphones shape nearly every step of the modern shopping journey, from discovery to checkout. Join leaders from Vibes to uncover insights from its 9th annual survey of 1,100 mobile-first consumers and learn how mobile interactions influence the path to purchase.

7 Key Takeaways from Vibes’ 2026 Mobile Consumer Survey

Morning Brew Creative Studio

Vidhi Choudhary

Andrew Adam Newman

Alex Vuocolo

Erin Cabrey

Jeena Sharma

 National Retail Federation

A behind-the-scenes look at how NRF 2026: Retail’s Big Show defines The Next Now and what industry events can deliver

Turning vision into strategy: From conference theme to framework for retail success

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

Disruption from agentic AI shopping agents will get real in 2026.

This year marked the birth of agentic commerce 

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

Illustration: Morning Brew Design, Photos: Walmart, Adobe Stock

Whoever nails product discovery wins the AI shopping wars.

Can Walmart’s AI bet close the gap with Amazon?

Breakfast cereals highlighted protein content and Americans cooked with cheaper cuts of beef.

Protein hype, food prices soar in 2025

From E.l.f.’s $1 billion purchase of Rhode to Ulta Beauty’s new strategy, the industry saw a number of shifts this year.  

The deals, channels, and turnarounds that defined the beauty industry in 2025

As Jed Berger takes the reins as CEO, his focus remains on growth, social impact, and expanding the women’s lifestyle business.

Three questions with Kenneth Cole’s new CEO 

Temu is going after smaller Shopify sellers to capture more local merchants in the US.

Temu taps Shopify sellers for future growth

Unethical behavior, familial tensions, and a disparaging ad sparked retail CEO dismissals this year. 

Three questions with Kenneth Cole’s new CEO

The Latest Retail Industry News

Protein hype, food prices soar in 2025

Early Black Friday returns up 12% over last year

Three questions with Kenneth Cole’s new CEO

Temu taps Shopify sellers for future growth

Five of the most dramatic retail CEO oustings of 2025

Editor’s Picks

This year marked the birth of agentic commerce

Can Walmart’s AI bet close the gap with Amazon?

Year in Review: Why resale boomed in 2025

The deals, channels, and turnarounds that defined the beauty industry in 2025

Events

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

7 Key Takeaways from Vibes’ 2026 Mobile Consumer Survey

The New Retail Playbook: Consumer Trends and Retail Forecasting

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

How retailers are pivoting their way through chaos

Topics

Retail news that keeps industry pros in the know

Three questions with Kenneth Cole’s new CEO

The Latest Retail Industry News

Protein hype, food prices soar in 2025

Early Black Friday returns up 12% over last year

Three questions with Kenneth Cole’s new CEO

Temu taps Shopify sellers for future growth

Five of the most dramatic retail CEO oustings of 2025

Editor’s Picks

This year marked the birth of agentic commerce

Can Walmart’s AI bet close the gap with Amazon?

Year in Review: Why resale boomed in 2025

The deals, channels, and turnarounds that defined the beauty industry in 2025

Events

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

7 Key Takeaways from Vibes’ 2026 Mobile Consumer Survey

The New Retail Playbook: Consumer Trends and Retail Forecasting

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

How retailers are pivoting their way through chaos

Topics