Revenue Teams Aren’t Evolving. They’re Being Re-Architected.
AI governance, hybrid selling, and why RevOps now designs the revenue engine.
Digital Stores, AI Frontlines, and the Rise of Agent Commerce
Why every surface is becoming digital, how Best Buy and Circle K use AI to empower—not replace—staff, and why your website must serve AI agents as well as customers.
Invisible AI, Real ROI: What Actually Scales in Retail
Tractor Supply hid AI inside daily workflows, PepsiCo found 20% labor gains by simulating before spending, and NRF leaders explain why AI‑native beats AI‑applied.
Physical AI, Shelf Intelligence, and IKEA’s Reverse Engineering Playbook
Caper carts and edge AI are helping retailers outmaneuver hyperscalers. Walmart’s 100K shelf labels per store are creating real-time signal networks. And IKEA? They're designing products backwards from price.
The 10-Minute Retail Future: Amazon, AI Agents, and 2026 Predictions
Inside: How Amazon pulls off six-minute delivery, the “accordion principle” to scale AI, and Everest’s bold 2026 predictions—from autonomous commerce to the death of retail channels.
Smart AI, Smarter Retail: Levi’s, Belstaff, and You
This week: Levi’s 3-part AI framework, Belstaff’s total tech reboot, why your contact center might be your best sales channel, and how to avoid the Agentic AI hype trap. Plus: join the retail DX benchmarking survey to see where you really stand.
Don’t Lock the Toothpaste: Smarter Loss Prevention with AI
Walmart is rethinking shrink, not with more locked cases, but with multi-signal AI that targets bad actors without slowing down good customers.
Stop Designing Store Tech for Customers First.
Design tech for the people who bring your brand to life, not just the ones walking in the door.
Skip the Dashboards. Ask Your Store Team Instead.
This week: How 2-minute microlearning, AI radios, and co-designed tech are driving real retail results.
Skip the Strategy Decks. Run Focus Groups. Ship AI That Converts.
The week’s blueprint: listen to your people, enhance your advisors, and let tech scale your brand’s humanity.
The Hidden Retail Tech That Separates Pilots from Progress
Sam’s computer vision exits. IKEA’s store network refresh. Lucien’s in-store emoji hacks. All signal one thing: tech’s not your bottleneck, execution is.
Fix the Friction Before You Fund the AI Hype
40% of sessions show frustration. Before you chase agents, fix your mobile checkout and kill rage clicks.
45M Ways to Burn Money on ERP (and How Retailers Can Avoid It)
From costly ERP failures to customer-first stacks and ROI-driven AI, here’s how retail leaders are future-proofing their operations.
Complexity Can’t Be Copied. That’s the Advantage.
Target’s curbside stack, Sephora’s clienteling loop, and Walmart’s substitution AI prove the moat is in the orchestration.
Prime Week Is a 4-Day War. Here's Your Retail Playbook.
Gen Z won’t be fooled, AOV dropped, and everyone’s checking your price tags. Winning Prime Week now means outmaneuvering Amazon and your .com competitors.
Future Proofing Retail: make eStores LLM-ready, de minimis tariff fallout, HD’s speed play
Morgan Stanley surveyed ~680 Gen Z interns and found that large brands are losing market share, so retailers need to on-board AND churn brands faster.