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Visa: AI and Digital Investment Boom Offsetting Inflation Drag on Global Economy
A new Visa economic outlook finds the strongest investment cycle since 2010 is propping up global growth but warns the productivity payoff from AI spending has not yet arrived.
News June 30
Why Retail AI Projects Fail at Scale: The Adoption Gap Between Pilot Success and Enterprise Execution
Retailers often achieve impressive pilot results with analytics, automation, and AI initiatives. Sustaining those gains across hundreds or thousands of stores requires something different: consistent processes, reliable data, clear accountability,…
Executive Viewpoints June 30
Saks Global Completes Bankruptcy Exit, Rebrands as Exemplar Luxury Group
Saks Global exits Chapter 11 as Exemplar Luxury Group, with a smaller store footprint, a new board and $2 billion in exit financing detailed in court filings.
News June 29
The Store Manager Bottleneck: Why Execution Is Retail’s Hidden Margin Killer
In today’s retail environment, store managers are no longer “just” operators. They are culture carriers, translators of strategy, problem solvers, and the primary architects of the customer experience. Every corporate…
June 1
Primark Continues U.S. Expansion with Stores in Texas and Indiana
Following the opening of its Herald Square flagship in New York City this spring, Ireland-based value retailer Primark will continue expanding in the U.S. with openings slated for July 2026…
News June 29
Six Things to Know About Reformation’s Business as the Company Prepares to Go Public
Reformation just filed to go public, and the S-1 details a showroom-style store concept that outperforms the rest of the fleet, an AI-assisted merchandising engine, customers who keep coming back…
News June 29
Your Brand Story Is No Longer Yours Alone: Why AI Is Changing How Retail Narratives Are Formed
If you’ve tuned into pop culture at any point over the last few years, you know that “Swifties” (aka Taylor Swift’s hyper-loyal fan base) possess a unique superpower. Instead of…
Executive Viewpoints June 29
Inside Miniso’s Bet on IP and Brick-and-Mortar in the U.S.
Miniso U.S. CEO Tom Bartlebaugh and CMO Robin Liu shared how seasonality, franchises and brick-and-mortar shape the company’s strategy as it adds 100 stores to its fleet this year.
Features June 26
You Deployed AI Search and Relevance Got Worse. Here’s Why It Happens
A scenario like this is becoming familiar in ecommerce: a company decides to modernize product discovery and launches an AI-powered search experience. The implementation starts with a promising demo in…
Executive Viewpoints June 26
Retailers Will Still Get the Sale. They May Lose Everything Else.
Retailers may still get the click, but they risk losing the customer relationship to AI agents. A new special report explores how to adapt as agentic commerce reshapes the path…
News June 25
