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How to Pitch to Retail Buyers Without Sounding Like a Startup

Getting your product onto the shelves of a major retailer is a defining milestone for any consumer brand. Retail placement delivers instant credibility, massive exposure, and daily access to thousands of new shoppers. But moving from a successful direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand to a retail-ready business requires more than demand—it requires a fundamentally different approach. Retail […]
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Kohl’s launches ‘Deal Bar’ in all stores

​[[{“value”:” Dive Brief The front-of-store collection of items under $10 could appeal to the department store’s financially constrained customers, but is it enough? Published Feb. 17, 2026 A Kohl’s location. The struggling department store has had to reverse some decisions, including expanding its coupons and private labels. Daphne Howland/Retail Dive “}]] 
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Pat McGrath Labs secures $30M financing

​[[{“value”:” Dive Brief The fresh capital comes from an existing lender. Meanwhile, founder Patricia McGrath will become chief creative officer as part of a Chapter 11 restructuring deal. Published Feb. 17, 2026 Pat McGrath Labs teamed up with Google in 2023 to host an augmented reality pop-up experience in New York City. Courtesy of Pat […]
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Why Grocery Stores Still Stumble With Fresh Prepared Food — And What 2026 Trends Reveal

  Ready-2-Eat and Heat-N-Eat fresh prepared foods have been the single strongest growth driver across retail foodservice for nearly a decade. Yet many grocery stores still struggle to unlock its full traffic and profitability potential. The disconnect isn’t lack of demand — it’s execution. Today’s consumer behavior is rapidly reshaping where, how, and why people […]
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Amazon Proposes Second Big-Box Store for Chicago Area

Amazon has proposed developing a site in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook that would raze existing office buildings and replace them with a 225,000-square-foot Amazon store and a 150,000-square-foot Ashley Furniture flagship location, according to the Chicago Tribune. If approved, this would be the second big-box store in the Chicago area; in January 2026 […]
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Jordan Munro makes return to Starbucks and takes on tech solutions products role

Jordan Munro is returning to Starbucks as the retailer’s Manager of Technology Product and Solutions. He previously spent 20 years there, holding such roles as Manager, Product and Solutions – Contact Centre Technology. He has also worked at Point B and MOD Pizza. In a LinkedIn post, Munro said: “I’ll be leading a talented team […]
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AI Impact on Whey Protein Market: Driving Innovation and Personalization

The global health and wellness industry is evolving rapidly and one of the most significant drivers of this change is the integration of artificial intelligence (AI). From personalized nutrition to advanced product development AI is enabling companies to innovate faster and deliver smarter solutions. Among the many sectors benefiting from this technological revolution the whey […]
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Commerce Riff with Sri & PVSB – February 17, 2026

Each week, the CPG Guys will riff on the hottest topics in the world of omnichannel commerce.  This week’s topics: Grok market share Roku results Albertsons partners with Open AI KraftHeinz halts breakup CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comSheCOMMERCE Website: https://shecommercepodcast.com/Rhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj in Katseye: https://www.katseye.world/ DISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast […]
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Tipping at the Drive Thru Good Idea or Bad Idea

  By any metric, Toast is on a heater. The Boston tech player that already powers roughly one in five independent restaurants has been stacking logos, scaling payments, and moving upstream into enterprise. Landing deals with Applebee’s, Firehouse Subs, and Papa Murphy’s signaled it can play far beyond mom-and-pop. Now comes the next frontier: the […]
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Why Fragmented Forecasting is the #1 Driver of Lost Retail Margin (And How to Fix It)

Retail operates at a constant, unforgiving sprint. With today’s global trade volatility and fast-moving trends, poor forecasting has become a high-stakes vulnerability. A slight miscalculation — whether missing the boat on the next TikTok trend or being hit with a last-minute supply chain disruption — can lead to unhappy customers and margin erosion. To outpace […]
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How 2026 will Redefine Identity Verification in Retail

Retailers lost an estimated $115 billion to ecommerce fraud in 2024, and ineffective identity verification remains one of the biggest vulnerabilities they must address entering 2026. Fraudsters are evolving faster than many retail systems can react; meanwhile, customers expect verification to be both seamless and secure. While ecommerce leaders are taking on more advanced fraud […]
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Love Beyond the 14th: How to Turn One Perfect Valentine’s Meal into a Week of Profitable Romance

Valentine’s Day may be circled on the calendar, but the consumer mindset it unlocks does not shut off at midnight. When a dinner, dessert, or drink delivers connection, indulgence, and memory-making, shoppers want the feeling again — just with less pressure, less formality, and often at a better value according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® […]
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L.L.Bean Sharpens Personalization with Customer Data Solution

L.L.Bean has selected the Amperity Customer Data Cloud to power deeper personalization across customer experiences and channels. The solution is designed to allow the outdoor retailer to unify inputs into a single, accurate view that’s accessible to teams that need it, as well as providing predictive insights to delivery timely, relevant interactions and content that […]
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Live from FMI Midwinter 2026 with AWS’s Justin Honaman

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Justin Honaman, Head Worldwide Retail & Consumer Goods Go-To-Market at Amazon Web Services. Justin is also the host of the popular “Contendercast” podcast. This episode was recorded in San Diego, CA at the 2026 FMI Midwinter Executive Conference. Follow Justin Honaman on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinhonamanFollow The […]
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Eileen Fisher Upgrades POS at 50+ Stores to Enhance In-Store CX

Sustainable fashion retailer Eileen Fisher will deploy the Aptos ONE POS platform in its more than 50 North American stores. The cloud-based, mobile-first solution is designed to provide more personal, informed and frictionless interactions in-store, along with real-time inventory and data synchronization across POS, ecommerce and fulfillment, with unified promotions and customer profiles to support […]
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Grok Is Gaining on ChatGPT and Gemini. How It Got There Isn’t Pretty.

Elon Musk’s AI bot Grok is ascending, jumping from 1.6% to 15.2% in market share among daily U.S. users of chatbot apps from January 2025 to January 2026, according to mobile insights firm Apptopia. The rise marks a furious entry into the chatbot app market for xAI, Musk’s AI company, which joined the race from […]
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Buster back on TV with drain unblocker ads

Drain care brand Buster is back on UK screens with a new advertising campaign as part of a wider marketing push to spotlight its bathroom and kitchen unblockers. Now live across major UK broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4 and Sky Media, the campaign aims to… This story continues at Buster back on TV with drain […]
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Co-op Wholesale unveils new proposition for Nisa stores

Co-op Wholesale has launched a new package for members of its Nisa symbol group. The new proposition includes no membership fees, no delivery fees, and no surcharges, as well as rebates of up to 6%, the wholesaler announced on social media. Managing director Kate Secretan… This story continues at Co-op Wholesale unveils new proposition for […]
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Ex-Lululemon CEO McDonald Named to Top Job at Wella Company

Calvin McDonald Calvin McDonald is returning to the beauty industry for his next job, CEO of the Wella Company, effective April 2, 2026. Most recently, McDonald served as CEO of Lululemon, but his earlier experience includes five years as President and CEO of Sephora Americas, where he oversaw five consecutive years of double-digit growth and […]
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Starbucks partners with Adyen for in-store payments push across 940+ European stores

Adyen has partnered with Starbucks on a project involving its payment infrastructure in Europe and the UK. A European roll-out will span 943 Starbucks stores across the UK, Austria, and Switzerland, supported by 2,375 Adyen payment terminals.  This expansion builds on a partnership between Adyen and Alsea, Starbucks’ licensee, for which the former powers payments […]
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The Key to a Better Patient Experience: Improved GTN

Today’s guest post comes from Gerard Rivera, CEO and Co-Founder of RIS Rx. Gerard reframes patient affordability as a clinical issue rather than a purely financial one. He argues that real-time precision, earlier intervention, and coordinated escalation can reduce gross-to-net failures and improve the patient experience. To learn more about RIS Rx’s approach to improving […]
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Uber Eats Launches Beta Version of AI-Powered Shopping Helper at Albertsons, Kroger and CVS

Uber Eats has introduced Cart Assistant, an AI-powered feature designed to help consumers build grocery baskets in seconds using simple text or image prompts. At launch, an initial beta version of Cart Assistant is available at dozens of grocery retailers across the country, including Albertsons, Aldi, CVS, Kroger, Safeway, Sprouts, Walgreens and Wegmans, with more […]
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Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go Are Gone A Historical Retrospective on Amazon’s Grocery Experiments & the Road Ahead

  On January 27, 2026, Amazon confirmed what many analysts had quietly anticipated: its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go store banners are being shuttered across the U.S., ending a decade of experimentation in brick-and-mortar grocery retail. According to Amazon, all 57 Amazon Fresh grocery stores and 15 Amazon Go locations are slated to close imminently […]
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BREAKING NEWS:  Amazon Bails Out Of Physical Stores Business, Closing Go And Fresh Stores

Amazon announced today that it is closing its 57 Amazon Fresh Stores and 15 Amazon Go stores.  With the exception of Whole Foods, which it acquired for $13.7 billion in 2017, it will now be out of the bricks-and-mortar business for the time being. The company’s food retail focus now will be on expanding its […]
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December E-Grocery Sales Hit $12.7 Billion, Up 32% YOY

The latest Brick Meets Click Grocery Shopper Survey is out, reporting that “monthly U.S. online grocery sales accelerated dramatically in December, with total sales surging 32% year-over-year (YOY) to finish the month with a record high $12.7 billion … This robust performance reflects higher order frequency, spending rates, and a larger user base than December […]
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NRF 2026 review: AI grabs the spotlight as retail technology steps into its next chapter

By James Pepper, Vista Technology Support A Brief Introduction to NRF and How the Show Is Structured Every January, the National Retail Federation’s ‘Retail’s Big Show’ transforms New York’s Javits Centre into one of the most influential gatherings in the global retail calendar. Tens of thousands of professionals arrive to explore new technologies, exchange ideas, […]
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