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  1. Operations & Supply Chain

How to Prepare for Your First Retail Purchase Order

Getting your product onto physical store shelves is a massive milestone. It signals that a retail buyer sees potential in your brand and is ready to put money behind that belief. But the excitement of landing a retail partnership often brings a new wave of logistical challenges, starting with the all-important Retail Purchase Order (PO). […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Amazon Accused Of Price Fixing In New Antitrust Lawsuit

The California Attorney General’s office has expanded upon an antitrust lawsuit accusing Amazon of engaging in price fixing “by pressuring major brands like Levi’s and Hanes to ask competing retailers to raise prices on certain products.”  Attorney General Rob Bonta is seeking a preliminary injunction that, according to the Los Angeles Times, would “bar Amazon […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Food Consumer Relevance in 2026: The New Battleground for Food Retail and Foodservice

  Customer relevance in 2026 is no longer a soft metric. It is a primary driver of traffic, frequency, and margin. Price still matters, but it is no longer sufficient. Today, relevance is defined by how effectively a brand aligns with how consumers actually live, eat, and shop across dayparts, channels, and occasions. Recent cultural […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

First for Amazon as it makes big virtual fashion move with DressX Fashion Rivals partnership

Amazon and DressX have announced a partnership in which people will be able to purchase virtual clothing items on the former’s site, then redeem a code to wear and use them inside Fashion Rivals, DressX’s Meta Horizon experience. This is the first time virtual clothing has been available for sale on Amazon. In a LinkedIn […]
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  1. Owned Brands (Private Label)

Walmart Launches “Comprehensive Redesign” Of Great Value Private Label

Walmart yesterday announced “a comprehensive redesign of its flagship private brand, Great Value, reinforcing its commitment to delivering high-quality products customers need, want and love – at an affordable price … The redesign will span almost 10,000 food and consumables items, making it the most extensive private brand update in Walmart’s history. To ensure a […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Words To Live By:  “Get Off The Ad Crack”

This is a metaphor.  A good one. Variety reports that Tom Rothman, the chairman/CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, in a speech to movie theater owners at the annual CinemaCon event in Las Vegas, said that “they needed to cut back on the trailers and commercials that can last for roughly 30 minutes before […]
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  1. Department: Food

Your Views:   Backlashes

We had a story the other day about how Target plans to adjust its approach to grocery by focusing more on specialized products, and moving away from the something-for-everyone strategy. I was, to say the least, dubious. In wrote, ion part: The thing is, it isn’t easier to be an effective specialty food retailer.  It’s […]
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  1. Retail Ecosystem

How to Approach Large Retail Buyers

Most emerging brands believe a myth that holds them back for years: “I can’t get into major retail stores because I don’t know the right people.” While having a Rolodex full of contacts helps, it is not the only way to get your product on shelves. Retail buyers are not gatekeepers hiding behind an iron […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

The Innovation Conversation:  A Bias Toward Action

Tom Furphy and KC start out by addressing some of the assertions and plans laid out by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy in his annual letter to shareholders, and then pivot to a discussion of Amazon’s bias toward action, investment and innovation.  This cultural mandate informs Amazon’s approach to grocery retail and its commitment to AI […]
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  1. Stores & Formats

Plans For NYC-Owned Grocery Stores Take Shape

The New York Times reports that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is beginning to lay out his plans for city-owned grocery stores, looking to fulfill a core campaign promise he made during last year’s election. According to the story, Mamdani said the plan is to open all the stores before the end of his […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Live from Shoptalk: Retail Rumble (Part 1) with Neil Saunders, R.J. Hottovy, Rachel Tipograph, Kiri Masters & Anne Mezzenga

This week Steve Dennis and Michael LeBlanc bring listeners a high-energy live episode from Shoptalk Las Vegas — Part 1 of the inaugural Retail Rumble. The episode opens with the week’s most important retail news. Levi Strauss delivers strong revenue growth driven by its expanding direct-to-consumer business, underscoring how its pivot away from wholesale dependency […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Footwear Market Trends: Running Growth, Brand Share Shifts, and Changing Consumer Spend

Download our latest report to learn how shifting channel performance, evolving brand competition, and changing consumer behavior are reshaping the footwear market and what it means for growth. The footwear market is evolving, with growth patterns diverging across channels, categories, and brands. While overall category growth remains modest, in-store performance has outpaced online, and Running […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Anthropic’s Mythos is Here. Is OpenAI’s Spud Next?

After Anthropic’s introduction of Mythos — the mega-model it said is too dangerous to release to the public — OpenAI is poised for AI’s next big moment with “Spud.” “Spud” is a massive new base model that OpenAI President Greg Brockman recently told us is “a new pre-train” that can understand instructions and context better. […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Jason & Scot Show Episode EP337 – Agentic Commerce at Citi’s Global Consumer & Retail Conference

A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. Episode 337 is a panel discusion on the Future of Agentic Commerce from Citi’s Global Consumer & Retail Conference. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Podcast RSS SoundCloud TuneIn iHeartRadio Google Play Music Overcast Pocket Casts Facebook ????? Chapters 0:30 Welcome to the Jason and […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Andy Jassy On Grocery, Squiggly Lines, Betting Big, & Music Lessons

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has posted his annual letter to shareholders, following in a tradition begun by founder and then-CEO Jeff Bezos in 1997.  (As usual, Amazon also posts the original 1997 message after the new missive, which is one way to indicate that as much as the business has evolved and grown, its core […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

The Power Of Proprietary and Defining Private Label

The New York Times reports that this week, Amazon Prime Video “becomes the first streamer to serve the patrons of the Masters, joining mainstays CBS and ESPN.”  A major deal, the Times suggests, that signifies the degree to which Amazon is delivering on its ambitions. “It was eight years ago that Amazon Prime Video completed […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Kohl’s and Tween Apparel Trends: The Growing Role of Private Label Brands

Download our latest report to better understand where market share is shifting, how private label brands are scaling, and where shoppers are spending across the girls’ apparel market. The girls’ apparel market is evolving as younger shoppers shift toward value oriented, assortment driven, and trend responsive products across retailers. As competition intensifies, changes in market […]
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  1. Retail Ecosystem

Key Themes at SXSW 2026 with Omnicom’s Greg Brown

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Greg Brown, SVP of Innovation for the DAS Group of Agencies at Omnicom. Greg joins to share key themes coming from the 2026 SXSW which dedicates itself to helping creative people achieve their goals. Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, SXSW® is best known for its […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Ocado ramps up quick commerce push as it starts rolling out same day delivery slots in UK

Ocado is launching same day delivery slots in select UK areas. In an email to customers, the online grocery retailer said: “You can now order with your morning cuppa and we’ll deliver before dinner.” It added: “It’s perfect for when you’ve run out of milk. Oh, and you forgot to get the tinned tomatoes for […]
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  1. Retail Ecosystem

Commerce Riff with Sri & PVSB – April 7, 2026

Each week, the CPG Guys will riff on the hottest topics in the world of omnichannel commerce.  This week’s topics: Amazon FBA Surcharge Container Store gets a new owner Kristin Wolf promoted at Ulta Home Depot’s new CTO 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: […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Reoccurring Customer Visits Drive Incremental Revenue Faster

  The growth algorithm across all sectors of food retail—restaurants, convenience stores, and grocery service delis—has converged on one immutable truth according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®:  frequency of visits is the most reliable driver of incremental revenue and long-term profitability. What was once a convenience-store insight is now […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Stitch Fix CEO Matt Baer, Nike’s Identify Crisis, Grocery’s Looming Collapse of the Middle, and Pets.Com: The Sequel

This week on The Remarkable Retail Podcast, Steve Dennis and Michael LeBlanc break down the forces reshaping retail before sitting down live at Shoptalk in Las Vegas with Matt Baer, CEO of Stitch Fix. The episode opens with a wide-ranging look at the macro pressures bearing down on the industry—geopolitical conflict, rising tariffs, and supply […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Guest Column:  Thom Blischok on “Retail Restructured”

Content Guy’s Note:  I don’t run a lot of guest columns on MNB, but when I read this LinkedIn posting from Thom Blischok, of The Dialogic Group, I decided that it was exactly the kind of piece that should be featured here – it focuses on how three major retailers are engaging in fundamental rethinking […]
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  5. Associates & Employees
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  7. Stores & Formats

Walmart to Expand Digital Shelf Labels Chainwide

Walmart will deploy digital shelf labels (DSLs) chainwide this year, doubling the approximately 2,300 U.S. locations currently using the technology (Walmart U.S. operates more than 4,600 stores). With more than 120,000 items in a typical Walmart store, managing price changes manually requires significant associate hours. Additionally, these DSLs are equipped with LED lights that make […]
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