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Worth Reading:  Calculating AI’s Impact On The Job Market

The Atlantic has an excellent story assessing the likely impact of artificial intelligence on the nation’s job market – both employers and employees. An excerpt: “This is a technology that can digest a hundred reports before you’ve finished your coffee, draft and analyze documents faster than teams of paralegals, compose music indistinguishable from the genius […]
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AI-Led Legacy Modernization for Retail and CPG: Transforming Applications and Data into an Intelligent Enterprise

It will not be too off the mark to say that retail and CPG organizations find themselves at a crossroads and a critical inflection point in decision-making for future growth. While the fundamentals of success, such as extreme customer-centricity, financial rigor and operational excellence through data-driven decisions remain firmly vital, there are some additional developments […]
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How to Get Your Product into Sam’s Club: A Step-by-Step Guide for Product Manufacturers

Getting your product into Sam’s Club can be a major growth milestone for manufacturers and consumer brands. With more than 600 warehouse club locations across the United States and millions of loyal members, Sam’s Club offers unmatched exposure, high-volume sales potential, and strong brand credibility. However, landing shelf space at Sam’s Club is highly competitive. […]
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Record-Breaking Results: How AI Influenced $262 Billion in Online Holiday Sales

This article first appeared in our sister publication Shop Eat Surf Outdoor Following years of fluctuating consumer confidence and flat ecommerce traffic, retailers braced for a modest performance in holiday 2025. Yet the data tells a different story: a record-breaking season defined by a massive surge in online activity and the emergence of a new, […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

The Black influence: How Black culture & identity drive the market

The Black influence How Black culture & identity drive the market Black consumers are sending a clear signal to businesses that want to leverage their buying power, influence, and brand loyalty. Get the key insights into Black consumer trends that brands need to know to win over Black audiences in 2026 and beyond. Download now […]
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New dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index Highlights Regional Chains

dunnhumby is out with its ninth annual Retailer Preference Index (RPI) for U.S. Grocery, concluding that H-E-B, Market Basket and Woodman’s are the top three U.S. grocery retailers.  It is the first time, dunnhumby says, that the leading three retailers in the United States are all regional chains. Rounding out the top 10:  Costco (4), […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

December sales drop over 2% at small retail businesses despite traffic bump

​[[{“value”:” This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Last month, smaller retailers had steady traffic but faced transaction challenges, according to research from Fiserv’s December Small Business Index, released Monday. Adjusted for inflation, small business retail during the month fell 2.2% year over year. Consumers prioritized essentials even […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

In 2020, I made 5 predictions about marketing and martech for this decade. Here’s how they’re going…

Happy New Year! Five years ago, Jason Baldwin and I published Martech 2030 (ungated PDF), a report predicting five major trends that would shape marketing and martech through what we christened The Decade of the Augmented Marketer. We’re now at halftime at the start of 2026. How are those predictions holding up? I asked ChatGPT, […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Turning Screens into Storefronts: The Rise of Shoppable Video

Shoppable video has helped evolve the digital video landscape from passive viewing into active buying. From QR codes on connected TV ads to interactive overlays that let consumers add products to their cart without leaving the screen, the concept is simple: make video content instantly transactional. IAB’s 2025 Digital Video Ad Spend & Strategy report […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Global Market for Data Center Networking Technologies: Trends Growth and Future Outlook

The global market for data center networking technologies is evolving rapidly as organizations accelerate digital transformation, cloud adoption, and AI-driven workloads. Data centers are no longer just storage hubs they are the backbone of modern digital economies, supporting cloud computing, edge services, 5G, big data, and artificial intelligence.
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  1. Data & Insights

AI for Retailers: Unlocking the Power and Promise of Emerging Technology

Artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating the transformation of physical retail environments. In-person shopping continues to command the largest share of U.S. retail activity, representing over 84% of total sales in 2025, as documented by recent research on brick-and-mortar industry trends. Retailers are responding by adopting AI-powered tools and strategies that improve the quality and immediacy […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Total Wine Names Neiman Marcus Exec as New CEO

Total Wine & More has named retail veteran Ryan Ross as its new CEO, effective Jan. 12, 2026. Ross brings 25 years of retail experience to the new job; most recently, he served as President of Neiman Marcus Brand and Head of NMG Customer Insights, and he previously held leadership roles at Williams Sonoma and […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Fan favorites drive the holiday viewing spirit

The holidays are a time of embracing tradition for many U.S. families, and TV viewing habits during the month of December certainly indicates this. Holiday movies are a regular fixture when it comes to celebrating the season, and networks like the Hallmark Channel and GAC tap into the holiday spirit with a fresh slate of […]
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  1. Data & Insights

The Connected Forecourt: How Fuel Retailers are Turning Stations into Shopping Destinations

Fuel and convenience retail is changing fast. The traditional forecourt is no longer just a place to fill up and leave; it’s evolving into a connected, customer-first retail hub that blends physical speed with digital convenience. As consumer expectations rise and connected technologies mature, fuel retailers are discovering new ways to transform the pump-side experience […]
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  1. Channel: Dollar/Value

Culture of Values with Dollar General’s Angela Martin

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Angela Martin, VP of Customer Insights & Branding at Dollar General. With approximately 20,000 stores, they serve communities across the country, from right around the corner. DG exists to provide convenience, quality, and value, so their customers can get back to what’s important.  This episode was […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Kroger Expands In-Store Digital Screens to Provide Wine and Spirits Sales Support

Kroger has expanded its deployment of in-store digital screens in the wine and spirits departments of nearly 600 stores nationwide, following a multi-year pilot across 50 locations. The screens, powered by the Looma retail media network, helped grow category sales and improve endcap execution, providing featured alcohol brands with a 2X to 4X ROAS (return […]
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  1. Agencies & Vendors

Making a List, Checking it Twice

Businesses have never had greater and more varied data at their disposal. But the stubborn issue of data silos continues to plague what they can do with it. AI alone can’t fix this. AI is only as useful as the quality of the data that it has access to. And all the hype and promise […]
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  1. Data & Insights

The retail visibility gap – and how verified spend closes it

​[[{“value”:” Your dashboards say sales are stable. Your brand tracker shows consistent awareness. Your surveys confirm loyal customers. And yet, a competitor just took your share – but you won’t see it until it’s too late (likely next quarter).  That’s not a failure of your research team. It’s a failure of true consumer visibility.  In today’s […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Tops of Sports – Media trends shaping sports marketing for 2026

Tops of sports Media trends shaping sports marketing for 2026 Download now Tops of sports Media trends shaping sports marketing for 2026 Download now 2025 proved to be a pivotal year for sports as consumers continue to adapt to a changing media landscape. A growing intensity of fan engagement coupled with an evolution of how […]
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  1. Agencies & Vendors

2025 Review and 2026 Predictions with NielsenIQ’s Sherry Frey, Anna Mayo, Chris Costagli & Andrea Binder

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Nielsen IQ’s Sherry Frey – VP Total Wellness, Anna Mayo – VP Beauty Vertical, Chris Costagli – VP Food & Beverage Vertical & Andrea Bider – VP Pet Care Vertical. Follow Sherry Frey on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherry-frey/ Follow Anna Mayo on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-mayo/ Follow Chris […]
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  1. Data & Insights

AI’s Impact on the Marketing World: What Product Startups Need to Know to Win in Retail

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a “future trend”—it’s the driving force behind modern marketing and a critical competitive advantage for product startups preparing to work with retailers. As AI becomes deeply integrated across every industry, marketing is shifting from instinct-driven decisions to data-powered strategies. For consumer product brands, especially those gearing up for retail […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Successful New Product Development in Five Steps

In today’s competitive and fast-changing market, many product companies struggle to maintain sales growth. Tactics that once delivered results—such as leveraging new e-commerce platforms, riding Amazon momentum, or white-labeling popular items—no longer offer the same advantage because nearly everyone is doing them. To truly differentiate your brand, you need to innovate. New product development (NPD) […]
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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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