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  1. Operations & Supply Chain

How to Select the Right Distributor for Your New Product Brand

Launching a new product brand is exciting, but getting your products into stores and in front of customers can be one of the biggest challenges for emerging companies. Even the most innovative products can struggle without the right distribution strategy in place. Choosing the right distributor is one of the most important decisions your brand […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Illicit trade crackdown can restore fair playing field, says Imperial

Imperial Brands has welcomed the UK government’s new £30m High Street Organised Crime Unit, designed to tackle illicit trade and support law-abiding retailers across the UK. The move follows growing concern around the scale of criminal activity operating through some high street outlets, with illegal… This story continues at Illicit trade crackdown can restore fair […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Asos announces launch of Stylist app in ChatGPT powered by Bambuser video commerce technology

Asos has launched Stylist, an app in ChatGPT that brings fashion discovery through products and video content to customers in the UK and US.  This helps customers discover Asos products directly in ChatGPT and shop them on the fast fashion giant’s website. It has been built using video commerce platform Bambuser. Stylist uses Bambuser’s new […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

PBM Shakeout: How Vertical Integration Is Reshaping What’s Next (VIDEO)

Here at Drug Channels, we’ve been closely tracking the evolution of the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) industry for many years. The short video below—excerpted from DCI’s recent PBM Industry Update 2026: Trends, Challenges, and What’s Ahead video webinar—reviews the shifting market positions of the largest PBMs and explains why vertical integration continues to reshape the […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

ACS urges government to ‘focus on solutions not gimmicks’ to keep prices low

ACS has responded to speculation around the introduction of a price cap on supermarket goods, calling on the government to tackle the root causes of food inflation. Reports first published in the Financial Times suggested that the government had approached supermarkets about a voluntary cap… This story continues at ACS urges government to ‘focus on […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

10 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Retail Product Launch Agency

Launching your product into major retail stores is a huge milestone for any emerging brand. Landing shelf space at retailers like Target, Best Buy, or Whole Foods Market can dramatically increase brand awareness, credibility, and sales opportunities. But getting your product into retail is only the beginning. The real challenge is keeping your product on […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Three Tales Of Target

As Target tries to find its way back to the kind of relevance and cultural connection – not to mention profitability – that it enjoyed back in the old ‘cheap chic” Tar-zhay days, there have been a number of stories about its path. •  CNBC writes: “Along with aisles of diapers and colorful onesies, Target […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Reimagining the Mall with Simon Property Group’s Eric Sadi, Plus Why Stores Still Matter and On Keeps Running.

In Episode 302 of Remarkable Retail, Steve Dennis and Michael LeBlanc sit down with Eric Sadi, Co-President, North America at Simon Property Group, for a long-overdue conversation on what the modern mall has actually become—and why the obituaries keep aging badly. Eric walks through Simon’s reimagination strategy: replacing tired anchor boxes with mixed-use destinations that […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Opal data shows fight against criminal gangs behind retail crime is not new

Coinciding with the government announcement of a new High Street Organised Crime Unit, policing’s national intelligence unit, formed two years ago, has released figures showing that it has issued hundreds of arrests and disrupted a series of criminal gangs. Funded by the Home Office and… This story continues at Opal data shows fight against criminal […]
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  1. Stores & Formats

New high street crime unit formed to target gangs operating rogue stores

The government has announced the formation of a new £30m High Street Organised Crime Unit to clampdown on gangs operating dodgy shops. Overseen by security minister Dan Jarvis, the unit has been set up to target businesses such as mini-marts, vape stores and sweet shops… This story continues at New high street crime unit formed […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Does Google Have a Claude Code Counterpunch?

The rise of coding agents has reshaped the AI race. Since late last year, AI products that control your computer and act on your behalf have become the frontier, leaving benchmark-breaking model releases as something of an afterthought. Of the leading players, Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex have become company-defining products. But Google, despite […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Amazon Sued By Consumers Seeking Tariff Refunds

The New York Post reports that “Amazon is facing a new class action lawsuit accusing the company of failing to refund tariff-related costs it passed on to consumers through higher prices in order to appease the Trump administration.” The charge is that while some companies – such as Costco – have applied to the federal […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

MNB Techlash Beat

Content Guy’s Note:  A recent and continuing theme there on MNB has been a slow but growing backlash against technology in a number of forms – social media, screens that dominate and addict young people, facial recognition technology, and myriad other examples.  My position is that businesses of all kinds – especially retailers, which are […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Tariff Refunds Begin, But Uncertainty Persists

The New York Times reports that “the U.S. government has started to refund some of the roughly $160 billion collected from tariffs that the Supreme Court deemed illegal, plus interest, turning what was once a prized windfall for President Trump into a liability on the federal balance sheet. “At least two businesses confirmed this week […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

MNB Techlash Beat:  Flipping The Script

My friend Bob Morris, the journalist-novelist who these days practices his punditry on Substack (in addition to running his own boutique publishing house, Story Farm) had a column the other day in which he focused on one element of the techlash as seen in a recent college graduation. “Imagine you’ve been invited to give a […]
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  1. Associates & Employees

Your Views:  Lorem Ministerium Sugit

Last week I did a piece about the state of customer service, referencing a New York Times piece about how Pope Leo XIV got treated badly when he called his old Chicago bank just looking to change his contact info.  (He’s living in the Vatican these days.) I commented, in part: This real-life scenario ought […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Retail associations respond to the King’s Speech

ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed the publication of a number of Bills in the King’s Speech, which would support local shops with issues like, crime, energy contracts, and late payments. The State Opening of Parliament sets out the government’s legislative agenda for… This story continues at Retail associations respond to the King’s […]
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  1. Merchandising

What Retail Buyers Look for in New and Emerging Product Brands

If you’ve successfully built a direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand with strong online sales and a loyal following, you might feel ready for the next big leap: getting your product onto physical store shelves. But walking into a meeting with a buyer from Target, Sephora, or Whole Foods is very different from running Facebook ads. The retail […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

ACS announces appointments to new roles in external affairs team

ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has promoted Chris Noice and Jordan Newfield to new roles to further strengthen its campaigning voice to government. From this week, Chris Noice has been promoted to external affairs director (previously communications director), taking on responsibility for strategy development… This story continues at ACS announces appointments to new roles […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Amazon Now expands to dozens of cities across the US including Houston, Seattle, Atlanta, Denver and Orlando

Amazon has announced the roll-out of its on demand delivery service Amazon Now to dozens of cities and millions of customers across the US. The offering, which provides thousands of fresh groceries, everyday household essentials, and locally relevant items in about 30 minutes or less, is now widely available in Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Philadelphia, and […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

340B in 2026: Market Shifts, Policy Battles, and What They Mean for Stakeholders (NEW Live Video Webinar)

Join Dr. Adam J. Fein, president of Drug Channels Institute (DCI) and the editor of Drug Channels, for his latest exclusive video webinar: 340B in 2026: Market Shifts, Policy Battles, and What They Mean for Stakeholders This event will be broadcast live on: Friday, June 12, 2026 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET Register Now […]
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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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