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Pinterest taps into search and shopping data to create holiday gift guides

​[[{“value”:” Dive Brief Celebrities including Pamela Anderson and the Jonas Brothers have also curated shoppable boards as the social platform caters to gift buyers. Published Nov. 12, 2025 By Tatiana Walk-Morris Pinterest used popular search terms to curate gift guides like “the indecisive boyfriend,” “the frequent flyer,” and “teacher gifts that aren’t mugs.” Getty Images […]
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Why Retailer Market Fit Is Critical for Product Startups

Many innovative product startups dream of seeing their products on the shelves of retail giants like Walmart, Best Buy, or Costco. While that dream is exciting, few founders stop to ask an important question — is that actually the right move right now? Getting your product into thousands of stores can be a major milestone, […]
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How to Transition from E-Commerce to Brick-and-Mortar Sales

Making the transition from digital retail to offline channels like stores, catalog companies, TV shopping networks, and more can be daunting and prevent many successful online consumer product companies from growing. Making the transition from e-commerce to brick-and-mortar sales is easier than it has ever been but being prepared can make all the difference. Here […]
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Local news goes over the top: OTT app viewing is growing in US markets

The way Americans consume local news is undergoing a dramatic transformation, moving from the traditional broadcast screen to the personalized, on-demand world of over-the-top (OTT) streaming. Local news apps on platforms like Roku, Samsung, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV are not just an alternative; they are rapidly becoming a primary source of news and […]
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Instacart Debuts AI Grocery Suite, Powers Customer-Facing Agentic Tech for Kroger

Instacart has introduced a suite of AI solutions specifically designed for the complexities of grocery retailing, featuring a white-label customer-facing agentic AI-powered shopping helper called Cart Assistant. This personalized omnichannel shopping companion supports meal planning and nutrition and is capable of learning from each customer’s preferences and purchase history. In the next few months, Sprouts […]
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4 retailers that need a win this holiday season

​[[“value”:” With Halloween in the rearview, all eyes are locked on the holidays ahead. Retailers are trying to win over customers — from special in-store experiences to early deals on holiday gifts. Discounts, in particular, may go a long way for retailers amid a year marked by economic uncertainty and weak consumer sentiment. Consumers are […]
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Choosing the Right Distribution Model: Dropshipping vs. Traditional Inventory

Shipping logistics may not sound glamorous, but it’s one of the most critical factors that determine whether your retail business thrives or struggles. From manufacturers to distributors to your retail store, each stage of the supply chain introduces costs, delays, and complexities that can make or break profitability. Before diving into fulfillment details, every retailer […]
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Nordstrom relaunches holiday catalog

​[[{“value”:” Dive Brief The department store will host more than 1,500 events this year and will also have Santa Claus at all of its locations for the first time. Published Oct. 29, 2025 By Howard Ruben A Nordstrom storefront. As part of its holiday campaign, the department store said 90% of its gift offerings are […]
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Wayfair Launches Project Management Tool for Design Professionals

Wayfair has launched My Projects, an integrated project management tool available exclusively to Wayfair Professional members. As part of the Professional ecosystem, the tool is designed to allow pros to create projects and source products directly from the Wayfair catalog, as well as assigning tasks, setting deadlines and tracking progress through status updates and dashboards. […]
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Walmart, OpenAI Team Up To Enable Shopping Via ChatGPT

If Walmart’s dominance of the retail economy wasn’t daunting enough to this point, there was this story: Walmart announced this week “a new partnership with OpenAI that will start with allowing customers and members to soon shop Walmart through ChatGPT using Instant Checkout. Whether planning meals, restocking household essentials, or finding something new, customers can […]
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Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian on Gemini Enterprise, AI’s Labor Implications, Investment Frenzy

Google just introduced a version of its Gemini chatbot built for business use cases. The new product, Gemini Enterprise, connects with enterprise data and includes an agent builder, customer service tools, and more. The initiative comes amid a flood of new AI investment, which has ramped pressure on the technology to deliver returns for business, […]
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Walmart Spotlights Collectibles Prowess at New York Comic Con

Walmart Marketplace is determined to stake its claim in the collectibles arena, and it’s doing so at one of the largest pop culture events in the country: New York Comic Con (NYCC), running Oct. 9-12 at NYC’s Javits Center. The retailer has also added the Shortboxed comics marketplace, with a catalog of 75,000 books from […]
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175-Year-Old Catalog Retailer Hammacher Schlemmer Folds…but Hints at Return

The 175-year-old catalog-based retailer Hammacher Schlemmer, known for its unexpected and unique merchandise, has initiated going-out-of-business sales, so anyone in the market for a remote-controlled bald eagle or a personal oxygen bar better get online fast. The company, which was acquired by Southern California investment firm S5 Equity in 2024, has enlisted the help of Gordon […]
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Meta Debuts Customizable AI Agent to Help Brands Close the Sale

In its ongoing effort to leverage AI to drive ad performance across Facebook, Instagram and its messaging platforms, Meta has unveiled a number of new innovations for advertisers. Among the new capabilities are virtual try-on personalized to a user’s own image; new tools to ramp up creators’ effectiveness, including affiliate and product linking; and persona-based […]
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Target introduces in-store toy demos, kids’ catalog for the holidays

​[[{“value”:” The retailer is also highlighting thousands of toys it will offer under $20, as a way to emphasize value. Published Sept. 26, 2025 A Target checkout toy. The company released its Bullseye Top Toys List, which features over 40 toys. Courtesy of Target “}]] 
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Including VoCoVo and Sitoo: 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards digital transformation finalists

We’re pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards Digital Transformation Project of the Year UK and Rest of World categories. We received a record number of entries this year and many fantastic examples of the continued resilience and dynamism of the retail space during hugely challenging times. Congratulations to all those […]
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FaceTime with the Content Guy:  In The End, Sundance Couldn’t Swim

The Robert Redford-founded Sundance retail business, which has been around for about 35 years though it never really got beyond being a niche operation with a catalog operation and barely more than a dozen stores, is going out of business.  Some of it may simply be because Redford, one of film’s greatest stars, is closing […]
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Digital department store Freemans taps Mirakl technology as it looks to scale dropship capabilities

Freemans.com has announced a partnership with Mirakl involving the online retailer’s dropship capabilities. Over the last five years, Freemans has been moving from a legacy catalogue business to a digital pureplay with a strategy of targeting the 40+ UK consumer group. Its digital department store strategy requires a mix of own bought product, some designed […]
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Anthropologie Promotes Maeve to Standalone Brand, Plans Stores and Exclusive Catalog

Anthropologie’s customer favorite Maeve label has been elevated to a standalone brand with its own branded storefronts, beginning with the initial concept store opening this fall in Raleigh, N.C. Maeve already has dedicated retail spaces within Anthropologie’s brick-and-mortar footprint and has been shopped by nearly 2 million customers over the past year, as well as […]
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Wayfair Continues Brick-and-Mortar Expansion with Plans for Denver Store

Wayfair has announced plans for its fourth large-format store, which will open in Denver in late 2026. The approximately 140,000-square-foot store will mark Wayfair’s first foray into the Mountain West region, joining locations in Wilmette, Ill. and Atlanta. A fourth store is planned to open in Yonkers, N.Y. in early 2027. “As we expand our physical retail […]
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Reimagining Heritage Through Innovation: A Conversation with Stuart Hogue, Lands’ End Senior Vice President, US Consumer

In this insightful summer bonus episode of the Remarkable Retail podcast, we welcome Stuart Hogue, Lands’ End, Senior Vice President, US Consumer, for a fast-paced conversation recorded live at the CommerceNext Growth Show in New York City. Stuart brings a wealth of brand experience—spanning time at Nike and a passion for brand strategy shaped by […]
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Edible Launches Digital Marketplace for Non-Perishable Gifts

Edible Arrangements has partnered with the tech-forward gifting platform Goody to add a curated selection of non-perishable third-party gifts to its website, designed to complement its own taste-tempting offerings. Powered by Goody’s Commerce API, the launch allows Edible customers to shop for food-adjacent items from brands including Carbone, Ghia and Homesick Candles. Recipients get a […]
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  1. Data & Insights

The Grocerant Guru® Report: Why Legacy Retailers May Be Fading While Value-Driven Innovators Thrive

  Today’s grocery shopper isn’t just hunting for bargains, they’re navigating a maze of digital options, private-label innovations, and flavor-forward experiences. If you’re still playing the legacy game of weekly circulars and national brand mimicry, you’re not just behind, you’re invisible according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. Welcome to […]
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A milestone for the UK recycling industry: last week’s biggest retail technology plays at a glance

RTIH rounds up the stand out retail systems deals, launches, deployments and pilots from the past seven days. Including M&S, Polytag, Zalando, Uber Eats, Gopuff, Peter Piper Pizza, Lidl GB, Currys, Snappy Shopper, Joe & The Juice, and Nobody’s Child. M&S Polytag reports that Marks & Spencer has become the first retailer to bring invisible […]
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Bytes to Bites: Lessons from Building the Nation’s Largest Online EBT System

March 2020 brought an unnerving tide of news reports, a growing sense of unease, and the undeniable arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. As cities locked down and uncertainty swept the nation, my familiar world of software development felt increasingly distant from the stark realities unfolding outside. Millions found themselves confined, facing anxieties not just about […]
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French fashion marketplace accelerator The Agent taps Akeneo Supplier Data Manager solution

The Agent reports the adoption of Akeneo’s Supplier Data Manager (SDM) solution, with the aim of streamlining and enhancing the onboarding of its supplier product data.   The company works with both emerging and established apparel, accessories and footwear brands, including Le Coq Sportif, Herschel Supply Co and Aigle, to grow online sales on third-party marketplaces […]
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Including Scala, Currys, Nextail, and Tesco: last week’s biggest retail technology plays at a glance

RTIH rounds up the stand out retail systems deals, launches, deployments and pilots from the past seven days. Including Scotta, Nextail, Coborn’s, Toolstation, Google Cloud, New Look, Fanatics, Asda, Just Eat UK, Debenhams Group, and Auror. Scala Digital signage and integrated solutions specialist, Scala, officially opened its new 142 square metres showroom in Central London […]
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David’s Bridal Marries Online and In-Store CX with Shopify Integration

David’s Bridal is taking the next step toward fully integrating its ecommerce and store operations as it moves into a tech-driven, asset-light retail model. The biggest customer-facing change will be the introduction of an endless aisle experience in select stores, delivered via full-scale digital touchscreens powered by Shopify that will allow shoppers to access the […]
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Macy’s among retailers working with Pinterest to test and provide feedback on AI driven auto-collages

Pinterest is rolling out a suite of new AI driven ad solutions, with the aim of making it easier for advertisers to tap into emerging trends and meet consumers at every stage of their shopping journey.  As part of Pinterest Ad Labs, it is piloting auto-collages whch, it claims, allows advertisers to turn their existing […]
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Salesforce Bolsters AI Ambitions with $8B Informatica Acquisition

Salesforce will beef up its cloud data management capabilities with the purchase of Informatica for $8 billion in equity value, net of Salesforce’s current investment in the company. Holders of Informatica’s Class A and Class B-1 common stock will receive $25 in cash per share when the acquisition closes early in Salesforce’s 2027 fiscal year, […]
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Walmart adding RFID tech to fresh categories

​Dive Brief The retailer worked with Avery Dennison on developing the solution in an effort to minimize food waste and improve inventory management. Published Oct. 23, 2025 Workers can better track inventory and determine when to rotate or mark down products with RFID technology, according to Walmart. Courtesy of Walmart
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‘A cultural shift’: Dollar Tree’s CEO on tech, AI adoption

At Dollar Tree’s investor day this month, the discount retailer gave a peek into how it’s catching up with the times — and AI is playing a key role. If one thing is certain, CEO Mike Creedon told investors, it’s that Dollar Tree must evolve. “And we are, from a single price point model to […]
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New Amazon smart delivery glasses help drivers navigate routes and complete deliveries

Amazon has unveiled new smart glasses designed to assist drivers in navigating their routes and completing deliveries. The AI powered technology provides hands free navigation, package scanning, and hazard detection directly in drivers’ field of view, eliminating the need to look down at their smartphones while making deliveries. The glasses feature computer vision technology that […]
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