NRF 2026: Why Retail’s Future Belongs to the Experimenters (Not the Five-Year Planners)

Retail Media Breakfast Club · Jan 15, 2026 · 6m · transcript

I spent the first few days of NRF right at the center of the retail universe and somehow still managed to feel behind. In this episode, I’m reflecting on what I saw, what I missed (including a genuinely historic announcement), and why that feeling of being left behind might actually be the most honest signal of where retail is heading in 2026.

From agentic commerce and AI-powered shopping, to candid perspectives from leaders at Home Depot, Wayfair, Dick’s, and beyond, this conversation is about letting go of false certainty. We’ll dig into why experimentation is beating confidence, why “wait…