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Rethink Retail
Rethink Retail - the evolution of retail in today’s connected world. Join us as we explore the most recent trends and innovations in commerce.
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Rethink RetailWho Owns the Front Door, and Can Your Stores Deliver?
Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup, your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. This week, Jeremy…
Rethink RetailDELIVER’s Founder: AI and Cost Matter. So Do People
Retail supply chain leaders arrive at industry events with a problem to solve and a deadline to meet. Most of those problems come back to three things: AI…
Rethink RetailSainsbury’s Store Entrance Is Its Busiest Homepage
In UK grocery, 80% of customers still shop in stores, so retail media can’t live only on a website. At Nectar360, the retail media business behind Sainsbury’s…
Rethink RetailDoorDash’s $17B Instacart Deal & the Loyalty Tax Retailers Pay
Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup, your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. This week, Jeremy…
Rethink Retail100 Sales to 10,000: Can Your Supply Chain Keep Up?
A single TikTok video in Poland can take a beauty product from 100 sales a day to 10,000. No forecast can see that coming, so the supply chain has to be built…
Rethink RetailRetail Media’s Content Gap, From Creators to Sampling
Most retail media still runs on catalog images and repurposed TV ads, which gives shoppers little reason to stop and look. Content that helps people choose…
Rethink RetailGoogle’s Universal Cart and the Weather Behind Demand
Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup, your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. This week, Jeremy…
Rethink RetailThe Customer Signals That Sent Amazon Prime to Colombia
Amazon runs full operations in 22 countries, yet shoppers in more than 100 countries buy from it. Deciding where to invest next comes down to reading what…
Rethink RetailIs Micro-Fulfillment the Winning Strategy in the US?
Online now makes up more than 19% of US grocery sales, and most of those orders are still picked off store shelves. That gets grocers online quickly, but it…
Rethink RetailSplit Budgets Are Holding Back Retail Media Growth
Retail media replaced the printed flyer, but the way brands plan for it hasn’t changed much. Budgets still roll over year to year like a trade expense, split…
Rethink RetailHackers, Tariffs, and a $9.3 Billion Grocery Fight
Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup, your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. This week, Jeremy…
Rethink RetailReal-Time Loyalty: A Conversation with Evan Gaetano, Membership Strategy & Innovation at Sam's Club
Walmart sources produce from 10,000 American farms. Many shoppers who relied on Walmart for cereal and coffee had no idea, and crossed the street to buy fruit…
Rethink RetailRetail Media’s $170 Billion Creative Problem
Retail media now draws $170 billion a year, more than TV and CTV combined, and much of that money buys ads few shoppers remember. Lisa Zielinski (Ipsos) joins…
Rethink RetailNike, P&G, and TikTok Fight to Keep the Customer
Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup, your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. This week, Jeremy…
Rethink RetailLessons in Global Growth From Crocs and BioSteel
Leverage, local knowledge, and high margins. That's the recipe Andrew Nichols (Warroad Original Hockey Co.) has learned to grow a consumer brand across new…
Rethink RetailHow Adyen Unified SharkNinja's Global Payments
Until 2024, SharkNinja ran its direct-to-consumer business on two separate tech stacks, one for North America and one for Europe. Every new market added more…
Rethink RetailRetail Media and AI Agents Move at the Speed of Trust
Retail media moves at the speed of its people. Shopper habits, trust between retailers and brands, and comfort with handing work to AI all set the pace more…
Rethink RetailAmazon vs. Meta: Who Controls the AI Shopper?
Amazon believes in AI shopping agents. It just wants to decide whose agents get through the door. Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup. This is your…
Rethink RetailHow to Own the Grocery Customer and Keep Them
In online grocery, the delivery driver is often the only person a customer ever meets from the retailer. Whoever runs that delivery, and whoever holds the…
Rethink RetailMissed Fiscal Regulations Can Close Your Stores Abroad
A retailer can get everything right in a new country and still be shut down over how it records a sale. The culprit is fiscalization, the rules for how every…
Rethink RetailRetail Media's $100B Question: Can You Prove It?
Every number in retail media right now comes from someone grading their own homework. Retailers measure their own campaigns, and platforms measure their own…
Rethink RetailCostco Hands Off Delivery as Kroger Bets on AI
Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup. This is your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. In this…
Rethink RetailTIARA Sells by Teaching Buyers, Not Pitching
Zuly Matallana's brand has the kind of unpaid advocacy most founders spend years chasing: a Dragon's Den investor who still posts about the product, a Good…
Rethink RetailRetail Media's Investment Gap and How to Close It
A new Rethink Retail series going inside the real strategies, real numbers, and real people building retail media from the ground up. In our debut episode…
Rethink RetailAI's Existential Risk Debate Hits Retail's Radar
Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup. This is your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. In this…
Rethink RetailWhen Tariffs Hit, Calgary Co-op Doubled Down on Local
$27.6 billion in American goods now enters Canada facing a new tariff, 15%, 25%, or 50% depending on the product, as part of Canada's counter-tariffs on US…
Rethink RetailHow Seamless Tech Powers Human Connection
Retail technology has automated the back office for years, but the store floor has lagged, still running on manual gap scans and disconnected systems that pull…
Rethink RetailTariffs Hit Canada as AI Reshapes Product Discovery
Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup. This is your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. In this…
Rethink RetailChina's Unichannel Model, Latin America's Opportunity
Unichannel isn't the next phase of omnichannel. It proves that omnichannel was never the finish line. In this episode of the Global Lens podcast series, host…
Rethink RetailThe Scale Playbook: How Sonic Turned Different Into $2B
Scaling a brand and protecting what makes it distinct aren't the same goal, and knowing the difference separates lasting growth from quiet erosion. For 23…
Rethink RetailAmazon Doubled Apparel Share. Shein's IPO Fell
Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup. This is your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. In this…
Rethink RetailWhy Brand Loyalty Is Retail's Best AI Defense
Global retail leaders are adjusting their strategic playbooks as practical AI integration, localized omnichannel operations, and customer retention redefine…
Rethink RetailThe 30 Seconds at Checkout That Make or Break Loyalty
Retailers spend fortunes perfecting the store, then hand the whole experience over to 30 seconds at the counter. In our latest episode, Senior Retail Analyst…
Rethink RetailFTC Cracks Down on Pricing as Amazon Bets $530M on Delivery
Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup. This is your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. In this…
Rethink RetailWhen Creative Becomes Software: Walmart Connect Product Leader Nishanth Kadiyala on Scaling AI
Global retail media expansion hinges on balancing localized AI-generated creative with brand integrity. In this episode of the Global Lens podcast series, host…
Rethink RetailUscreen & BBM: Transforming Video into Community
Building a loyal audience takes far more than just posting on social media and relying on fickle algorithms. As creators and brands look for reliable growth…
Rethink RetailDavid’s Bridal, Brooks Running, and Does Sustainability Matter?
Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup. This is your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. In this…
Rethink RetailGlobal Lens: What Nike & Under Armour Got Wrong in China
Scaling an international brand isn't about flooding new markets with identical stores. It is about knowing exactly what to protect in your brand's DNA and what…
Rethink RetaileTail Recap: AI Returns, $95 Loyalty & GLP-1 Trends
In this special mashup episode of the RETHINK Retail Podcast, host Jeremy Goldman sits down with leaders from New York & Company, Elizée, Ross-Simons, and…
Rethink RetailTariff Gold Rush, Kroger AI & Hot Topic's Buyout
Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup. This is your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. In this…
Rethink RetailVuori’s Blueprint for International Brand Growth
Scaling globally without losing the core identity and product quality that built early brand loyalty remains one of retail's hardest execution challenges. In…
Rethink RetailScaling Assisted Wellness: Building Member Loyalty
Standing out in the $2.1T wellness market takes more than running social ads. As people seek real solutions for chronic pain and mobility, growing brands have…
Rethink RetailGrocery, Surveillance Pricing & Should Brands Go Public?
Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup—your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. In this week’s…
Rethink RetailBeyond Translation: Standardize Globally, Adapt Locally
The platforms change, but retail’s core rules stay the same. Whether you're entering new international markets or integrating AI into fulfillment, lasting…
Rethink RetailBeyond the Search Bar: AI Agents in Retail
AI is changing what search means in e-commerce. Shoppers are no longer just typing keywords and scanning static results. Conversational agents are shaping…
Rethink RetailRetail Roundup: Luxury Split, TikTok Shop & Heritage
Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup—your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. In this week’s…
Rethink RetailWhy Global Demand Is Outpacing Operations
“The hard part isn’t going global. It’s staying operational once you’re there.” Senior Retail Analyst Lavina Suthenthiran unpacks the newest Global Lens report…
Rethink RetailRetail Roundup: Retail’s End to Safe Plays
Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup—your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. In this week’s…
Rethink RetailThe Omnichannel Execution Gap
Most retailers have the tools, platforms, and channels. The problem? They don’t talk to each other. Simply offering apps, delivery, and pickup options is no…
Rethink RetailRetail Roundup: From Reaction to Retail Restructure
Welcome to another addition of Retail Roundup. Your weekly brief to help retail leaders decode the biggest news in retail, AI, and commerce—and understand what…
Rethink RetailInstacart’s Connected Store Strategy
Instacart is shifting from a basic delivery app to a complete digital operating system that runs grocery stores from top to bottom. Ryan Hamburger, Chief…
Rethink RetailRetail Roundup: AI, Leadership & Retail Media
Welcome to the Retail Roundup. Your weekly brief to help retail leaders decode the biggest news in retail, AI, and commerce—and understand what those…
Rethink RetailMoving Retail Tech Beyond the Pilot Phase
Retailers rarely manage to scale new storefront technology beyond a basic pilot phase. Demo modes simulate perfect conditions, but they completely ignore the…
Rethink RetailNext Phase of Retail AI: Agents & Infrastructure
AI is becoming embedded in retail operations, shifting the conversation from experimentation to scalable, sustainable execution. At Shoptalk Europe, Azita…
Rethink RetailMedia in Retail: Why Community Matters
Welcome to Media in Retail Today, RETHINK Retail officially launched Media in Retail (MiR), a new community built for the people shaping the future of retail…
Rethink RetailCracking the E-Grocery Code of Same-Day Delivery
Most grocers can launch same-day delivery. The real challenge is building a model that keeps customers happy while still protecting margins at scale. In this…
Rethink RetailHow Retail Innovation Is Shaping Grocery Operations in 2026
On this special crossover episode between RETHINK Retail and Retail Razor, guest host Ricardo Belmar — founder of the Retail Razor podcast network — sits down…
Rethink RetailHow to Win with RFID: Master the Intelligent Store
The Intelligent Store: Revolutionizing Fashion with RFID Real-time item visibility is the ultimate cornerstone of modern customer service. Drew Ehlers from…
Rethink RetailThe Retail Shift: From AI to Lived Experience
In an era of AI-driven information overload, consumers are moving away from pure search queries and toward trusted, human-centered proof. “People want answers…
Rethink RetailPreserving Human Ownership: The Key to Measurable AI Success in Retail
As retailers scale AI across their operations, a clear picture is emerging of exactly where automation elevates the business and consumer experience, and where…