Reducing friction and increasing buy button visibility could help the wallet compete with rivals.
Comps sales fell 1.1% in Q1, its best quarter in years, but identity questions linger.
Retail media gets interoperable: Walmart Connect plugs into Yahoo and Magnite, bringing purchase data to open CTV workflows.
Consumers can use stablecoins for remittances, but banks still need to create compelling insights for their everyday use
On today’s podcast episode, we present our “Unofficial Monthly Retailer Awards” (UMRAs) for May, including “Most Impactful Campaign,” “Best IRL Initiative,” and “Greatest Under-the-Radar Move.” Listen to the discussion with Vice President of Content and host Suzy Davidkhanian, Principal Analyst Sky Canaves, and Analysts Arielle Feger and Rachel Wolff.
Taco Bell's app reached 17.2 million US unique visitors in March 2026, up from 14.8 million a year earlier and overtaking Domino's as the second most-visited fast food app behind McDonald's, according to a May 2026 Comscore report.
Traditional banks risk losing customer primacy without faster innovation.
The move will pressure banks to accelerate AI experimentation.
China rivalry and US headwinds dent earnings, even as Temu courts value seekers.
The retailer is codifying customer engagement benchmarks to ensure consistency and elevated guest experiences across stores.
From Abercrombie & Fitch to Walmart, margins tighten as demand cools.
Amazon turns Alexa into retail infrastructure: ASA on AWS lets brands deploy AI shopping agents in 60 days—trading speed for deeper Amazon ties.
Bilt’s viral mockumentary series demonstrates the merits of authentic, alternative social marketing strategies.
Climbing walls and curated assortments power sustained comp gains.
Singles Day began as a prank at a Chinese university in 1993, when students created an "anti-Valentine's Day" to celebrate being single. Alibaba transformed it into a shopping holiday in 2009, and it has since become the world's largest retail event, complete with Taylor Swift performing at the 2019 Singles Day Gala.
An acquisition of The Very Group could speed growth, yet macro strain may cloud the upside.
Walmart, Instacart, and logistics startup Stord hope to benefit as brands try to compete with Amazon.
As multiracial audiences expand, brands ignoring them risk ceding revenues to rivals that don't.