When e-commerce first emerged, it was a huge disruption for traditional retail. Today, agentic artificial intelligence stands to disrupt how people shop online even further. Banner ads and influencer campaigns are reaching the point of being passé because the next frontier of marketing won’t be optimized for human eyes. Rather, it will cater to algorithmic…

A recent survey from the National Retail Federation revealed that 50 percent of retailers are more concerned with retail crime than they were just one year ago. That same survey found that the average number of shoplifting incidents per year has risen by 93 percent since 2019, and associated financial losses have seen a 90…

Let’s be honest: most B2B commerce workflows weren’t designed. They just … happened. They grew layer by layer, like geological strata, each new approval, exception and workaround piling on top of the last. Before long, what started as a straightforward transaction morphed into a tangle of emails, spreadsheets, verbal approvals, and a “just-check-with-Janet” step no…

Walmart and Major League Soccer (MLS) are teaming up in a multiyear partnership that will see the retailer establish a bigger foothold in the sport and its growing U.S. fanbase, reports CNBC. Walmart will invest in MLS and become an official sponsor and partner of the league. Terms and the exact length of the partnership…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is radically changing our daily lives, from the way we work to how we entertain ourselves, travel from point A to point B and, yes, shop. However, independent and regional retailers are notoriously slow to adopt emerging technology. Big, legacy retail technology is too entrenched. Operations are too complex and intertwined. The…