7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (628+ words) AI-powered shopping agents are the topic du jour as 2026 gets underway. But, even as brands express excitement over new technologies and new partnerships, they say there’s still a long way to go before “autonomous shopping” becomes the norm. It’s important…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago   (921+ words) Brand execs: Apply to be a VIP at the Modern Retail Marketing Summit Expectations are high for Kroger’s newly named CEO, considering his reputation in the industry and track record at the largest player in big-box retail. Earlier this week,…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (475+ words) Cori Voorhees, Partner Marketing Manager, Adobe For retailers, this challenge intensifies during the holidays, when customers have long shopping lists but short attention spans. But the problem doesn’t disappear in January. Checkout friction chips away at sales every day of…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (832+ words) Under Bonfig’s leadership, Best Buy moved into the e-commerce era. His background with the retailer suggests that he’ll continue bringing Best Buy further into new lines of business or emerging technologies — from advertising and the marketplace to AI — with a…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (575+ words) Walmart is on a mission to prove that it has the latest, greatest and trendiest assortment, and that it can get it to you faster than anyone else. Last week, I flew down to the retailer’s hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (421+ words) As the holiday season comes to a close, most retailers have been focused on driving as many sales as possible through their e-commerce sites. But The Athlete’s Foot has a different focus than most: It has spent this December soft-launching…...

8+ mon, 6+ day ago   (331+ words) “I’ve always been really struck by how, as more and more product comes online, it’s harder and harder to find the things you want,” said Bornstein. If 2025 was the year that companies laid the groundwork for agentic commerce, then 2026 will…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago   (219+ words) Brand execs: Apply to be a VIP at the Modern Retail Marketing Summit The biggest challenges marketers today, she added, “is staying genuinely in touch with how fast consumer behavior is shifting, especially with the rise of AI-driven discovery and…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (637+ words) Enter the 2025 Modern Retail Awards to showcase your retail innovation Walmart Fulfillment Services, which launched in February 2020, has grown over the past five years from a nascent service to become a more serious challenger to Fulfillment by Amazon. WFS, much…...

11+ mon, 5+ day ago   (560+ words) “Everyone has the memo, certainly inside our company, that the retail business model has transformed,” Brian Monahan, svp of retail media for Albertsons, told Modern Retail at Groceryshop. “You have to be some form of a hybrid retail-media company to…...