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CNBC's Caleigh Keating breaks down how Meta's Muse agent finds products and readies purchases for shopper approval, with Walmart, Gap,
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October 3, 2026
Kroger teamed with data firm Vidmob and trade association MMA Global to test whether scoring ad creative before campaigns launch
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October 1, 2026
DoorDash is adding retail returns to its delivery network, relying on its existing gig drivers, FreightWaves reports. For retailers, the
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October 1, 2026
Ikea is preparing to run Kodiak trucks with no human safety observer in the cab on a Texas route between
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October 1, 2026
Kelly MacLean, vice president at Amazon Ads, tells Marketing Dive how the newly named Amazon Ads Agent pulls sponsored, display,
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September 29, 2026
Parallel Systems' autonomous battery-electric railcars are now in a 30-mile second test phase on Genesee & Wyoming short lines in
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September 24, 2026
Starting in February 2027, Best Buy Ads will run on Amazon Ads' programmatic technology, Chain Store Age reports, as the
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September 24, 2026
Instacart is bringing Gopuff into its marketplace and extending its Airbnb grocery delivery across the US, Retail Insight Network reports.
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September 24, 2026
Lowe's is testing drone delivery with DoorDash and Alphabet's Wing, starting with a pilot at one North Carolina store, CNBC
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September 24, 2026
Instacart announced in-store software that gives grocers and CPG brands a real-time view of store shelves, built on scans from
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September 22, 2026
Retail media networks are forecasting revenue growth of about 23% this year, according to eMarketer research Sarah Marzano presented at
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September 22, 2026
Amazon has asked Meta to remove it from Muse, the AI agent Meta launched this month that can make purchases
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September 22, 2026
Chewy COO Scott Anderson, formerly Amazon's North American transportation VP, tells Supply Chain Dive where specialty retailers can still outcompete
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September 22, 2026
Retailers now have at least ten workable ways to know what is actually on the shelf and available to be
Emil Martinez
July 28, 2026

My in-stock is 99% and my OTIF is 99%. I am doing very well, right? Maybe not. Those numbers are

Mike Graen
July 24, 2026
Nearly six years ago Walmart sent 500 shelf-scanning robots home after concluding that workers picking online orders could see the
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July 20, 2026
n 2012, Dollar Shave Club spent $4,000 on the YouTube video that built the brand. This month, it spent a
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July 14, 2026
Grocery suppliers now put a larger share of sales into technology than the retailers they sell to, and the gap
Emil Martinez
July 8, 2026

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