Retailers now have at least ten workable ways to know what is actually on the shelf and available to be
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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
For two years, the marquee nuclear power deals have all read the same way: a tech giant buys a reactor's
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June 25, 2026
A few hundred retail media networks are chasing a slice of growth that two companies have already mostly claimed. The
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June 16, 2026
This week Amazon showed off a warehouse robot you can direct in plain language, no code required. It arrived in
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June 6, 2026
Five months ago, Instacart launched embedded checkout inside ChatGPT. This week, it landed inside Claude with a connector that deliberately
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April 27, 2026
The promotional levers grocers have relied on for decades are losing force against a shopper who cross-shops before they see
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April 17, 2026
In-store audio has been the retail media format CPG buyers most consistently defer, not because the audience isn't there, but
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April 13, 2026
The skilled trades labor shortage is costing the residential construction industry $10.8 billion a year in lost production. Lowe's and
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April 12, 2026
Rufus doesn't respond to keyword bids, doesn't rank by conversion history, and according to one analysis filters out most products
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April 11, 2026
Choosing a point-of-sale system is one of the few technology decisions in retail that carries genuine career risk if it
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April 9, 2026
Most retailers negotiating smart cart deals retain control of the advertising inventory that runs on those screens. Carrefour Israel's agreement,
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April 7, 2026
Online apparel returns are projected at $849.9 billion in 2025, and retailers say cutting that number is their top priority
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April 5, 2026
Amazon's 3.5% fuel surcharge has no end date. The 2022 version didn't either, and it never came back down. For
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April 2, 2026
Yield losses on a beef fabrication floor, demand signals buried in distributor transactions, production variances that surface a shift too
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March 28, 2026
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