In September 2026, a Chinese omnichannel retailer opened its first Store Digital Twin-enabled supermarket in Shenzhen, deploying more than 17,000 IoT devices across the trading floor. The project, developed in …
For decades, the verification of in-store marketing execution has been one of retail’s most stubborn operational blind spots. Consumer packaged goods brands and retailers invest billions annually in trade spend …
In September 2026, a global travel retail operator launched the first direct wallet-to-wallet stablecoin payment pilot at Zurich Airport, marking one of the first live deployments of blockchain-based settlement in …
In September 2026, licensed retailers and venues across England and Wales began accepting certified phone-based proof that a shopper is over 18 without collecting name or address. The changes to …
Shopping agents are easy to demo. Safe delegation across cards, wallets, QR schemes and merchants is the harder scaling problem. In September 2026, the payments industry moved decisively to solve …
On September 10, 2026, one of the world’s largest e-commerce and advertising platforms confirmed a partnership with a leading conversational AI assistant to carry advertising inside its chat interface. Select …
For food retailers, energy is not a peripheral expense. It is foundational to how stores operate and serve communities. Lighting, HVAC systems and refrigeration units are essential to trading safely …
For years, robotics at retail trade shows leaned toward the theatrical. Humanoid machines designed to impress, not to integrate. That era is ending. In 2026, a fundamental shift is underway. …
For most of e-commerce history, product photography followed a simple formula: book a studio, hire a photographer, ship samples, wait days or weeks for proofs and pay hundreds of dollars …
For years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in retail has been dominated by speculation and pilot projects. That era is ending. In 2026, AI is rapidly shifting from an experimental …
For decades, the physical store has been something of a blind spot in retail analytics. While e-commerce offered a wealth of data on customer behaviour, the brick-and-mortar environment remained largely …
As the retail world gathers in Paris from September 15 to 17, 2026, for NRF 2026: Retail’s Big Show Europe, a new destination promises to stand at the very heart …