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In 2026, winning retailers focus less on driving foot traffic and more on attracting high-intent shoppers ready to buy. Join Retail Brew to explore how audience targeting, creative strategy, and media sequencing can shape in-store demand and drive real sales.

E-Commerce

Digital Retail Strategy

Intent by Design: The New Conversion Battleground Before the In-Store Visit

Omnichannel Retail

Clicks, Bricks & Everything In-Between: Retail Strategies for an Omnichannel World

Most retailers use video for awareness, but the ones pulling ahead treat it as a driver of revenue and conversion. Find out how to turn video into a commerce capability through the right strategy, measurement, and integration.

Video Killed the Cost Center (and Made it a Revenue Engine)

Retail Brew delivers the latest retail industry news and insights surrounding marketing, DTC, and e-commerce to keep leaders and decision-makers up to date.

Retail Brew

Erin Cabrey

Vidhi Choudhary

Andrew Adam Newman

Jeena Sharma

Alex Vuocolo

Stores

Even in the age of AI, retailers continue to bet big on brick and mortar.

Physical Retail Strategy

The state of stores

Morning Brew Creative Studio

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Don’t waste those precious ad dollars on reacquiring repeat customers.

AI in E-Commerce

Off target: How overspending on repeat customers can limit growth

How retailers can interpret shopper data to maximize impact.

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Search is no longer about rankings—it’s about answers.

AEO is changing how brands get discovered online

Marketing

Maryland was the first state to ban the practice, but proposed legislation is pending across several other states. 

Pricing Strategies

Patchwork surveillance pricing laws could pose a challenge for retailers

CEO Brieane Olson told Retail Brew about her new book, the retailer’s comeback, and the challenge of staying culturally relevant.

Gen Z

Pacsun CEO on the brand’s Gen Z reinvention

Amazon wants to handle the delivery of inventory from warehouses to the customer’s doorstep for any brand.

E-Commerce Operations

Amazon throws open its logistics network, but experts say brands will be skeptical

Patrick Kulp

Altana uses AI to help companies adapt to the new norms of global trade.

AI & Predictive Insights

How this startup helps retailers navigate supply chain chaos

Consumer Behavior & Trends

People bought walkie-talkies for camping trips, pool cleaners, and pillowcases on Shopify.

Online Consumer Behavior

Shopify shoppers lapped up Memorial Day sales

Per latest research from PSE Consulting, 32% of shoppers said the price was the biggest driver when deciding between product or brand recommendations made by AI.

Price Sensitivity

Price and loyalty remain crucial to consumers, even when taking AI recommendations

Amazon wants retailers to use its AI infrastructure to build shopping agents.

Personalization

Amazon opens its AI shopping tech for business with retailers

Many consumers are worried there will be a pullback in discounts this year, and yet promotions have never been more important for getting shoppers in the door. 

Customer Journey

Shoppers fear a discount gap this holiday season. Here’s how retailers are responding

A recap of key pivots retailers like Build-A-Bear and brands like Oura and Burlap & Barrel have made to survive these days.

How retailers are pivoting their way through chaos

AEO is changing how brands get discovered online

The Latest Retail Industry News

Shopify shoppers lapped up Memorial Day sales

Patchwork surveillance pricing laws could pose a challenge for retailers

Price and loyalty remain crucial to consumers, even when taking AI recommendations

Amazon opens its AI shopping tech for business with retailers

Editor's Picks

Patchwork surveillance pricing laws could pose a challenge for retailers

Pacsun CEO on the brand’s Gen Z reinvention

Amazon throws open its logistics network, but experts say brands will be skeptical

How this startup helps retailers navigate supply chain chaos

Events

Clicks, Bricks & Everything In-Between: Retail Strategies for an Omnichannel World

Intent by Design: The New Conversion Battleground Before the In-Store Visit

Video Killed the Cost Center (and Made it a Revenue Engine)

Resources

The state of stores

Shoppers fear a discount gap this holiday season. Here’s how retailers are responding

How retailers are pivoting their way through chaos

The state of stores

Topics

Retail news that keeps industry pros in the know

AEO is changing how brands get discovered online

The Latest Retail Industry News

Shopify shoppers lapped up Memorial Day sales

Patchwork surveillance pricing laws could pose a challenge for retailers

Price and loyalty remain crucial to consumers, even when taking AI recommendations

Amazon opens its AI shopping tech for business with retailers

Editor's Picks

Patchwork surveillance pricing laws could pose a challenge for retailers

Pacsun CEO on the brand’s Gen Z reinvention

Amazon throws open its logistics network, but experts say brands will be skeptical

How this startup helps retailers navigate supply chain chaos

Events

Clicks, Bricks & Everything In-Between: Retail Strategies for an Omnichannel World

Intent by Design: The New Conversion Battleground Before the In-Store Visit

Video Killed the Cost Center (and Made it a Revenue Engine)

Retail news that keeps industry pros in the know

Resources

The state of stores

Shoppers fear a discount gap this holiday season. Here’s how retailers are responding

How retailers are pivoting their way through chaos

The state of stores

Topics