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Returns are quietly eating retail margins, and the fix may be smarter than another policy tweak. Oracle NetSuite joins Retail Brew to show how AI can spot where each return goes sideways, plus a creative way to turn unused inventory into a tax benefit.

E-Commerce

E-Commerce Operations

Could AI Be the Key to Stabilizing Return P&Ls? 

Holiday shopping has become a prolonged stocking-up season, and CPG brands still have time to win the basket by reaching shoppers the moment their seasonal intent forms. Sit down with Retail Brew and Ibotta for holiday insights and strategy on how to win it.

Marketing

Customer-Centric Marketing

Mastering the Post-Holiday Stocking Up Season

Hibbett, a 1,000+ location sporting goods retailer, has kept a 99%+ mobile audience retention rate through standout mobile campaigns. Join Vibes' Mara Miller and Hibbett's Kayla Brown for an inside look at what's worked this year and their mobile-first plans for the holidays.

Mobile Commerce

The Gift of Innovative Mobile Marketing Meets Holiday 2026

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

Jordyn Grzelewski

Illustration: Morning Brew Inc., Photo: Adobe Stock

How new behaviors are rewriting the path to purchase, and what it means for brands trying to keep up.

Creator Commerce

The trust economy: How peers, creators, and live audiences replaced the sales pitch

Morning Brew Creative Studio

NRF  

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Get a taste of one of retail’s biggest events of the year.

Why attend NRF’s Big Show: Retail is hitting “Fast Forward”

Vidhi Choudhary

How retailers can interpret shopper data to maximize impact.

A Retailer's guide to mastering customer data

Erin Cabrey

Allison Ellsworth shares how her experience building Poppi is informing how she runs the new hydration brand.

Brand Storytelling

Inside Poppi founders’ bid for another billion-dollar beverage brand with Jetty

Andrew Adam Newman

Appliance brands can now license CR’s reliability badge to help win over shoppers.

Brand-Retailer Partnerships

Why Consumer Reports hopes brands will pay to boast about reliability

 It’s rolling out 160 products with a new logo and packaging.

Brand Identity

Why GoodCook is ‘a sleeping giant that’s waking up’ with its rebrand

Jeena Sharma

Think Jerky founder Ricky Hirsch told Retail Brew that website sales of its Sriracha Honey flavor jumped 345% over 10 days following its appearance in You Can See Everything.

How Elizabeth Holmes unintentionally transformed an independent jerky brand’s sales

Powell told Retail Brew the pantry category at Walmart was “ripe for disruption.” 

How Glen Powell’s Smash Kitchen became a smash hit at Walmart

PrettyLitter just added 1,300 Publix stores to its growing footprint. 

Hybrid Commerce

How PrettyLitter is taking its DTC health-monitoring cat litter into stores

Alex Vuocolo

The platform provides an alternative to the booming off-price market.

Multi-Channel Selling

Max Retail channels excess inventory into the resale market

Oshiya Savur shares the retail strategy behind its new launches into hair, body, and fragrance. 

Omnichannel Retail Strategy

New E.l.f. CMO on the company’s rapid category expansion 

Stores

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

Physical Retail Strategy

The state of stores

Consumer Behavior & Trends

So far, sew good

Raspberry AI: from prediction to production.

People cashed in on football gloves and shoes, gum stimulators, and travel tripods.

Basket Size Trends

Football gear kicked off October spending spree on Shopify stores

A new survey found that transportation and logistics companies are raising the bar for their technology vendors.

AI & Predictive Insights

Logistics leaders say AI investments are working, but they want faster ROI timelines from vendors

The furniture chain just had a strong quarter. Here are some of the strategies fueling its sales. 

Pricing Strategies

Bob’s Discount Furniture invests in premium products and new pricing strategies to drive growth 

Amazon said impersonation scams have become prolific on the marketplace.

Amazon Marketplace

Amazon turns to AI to identify scammers this holiday season

Per a recent study by Omnisend, Walmart moved ahead of Amazon as a planned gifting destination, and Gemini passed ChatGPT among shoppers who use AI.

Channel Switching

Why holiday shoppers are giving Walmart and Gemini a bigger place on their lists

The Ibotta Performance Network

Ibotta Sept 2026 Custom Whitepaper

Why promotions deserve a seat at your strategy table

Promotional Strategy

Promotions for performance

Shoppers now start in social feeds, group chats, and AI assistants instead of the search bar, which means more ways to discover a product and more places to lose them. Learn how leading brands make their products discoverable, trusted, and chosen by both shoppers and AI.

AI in E-Commerce

Winning the AI Shelf: How Shoppers Are Finding You

Inside Poppi founders’ bid for another billion-dollar beverage brand with Jetty

The Latest Retail Industry News

Football gear kicked off October spending spree on Shopify stores

Logistics leaders say AI investments are working, but they want faster ROI timelines from vendors

Bob’s Discount Furniture invests in premium products and new pricing strategies to drive growth

Amazon turns to AI to identify scammers this holiday season

Why holiday shoppers are giving Walmart and Gemini a bigger place on their lists

Editor's Picks

Why Consumer Reports hopes brands will pay to boast about reliability

Why GoodCook is ‘a sleeping giant that’s waking up’ with its rebrand

How Elizabeth Holmes unintentionally transformed an independent jerky brand’s sales

How Glen Powell’s Smash Kitchen became a smash hit at Walmart

Events

Winning the AI Shelf: How Shoppers Are Finding You

Could AI Be the Key to Stabilizing Return P&Ls?

Mastering the Post-Holiday Stocking Up Season

Resources

Promotions for performance

The trust economy: How peers, creators, and live audiences replaced the sales pitch

The state of stores

The trust economy: How peers, creators, and live audiences replaced the sales pitch

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