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Meta’s Rise as Offsite Retail Media Infrastructure

For more than a decade, Amazon set the rules for retail media: own the traffic, own the data,…

Executive Viewpoints March 5
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Retail’s Next Workforce Shift: How AI Agents are Reshaping Procurement, Risk and Cost Control

The consumer-packaged goods industry operates in a state of volatility. From the supplier side, there are increasing risks…

Executive Viewpoints March 4
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7 Ways Retailers Should Prepare their Sites for the Rise of AI-Powered Buying

AI-driven shopping has moved from a pipe dream to reality, and it is already reshaping how online purchases…

Executive Viewpoints March 3
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Payments, Fraud and AI: Why Retailers Can’t Afford to Ignore AML in 2026

For anyone working in online retail, 2026 is shaping up to be a year of major change. Customers…

Executive Viewpoints March 2
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The Hidden Surge in Sales Promotion Fraud: What Retailers Must Prepare For in 2026

Sales promotions (i.e. cashbacks, rebates, trade-ins and incentive rewards) have long fueled sales growth and differentiation in consumer…

Executive Viewpoints February 27
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Super Bowl Spikes, Everyday Risk: Why Peak Events Expose Retailers’ Fake‑ID Weak Spots

While retailers spent most of Super Bowl Sunday worrying about keeping chips, wings and beer on the shelf,…

Executive Viewpoints February 26
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Reading Your Data Tea Leaves: What Your Metrics are Really Trying to Tell You

There’s a wealth of customer knowledge sitting right in front of retailers, but most just don’t see it.…

Executive Viewpoints February 25
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What the 2025 Holiday Return Season Revealed about Retail’s Fraud Problem

The 2025 holiday season delivered the first trillion-dollar holiday in U.S. retail history, with online spending alone hitting…

Executive Viewpoints February 24
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Meet Every Shopper Where they are: The Retail Imperative for Multimodal, Accessible Self-Service

The New Reality of Retail Self-Service Self-service is no longer confined to a few large touchscreens near the…

Executive Viewpoints February 23
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