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Accelerating AI Value in CPG: Closing the Gap Between Potential and Performance

The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry is evolving faster than ever – and the pace of change is…

Executive Viewpoints April 9
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Meta has launched Muse Spark a new AI agent purpose built for its platforms.

Meta Debuts Revamped AI Model that Draws on its Social Media Prowess

Meta has released the first in a series of new large-language models, Muse Spark, intended to lay the…

News April 8
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Exclusive Q&A: How Google Ads Maintains the Key Product Data Needed to Optimize Agentic Commerce

By making search more natural and conversational, generative AI, along with its retailing buddy agentic commerce, are creating…

Features April 7
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Retail Reality and the End of Luxury Exceptionalism

For decades, luxury operated with the belief that it was insulated from the rules of retail. Scarcity, brand…

Executive Viewpoints April 2
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Walmart México to Deploy Connected Store Platform in Small-Format Stores; Supercenters to Follow

By the end of 2026, Walmart de México y Centroamérica will deploy a connected store platform from Vusion…

News April 1
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Home Depot Recruits AI Transformation Specialist as New Technology Leader

The Home Depot has named Franziska “Fran” Bell, PhD, as its new EVP and Chief Technology Officer (CTO),…

News April 1
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Stop Simply Optimizing Ads, and Start Designing for the Shopper Journey

Many advertisers have traditionally focused on tactical considerations in their performance marketing campaigns: placement strategies, creative formats and…

Executive Viewpoints April 1
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Target Faces Boycott Threat as Teachers’ Union Urges Members to ‘Shop Local’

The 1.8-million-member American Federation of Teachers (AFT) union has passed a new resolution urging members to boycott Target…

News March 31
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Shoptalk: AI Hot Takes from Google, The Home Depot, David Yurman, OpenAI & More

AI suffused the entire Shoptalk Spring event last week in Las Vegas, from an exhibit floor that was…

Features March 31
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