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Retailers Find Bigger Growth Selling Ads Around the Shopping Cart
August 21, 2026

Retail media is giving Walmart, Target and Amazon a faster-growing source of revenue than their core retail businesses, built on the same traffic, searches and transaction data generated by stores, websites and marketplaces. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Ross Posts 13% Sales Jump as Inflation Drives Shoppers to Off-Price Retailers
August 20, 2026

Off-price retailer Ross Stores saw “robust” sales growth in the quarter ended Aug. 1 as both existing customers and new ones sought prices lower than those of mainstream retailers, CEO Jim Conroy said during a Thursday (Aug. 20) earnings call. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Walmart and Amazon Rewrite the Price War
August 20, 2026

Years of inflation, promotions, personalized discounts and constantly shifting online prices have made shoppers better at finding deals. They have also made it harder for shoppers to know what anything is supposed to truly cost, a fact that is being sharpened against a backdrop of...

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Brands Are Losing Shelf Space to AI Algorithms
August 18, 2026

Tesco has spent three decades learning what more than 24 million U.K. households buy through its Clubcard loyalty program. Now the grocer is testing what happens when artificial intelligence stops recommending groceries and starts building the basket itself. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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IKEA Prepares UK Resale Marketplace Launch
August 18, 2026

IKEA plans to launch an online marketplace in the United Kingdom that will allow consumers to buy and sell pre-owned IKEA products, the company said in a Monday (Aug. 17) press release emailed to PYMNTS. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Retail Earnings Will Show What Stretched Consumers Protect
August 17, 2026

America’s biggest retailers are about to turn a weak government sales report into a six-company test of consumer endurance. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...

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Amazon Wants Alexa to Look Inside the Fridge and Fill the Cart
August 13, 2026

Amazon’s latest Alexa demonstration looked almost trivial: photograph a refrigerator, ask what groceries are missing, and let artificial intelligence assemble the shopping list. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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AI Just Made Retail’s Long Tail Pay Off
August 13, 2026

For two decades, retail discovery has rewarded whatever already sold. A product with more buyers gets more visibility, more visibility brings more buyers, and the cycle repeats. Popular items get more popular while everything else stays buried. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Why the Mall of the Future Won’t Have a Parking Lot
August 12, 2026

Every morning, they start showing up to shop. By the time the East Coast is at work, the crowd is in the tens of millions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...