As major brands scale back across the U.S., the future of brick-and-mortar retail is facing a dramatic transformation.

Agents and agentic workflows turn the "unchanged" into the system’s design constraints—and that’s exactly where things are ...

Strategic merger creates the largest global Clienteling platform provider TORONTO and MONTREAL, March 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Tulip and Salesfloor today announced a strategic merger to form a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Verdon is a veteran retail reporter based in Northern New Jersey. This could be a breakthrough year for retailers who ...

Agentic retail dispute resolution startup Glimpse raises $35M from Andreessen Horowitz and others - SiliconANGLE ...

At the start of this decade, many of America's beloved major retailers announced that they'd be closing their stores —Big ...

The group acknowledged a softening labor market, persistent inflation and fallout from geopolitical tensions, but said ...

U.S. holiday retail spending increased 4.2% year over year, not adjusted for inflation, according to preliminary data from Visa. E-commerce spending jumped 7.8%, though physical stores still captured ...

Inflation has led to price surges at grocery stores, car dealerships and even dine-in restaurants nationwide. A new study finds it's also the main motive behind another recent surge: shoplifting. More ...

Retail and food sales made their largest monthly drop in January since March 2023, marking an end to the buying surge that took off in the run-up to the 2024 election. Sales fell by 0.9 percent to a ...

The National Retail Federation forecasts U.S. retail sales will grow 4.4% annually in 2026 to $5.6T, supported by a new ...