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Curate or Get Curated
Rich Honiball
February 5, 2026
Retailers that continue to compete primarily on product breadth risk becoming background noise. Availability doesn’t equate to value. Curation isn’t a niche strategy reserved for ...
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What’s TikTok Shop’s Future?
Jasmine Glasheen
February 4, 2026
TikTok Shop harnesses the power of interest-driven impulse shopping through entertainment, rather than consumer necessity, like Amazon. Using “shoppertainment” to lock down Gen Z consumer ...
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If You’re Not Watching Grocery, You’ll Miss the Future of Retail
Chris Walton
January 29, 2026
If higher-income households in large metro markets are driving the e-grocery surge, what happens with everyone else? What happens to the budget-constrained families in smaller ...
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It’s Walmart 4,606, Amazon 1
Warren Shoulberg
January 28, 2026
Amazon’s new giant store is its latest shot at figuring out physical retailing. After all the wrong turns the online giant has taken, one has ...
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The Chinese Are Coming
Mark Faithfull
January 26, 2026
What is unquestionable is the deep ambition of Asian retailers to create a significant physical footprint in the U.S. and Europe, bolstered by their breakneck ...
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Lululemon: The Robin Report Retail Miss of the Week
Warren Shoulberg
January 24, 2026
Will somebody at Lululemon please put up a sign in the product development department that says, "No more see-through pants! Stupid."
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Will the New FDA Guidelines Change How We Shop for Food?
Phil Lempert
January 22, 2026
The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans reset the playing field for supermarkets, creating significant opportunities for retailers to lead on health, but also real risks ...
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Aldi: The Robin Report Retail Hit of the Week
Warren Shoulberg
January 17, 2026
https://youtube.com/shorts/4RZRxakDN4Y?feature=share Hard to believe but Aldi has been in the American market for 50 years this year. And it’s even harder to believe that when this ...
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