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It’s Not Your Father’s Vending Machine
Warren Shoulberg
September 3, 2026
From selling cheeseburgers to Lego sets, the modern vending machine has evolved into a convenient storefront in the retail world. Wait until you see what’s ...
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AI Agents: Trusted or Transactional?
Phil Lempert
August 31, 2026
AI assistants could do what retail media networks promise but often fail to deliver: increase basket size without making shoppers feel relentlessly barraged by transactional ...
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Comments Drive Gen Z’s Purchases
YPulse
August 19, 2026
Gen Z is turning to the comment sections for trusted product recommendations. A recommendation from a regular person is more authentic than an ad from ...
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TikTok Shop: Little Luxury Treats
Alex Nisenzon
July 20, 2026
TikTok Shop has become the ideal environment for this shift toward affordable luxury because it combines product discovery, education, entertainment, and purchasing into a single ...
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When AI Amplifies Retail Dysfunction
Rich Honiball
July 13, 2026
New systems cannot replace bad processes and a misaligned culture to compete for success. When owning a process matters more than solving a problem, and ...
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Gaming AI Search
Retail Unwrapped
June 12, 2026
Join Shelley and Heather Holmes, Founder of Publicity for Good, as they unpack how brands need to think like their customers and understand how they ...
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The AI-Empowered Store
Retail Unwrapped
May 29, 2026
Join Shelley and Stephanie Cegielski, Vice President of Public Relations and Industry Education at ICSC as they dig into the findings. Find out how speed ...
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Sephora Pioneers BeautyTech
Mark Faithfull
May 25, 2026
French beauty retailer Sephora is doubling down on stores while simultaneously accelerating its investment in AI, conversational commerce and digital personalization, as the company looks ...
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