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Is Drone Delivery the Last Mile Solution
Operations

Is Drone Delivery the Last Mile Solution?

Regulation doesn’t erase the core question: Are drones actually the future of last-mile delivery, or are they another shiny object distracting retailers from more urgent problems? Challenges will remain; drones are still limited by payload weight, weather sensitivity, and the economics of operating at scale. Yet the shift to standardization provides retailers with the regulatory clarity needed to plan, test, and prepare for drones as a potential solution in the last-mile delivery mix.

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Brian Delp September 1, 2025
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Retail Unwrapped Podcast

Ace Hardware Knows How to Build Community

How do you make yourself matter to your local community? If you’re a hardware retailer, what you have to offer is more than nice; it’s a necessity. Ace Hardware gets it. They are innovative players in the retail media landscape with RedVest Media, designed to drive embedded community relationships that translate into measurable ROI advantages.

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Retail Unwrapped August 29, 2025
Heres What Michael Fiddelke Should Really Be Worried About
Management

Here’s Why Michael Fiddelke Should Be Really Worried

Cornell and Target kept putting their feet in their mouths at every step. When they announced they were pulling back from DEI initiatives, they were crucified by the customers who supported those views, and they never really got the buy-in from those who didn’t. Efforts to soften that stance infuriated people on both sides of the issue, setting up a no-win situation for the company.

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Warren Shoulberg August 28, 2025
Collectible Dolls Are Reborn
Experience

Collectible Dolls Are Reborn

There is no age limit for doll collecting. In fact, it tends to grow with age. Among doll collectors, kids’ rooms abandoned during the empty-nesting years are repurposed as doll nurseries. And the growing kidulting trend, where adults aged 18 and above revert to or continue on with their play toys, will bring younger doll collectors into the fold.

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Pam Danziger August 27, 2025
Electronics Retailers Can Shift the Future of PFAS Heres How
Technology

Electronics Retailers Can Shift the Future of PFAS: Here’s How

For retailers, the message is stark: what begins in chemical plants and semiconductor fabs doesn’t stay there. It flows directly into the products on their shelves — and into the headlines that shape consumer trust. Companies like Target, Best Buy, and Walmart may not manufacture chips, but they market and sell the devices that depend on them.

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Arick Wierson August 26, 2025
Will an American Icon Go Italian
Management

Will an American Icon Go Italian?

WK Kellogg founder Will Keith Kellogg invented his cornflakes in 1894, with the cereal group growing to become arguably the best-known cereal empire in the world. On the other side of the Atlantic, Ferrero was founded in 1946 by Italian confectioner Pietro Ferrero, and the company remains under family ownership, with Ferrero’s grandson Giovanni serving as Executive Chair.

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Mark Faithfull August 25, 2025
The AI Agent Survival Guide for Retailers
Technology

The AI Agent Survival Guide for Retailers

Once AI has unfettered access to product data, it becomes much harder to control the terms of engagement. The brands that survive won’t be those with the biggest marketing budgets or the most shelf space. They’ll be the ones who recognized that in an AI world, controlling the data bridge between digital intelligence and physical products is the ultimate competitive moat.

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Barry McGeough August 21, 2025
Why AI Storytelling Could Give Amazon a Retail Media Edge
Technology

Amazon’s Showrunner Bet for Retail Media

Showrunner brings new risks. How will Amazon manage IP ownership for user-generated content? Can it maintain quality control while scaling content creation? Will creators embrace the platform or push back, as they have with other generative AI tools? And what guardrails will Amazon apply around moderation, misinformation, and monetization?

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Brian Delp August 20, 2025

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