Nike Is Bringing Its Products Into Google's AI Shopping Experience
"With this new AI-powered shopping experience, Nike is again elevating the marketplace and how consumers engage with sport."
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Home Depot's Q1 Earnings Call Had an AI Story Hidden Inside
Home Depot has consolidated Pro customer tools into a single digital workspace.
Agentic AI Is About to Hand The Power Back to Brands
"Agentic AI will be net positive for apparel brands, and net negative for the multi-brand retailers that currently carry them."
Walmart Is Reorganizing 1,000 Corporate Roles. AI Is Driving It.
The decision was driven by Daniel Danker, Walmart's Head of Global AI Acceleration, and Suresh Kumar, Head of Global Technology.
The Self-Checkout Experiment Is Over. AI Is What Comes Next.
Self-checkout created a theft crisis. Seven states are now legislating against it. AI loss prevention is the industry's next bet.
Mars Is Running Its Global Workforce on Google's Gemini Enterprise
"Our digital investments at Mars enable unlocking the potential of our Associates and delivering real, sustainable business value that supports our growth."
Yum Brands Q1 Sales Grow 6% as CEO Cites AI and Digital Scale
Yum Brands reported 6% system sales growth in Q1, with digital sales nearing $11 billion as CEO Chris Turner pointed to AI and tech capabilities supporting momentum.
The AI Chief Is Now Worth More Than the CEO
Walmart's 2025 proxy statement reveals its AI chief out-earned its CEO by $15 million.
Albertsons Targets $2 Billion in Productivity With ‘Four Big AI Bets’
"We just reset our productivity to $2 billion over the next three years."
While Big Retailers Chased AI Headlines, Family Grocer Schnucks Actually Built It
A family-owned chain from St. Louis has quietly built one of the most comprehensive AI deployments in American grocery retail.
Tesco and Adobe Turn 24 Million Clubcard Households Into an AI Engine
"Working with Adobe, we can be even more responsive to the needs of shoppers."
The $850 Billion Returns Problem Big Tech Cannot Solve
Virtual try-on has failed for a decade. A new wave of AI startups thinks it knows why, and believes generative AI has finally made it work.
Built Rufus to Dominate, Sparky to Catch Up, and Ask Macy's to Survive. All Three Are Winning.
"Every retailer is trying to figure it out one step at a time."
Quick Service Restaurant Chains Are Using AI to Fix the Part Customers Actually See
"Operators recognize that the next phase of growth will come from modernizing how restaurants run across every channel."
Gap Skips the Website. Shoppers Will Soon Be Able to Buy Directly in Gemini.
The Agentic Sizing Protocol enables a much more personalized agentic decision process that goes beyond size and captures a shopper's unique fit preference.
OpenAI Tried to Own the Cart. Walmart Took It Back.
Starting the week of March 25, Walmart's own chatbot, Sparky, will begin operating inside ChatGPT.
Kroger Appoints Milen Mahadevan Chief Data and AI Officer
"With data and data science at the core of our ongoing and accelerated transformation, Milen will lead Kroger's AI journey."
Retail Is Firing. Walmart Is Training. One of Them Is Wrong.
"We as big employers should be actively engaged in trying to equip our employees to be prepared for a world that is AI enabled and automated."
Jefferies Names Walmart and Target as Retail's AI Supply Chain Frontrunners
Walmart and Target are turning AI into a supply chain advantage. Jefferies says the rest of retail is watching, and running out of time.
AI Won't Save Your Holiday Quarter. But It Might Save Your Business
Best Buy and Target just reported the same disappointing results. One of them has a clearer story about what comes next