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From Products to Ecosystems: Nagarro's Vision for the AI-Powered Future of Retail
AI's biggest impact on retail may not come from chatbots or personalisation. Rahul Mahajan, Global CTO at Nagarro, argues the deeper opportunity lies in rebuilding how retailers forecast demand, interact with data and connect products with services.
Read moreFrasers, Tesco, Nike and FairPrice Reveal the New Battle for Retail Control
From Frasers Group's pursuit of Hugo Boss and Tesco's quick-commerce expansion to Nike's China recalibration and FairPrice's smart-store platform, five stories reveal that retail's next battle is about controlling the customer relationship.
Read moreGlobal Brands Need to Adapt Locally Without Losing What Makes Them Global
Katherine Melchior Ray explains why global brands like Louis Vuitton succeed by defining non-negotiable values while letting local teams innovate.
Read moreNVIDIA's Vision for AI in Retail: Shopping Assistants, Digital Twins and the Rise of Physical AI
NVIDIA's Azita Martin on how generative AI, digital twins and physical AI are moving retail from pilots into stores, distribution centres and e-commerce.
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From Shein's €3 Challenge to Fabletics' Global Push: Five Forces Reshaping International Retail
Europe's charge on low-value parcels is reshaping ultra-low-cost cross-border e-commerce, JD.com is proving marketplaces earn beyond merchandise, India's quick commerce is taking shopping missions from grocery incumbents, global shipping remains volatile ahead of peak trading, and Fabletics is tripling its international store footprint after passing $1 billion in net revenue.
NIFT Is Betting on 90-Minute Fashion Delivery as UK Retail Rethinks Convenience, Value and Resale
NIFT has opened a 12,000 sq ft logistics hub at Westfield London to offer brands 90-minute and same-day fashion delivery, as UK retail rethinks value, luxury consolidation and resale.
Stanley 1913's Next Era: From Heritage Thermos to Global Hydration Powerhouse
Stanley 1913 Chief Brand Officer Kate Ridley explains how the 1913 thermos brand turned a hydration phenomenon into cultural relevance, and why sport, digital commerce and authentic partnerships now define its next era.
Jabra Bets on Voice as the Gateway to AI for Retail's Frontline Workers
Jabra VP Andrew Doyle argues that voice is becoming the primary interface between retail frontline workers and AI agents, making headset audio quality, noise cancellation and interoperability decisive for whether retail AI delivers real productivity.
ReturnPro's Sender Shamiss: Retail's $890 Billion Returns Problem Has Become a Margin Opportunity
US merchandise returns reached roughly $890 billion in 2024, about 16.9% of retail sales. ReturnPro CEO Sender Shamiss argues retailers must prevent avoidable returns, detect fraud, route returned inventory intelligently and resell recovered products rather than losing value in the reverse supply chain.
From Products to Ecosystems: Nagarro's Vision for the AI-Powered Future of Retail
Nagarro's Rahul Mahajan argues AI's real retail impact is architectural: granular demand forecasting, conversational enterprise systems and agentic ecosystems that turn retailers into orchestrators of products and services.
Frasers, Tesco, Nike and FairPrice Reveal the New Battle for Retail Control
Global retailers are fighting for control of the customer relationship through acquisitions, distribution platforms, smart stores and cultural moments.
Global Brands Need to Adapt Locally Without Losing What Makes Them Global
Katherine Melchior Ray argues that global brands survive by drawing a clear line between what is sacred at headquarters and what can flex in local markets. Louis Vuitton's Japanese expansion shows how to protect identity while inviting local interpretation.
NVIDIA's Vision for AI in Retail: Shopping Assistants, Digital Twins and the Rise of Physical AI
NVIDIA's Azita Martin argues retail AI has moved from pilots to deployment, with conversational shopping assistants, Omniverse digital twins of stores and distribution centres, and physical AI that perceives and acts in the real world.
Five APAC Retail Trends Shaping Global Retail
On 5 Things Friday APAC, Alex Rezvan, Ryf Quail of NRF APAC and Ewan Ang discussed retail crime in Australia, China's membership economy, Vietnam's mobile-first commerce, functional food in Malaysia and the localisation of Korean cuisine, with adaptability the common thread.
Europe Must Close Its AI Gap, Says NRF Europe Director
NRF Retail's Big Show Europe Show Director Annabelle Serres says GDPR and the EU AI Act slow European AI adoption while Asia Pacific retailers move faster, and urges the industry to shift from AI discussion to execution ahead of the Paris event in September.
Dunnhumby: Retail Media Has a Shopper Problem
Dunnhumby's April 2026 study of 3,000 US and UK grocery shoppers found 91% will share transactional data for real value, seven in ten trust personalised advertising, and in-store media takes under 1% of US retail media spend despite driving about 90% of transactions.
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