Furner provides clarity on AI
John Furner’s recent letter to customers extends Walmart’s record of adroitly adapting its core principles in response to current marketplace conditions.
Opinion
Make tech’s benefits easy to grasp
Walmart’s Shop to Light feature gives shoppers a clear benefit from electronic shelf labels, helping make the technology more appealing beyond its operational advantages.
Retail shines despite exec exodus
David Pinto examines the growing wave of high-profile corporate executive retirements and departures reshaping leadership teams across major companies.
TSE reaffirmed its unique value
By Mike Wysong, CEO of CARE Pharmacies Cooperative. In October 2026, the NACDS board elected Wysong its next president and CEO, succeeding Steven Anderson, who retires after twenty years.
Don’t smooth out friction entirely
By Rich Kaminski, research director at WSL Strategic Retail
The Q4 Margin Trap: Winning the sale, losing the economics
By Thom Blischok, chairman and chief executive officer of the Dialogic Group LLC.
NACDS is all in on new strategy
The change means ‘moving faster, investing differently, supporting members more directly and building new capabilities.’
A list notable for its absences
David Pinto looks at how the Fortune 500 list has changed drastically over the years.
GLP-1s are recasting shopping
By Rich Kaminski, the research director at WSL Strategic Retail
How feasible is Big Apple plan?
Just how those savings on groceries for New Yorkers will be achieved remains an open question.
The need for a portfolio of capabilities
New research from Kearney and Coresight Research both point to the same conclusion — quick commerce has stopped being a niche channel and has become a default consumer behavior, one retailers of every size and category now need to plan around.
London (retailers) calling
David Pinto discusses his recent trip to London that looked at retailing trends across the pond.
See shopper trends in context
By Rich Kaminski is the research director at WSL Strategic Retail
From Cost Advantage to Value Advantage: The Next Frontier for Generic Manufacturers
Companies are now better positioned to redesign how they compete and create long‑term value.
Beauty at Walmart gets makeover
Shoppers can currently find Beauty 2.0 in some 150 Walmart stores, with 300 more conversions expected by the end of 2026.