Michaels teams with Google on new ‘Ask Mike’ AI shopping assistantThe Michaels Companies Inc. is delivering personalized real-time guidance to its customers. Amazon Prime for Young Adults expands cash back for back-to-collegeAmazon is temporarily adding more categories to its cash back offer for members of its Prime program for consumers age 18-24. Most consumers belong to a loyalty program, but engagement lags Membership in a retail loyalty program is not a guarantee of participation. MyRegistry.com enables ChatGPT product discovery and shopping A gifting platform is directly linking to a leading next-gen artificial intelligence engine. Convenience retailer Jacksons Food Stores upgrading loyalty program A regional Western convenience store retailer located in gas stations is attempting to make its loyalty offering more personalized and engaging. How the beach boardwalk exemplifies three key retail trends Summer is here and it’s time for my annual beach boardwalk-themed column. Sheetz migrates to new store virtualization platform A Pennsylvania-based regional convenience store operator is replacing legacy edge computing infrastructure at its stores. Wayfair gets jump on Black Friday starting July 23 Wayfair is once again hosting an omnichannel "Black Friday in July" sales promotion. Exclusive Q&A: Academy Sports + Outdoors merchandising head on customer focus Academy Sports & Outdoors pays close attention to local customer demand signals when designing its merchandising strategy. Decathlon deploys electronic shelf labels across 700 global stores The world’s largest sporting goods retailer is automating store-level price management. La-Z-Boy continues upgrading virtual 3-D product imaging A vertical furniture retailer is expanding its use of a solution that lets customers view realistic digital images of merchandise before making a purchase. Bealls optimizes clearance pricing A regional Southeast off-price retailer is automating markdown decisions based on real-time data. First Previous 7 8 9 10 11 Next Last