TECHNOLOGY

How top retail teams are using automation
Retail teams are running at full speed — balancing in-store service, online fulfillment, and fast-changing customer expectations. And they’re doing it well.
Giant Eagle, Save Mart, Coborn’s deploy Instacart food service platform
Three regional grocery retailers have rolled out the Instacart FoodStorm in-store food service order management solution.

Retail Technology News: June update

Retailers in June 2025 focused technology efforts in areas including delivery robots, seasonal sales extravaganzas and associate AI empowerment.
Mango, L’Oreal Paris roll out AI customer assistants

Two global brands aimed at fashion and beauty customers are personalizing their digital shopping experiences with the help of artificial intelligence.
Generational divide remains when it comes to Gen AI shopping tools

Generative AI tools are increasingly being used to search for products online – especially by younger consumers.
Consumers in these states are the biggest online shoppers

A new survey reveals which states have customers who are the most frequent shoppers and which states have the highest spenders online.
Retail’s Reinvention: How Gen Z is transforming the next era of commerce

Retail therapy isn’t what it used to be. Gone are the days of strolling the mall with bags in hand.
EXCLUSIVE Q&A: Hashim Amin, regional GM, retail, North America, Uber

The Uber Eats on-demand delivery subsidiary of Uber is making inroads with regional grocers and an increasing variety of retail verticals.
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s how consumers react to tariffs, unethical sourcing

When it comes to the financial impact of tariffs and unethically sourced products, U.S. consumers have a pragmatic viewpoint.
Study: Online shopping in biggest slowdown in years as tariffs disrupt purchasing

Online shopping is undergoing its most disruptive period in over a decade as tariffs prompt consumers to rethink purchase timing while retailers respond by tightening access to free delivery amid rising costs.