Retail News Brief

  • Amazon Puts up $1 Billion To Embed Engineers With AWS Clients, Pushing AI

  • Rivian Raises Delivery Guidance Based on Strong Demand for its EVs

  • Americans Can’t Get Enough of Beef, Despite Soaring Prices

  • Alibaba and US Payment Processor To Pay $600 Million Over Alleged Drug Sales

  • Einstein Bros. Bagels Aims at Adding 300 More Stores


Attend our next event!

Private Mastermind


Get the top retail stories of the day to your inbox

Retail News Brief

  • Amazon Puts up $1 Billion To Embed Engineers With AWS Clients, Pushing AI

  • Rivian Raises Delivery Guidance Based on Strong Demand for its EVs

  • Americans Can’t Get Enough of Beef, Despite Soaring Prices

  • Alibaba and US Payment Processor To Pay $600 Million Over Alleged Drug Sales

  • Einstein Bros. Bagels Aims at Adding 300 More Stores


Get the top retail stories of the day to your inbox

Get the top retail stories of the day to your inbox

Join a network of 75,000+ retail professionals

Proudly Featured in:

Celebrating 24 years

Daily News for the Retail Industry

Expert insights, innovation, and industry discussions for retail professionals.

Get the top retail stories of the day to your inbox

Join a network of 75,000+ retail professionals

Discussions

Featuring expert commentary from the Braintrust
Retail News

View All News

  • Amazon Puts up $1 Billion To Embed Engineers With AWS Clients, Pushing AI

    Amazon is increasing its push to roll out AI tools to Amazon Web Services (AWS) clients, providing $1 billion in funding to embed engineers with customers to help integrate customer data sets and operational needs with existing AI infrastructure (more).

  • Rivian Raises Delivery Guidance Based on Strong Demand for its EVs

    Rivian raised its 2026 delivery guidance range from 62,000-65,000 vehicles to 65,000-70,000 after beating FactSet analyst projections for Q2 sales of its EVs. Second-quarter financials are due at the end of July, but business performance is expected to beat expectations (more).

  • Americans Can’t Get Enough of Beef, Despite Soaring Prices

    Americans are firing up the grill for burgers and steaks despite record-low herd sizes and record-high prices for beef. Steak prices averaged $12.80 per pound in May, and ground beef averaged a price of $6.75. “We are seeing customer demand for steaks remain quite high, with a shift towards more premium and organic options,” a Kroger spokesperson said (more).

  • Alibaba and US Payment Processor To Pay $600 Million Over Alleged Drug Sales

    Alibaba and its stateside payment processor have agreed to pay $600 to resolve allegations that they failed prevent illegal drug sales via the platform, per the Department of Justice. “This settlement reflects a thorough regulatory process with Alibaba’s full cooperation and our commitment to best-in-class standards of control, policies, and ​measures against non-compliant product sales,” Alibaba said in a statement (more).

  • Einstein Bros. Bagels Aims at Adding 300 More Stores

    Einstein Bros. Bagels is looking to add 300 more stores over the course of the next few years, crossing the 1,000-location mark. “We’ve spent years perfecting a highly scalable store model that delivers fresh, high-quality breakfast with the convenience today’s guests expect, and now we’re accelerating that model across the country,” Jessica DePetro, CEO of Einstein Bros. Bagels, said (more).

View All News

Discussions

View All Discussions