Walmart+ has welcomed tens of millions of users in just a few years, but Amazon Prime remains America’s top digital membership program by usage. What else can Walmart add to Walmart+ to help it continue growing and potentially take market share from Amazon Prime?
The controversial move to rebrand Twitter as “X” is being derided by many as a marketing blunder. Do you think Elon Musk made a mistake in changing Twitter to X?
A recent Wall Street Journal article concluded that traditional supermarkets have to find a point of differentiation fast or they’ll continue to lose ground to more price-driven competitors. Where do you see their biggest challenges competitively?
Fashion companies are increasingly setting up resale spaces. The Business of Fashion (BOF) reports that “resale as an industry is growing — and at 5x the rate of overall commerce.” Should all major established brands have resale items fully integrated with brand-new items in their online and physical stores?
Kroger converted a store in Tennessee to self-checkout only, following its first test of a cashierless concept in Dallas in 2021. Do you see self-checkout-only stores becoming more common over the next three to five years?
Dollar General is continuing its expansion into mainstream grocery through the addition of 100 more private label products to its Clover Valley line in 2023. How can the expansion of private brands help Dollar General further differentiate its value proposition from competitors?
Dynamic pricing of groceries, or reducing prices as perishable items approach their expiration date, could reduce food waste from grocery retailers by 21% or more. What do you think of the potential for grocers using dynamic pricing to keep perishables out of landfills?
Seven AI companies have committed to developing a system of watermarking all forms of AI-generated content, but it’s not as simple as it sounds. Will watermarking AI in general make a difference?
Chick-fil-A plans to test two digital-first store designs — an elevated drive-thru and walk-up concept — in another effort to tackle pickup’s biggest pain point: long wait times. What aspects of Chick-fil-A’s digital-first pickup concepts appear set to advance the drive-thru experience?
TikTok is reportedly preparing to capitalize on its social commerce success with a marketplace that could launch as soon as early August. What are the biggest challenges TikTok needs to address to fully make the leap from a social commerce platform to a major U.S. retailer in its own right?
