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YesterdayAldi's $39 Thanksgiving vs Sam's Club | Jill Dvorak
Aldi Thanksgiving for $39 feeds 10, Sam's Club goes bigger, and NRF expects 4.2% holiday growth. Jill Dvorak, SVP Content at NRF, on why value is winning the holiday season.In this US edition of Five Things Friday, Alex Rezvan, Host of The Retail Podcast, and Jill Dvorak, …
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2 days agoChristmas in London Starts at Selfridges | Simone Oloman
Christmas in London starts in October as Selfridges unveils its Christmas in the City windows. Simone Oloman, Co-host of Five Things Friday UK, covers that plus Gap x Victoria Beckham and John Lewis x Rixo.Alex Rezvan, Host of The Retail Podcast, and Simone also cover Sainsbur…
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2 days agoSainsbury's Wins the Weekly Shop, Walmart's AI Agents
Sainsbury's is winning back the weekly shop on price, while Walmart writes the rules for AI shopping agents that buy on a customer's behalf. Today's Decoding Retail also covers BRC confidence and shoplifting figures, Waitrose's first full-line supermarket in ei…
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3 days agoWhy Walmart Is Letting AI Shopping Agents In
Walmart has opened its platform to third-party AI shopping agents, which means retailers now sell to machines as well as people. Today's briefing also covers UK inflation rising to 3.5%, Sainsbury's pulling SmartShop from more than 800 Local stores, Primark's first…
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4 days agoDebenhams Group CEO: The Online Department Store | Dan Finley
Debenhams Group CEO Dan Finleyexplains how the brand was rebuilt as Britain's online department store and whyits marketplace model is shaping the wider group.Recorded at NRF Europe 2026 in Paris,this six-minute conversation with Alex Rezvan of The Retail Podcast and JillDvorak…
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4 days agoChatGPT Virtual Try-On Goes Live, Tractor Supply, Kroger Cuts 3,000 Jobs
ChatGPT virtual try on is live, and NRF SVP Content Jill Dvorak explains what it means for retailers. Plus Kroger's 3,000 job cuts, Tractor Supply, Ross and Prime Day pulling Halloween forward.Alex Rezvan, Host of The Retail Podcast, and Jill Dvorak, SVP Content at NRF, on the…
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5 days agoGymshark's First Celebrity, Stelios's easyShop, Cyber Attack Hits Hobbs Owner TFG
Simone Oloman, Co-host of Five Things Friday UK on The Retail Podcast, asks whether Stelios's easyShop marketplace can win shoppers from Amazon and Temu. Plus the TFG cyber attack, Gymshark's first celebrity and the collab boom.Alex Rezvan, Host of The Retail Podcast, …
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6 days agoLVMH Uneven Quarter, Albertsons Review, Just Eat Ad
LVMH results show luxury demand moving at different speeds inside one group, with fashion and leather goods down 5% while selective retailing grew 8%. Alongside that, Just Eat, Amazon, Ocado and Sainsbury's compete for shoppers' time and trust, Albertsons withdraws its…
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10 days agoIs AI recommending your brand? Ben Jeffries on creator-first AEO (YouTube Festival London 2026)
Shoppers are asking AI assistants what to buy, and those answers cite YouTube videos. Ben Jeffries, co-founder of Influencer.com, explains creator-first AEO, the sports-brand test, and why content now has to work for shoppers and for AI. With Alex Rezvan, Host of The Retail Po…
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10 days agoAmazon Grocery Shake-Up and US Inflation Hits 3.7% - Daily Retail Briefing
Amazon grocery storefronts for individual retailers are closing on Amazon.com, while US inflation reaches 3.7% and Adobe finds 49% of AI shopping assistant users have abandoned a purchase over conflicting product information. For retail leaders, today's briefing is about c…
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12 days agoBoots Chief Customer Officer: Creators Are the New Beauty Counter | Charlotte Lock
Creators are the new beauty counter. That is how Charlotte Lock, Chief Customer Officer, Boots, describes where customers now discover products and find advice they trust.Recorded at YouTube Festival London 2026, just after Charlotte came off the main stage, this conversation …
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12 days agoYouTube Is Now Where Shoppers Decide to Buy, with Sophie Neary of Google
YouTube is no longer just where shoppers see your brand. It is where they decide to buy it.On the red carpet at YouTube Festival London 2026, Alex Rezvan, Host of The Retail Podcast, talks to Sophie Neary, Managing Director, Retail & Consumer Goods, Google. Where a retaile…
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