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Speaking to The Retail Podcast at NRF APAC 2026, DFI Retail Group Chief Executive Scott Price argued that customer trust, information sharing and board-level accountability must become central to how the retail industry responds to cyber risk.

Target is bringing 90 prestige, emerging and global beauty brands to more than 600 stores. Alex Rezvan and Jill Dvorak examine what Target Beauty Studio means for Target, Sephora and Ulta Beauty—and where the customer’s beauty spend could move next.This week’s US retail briefi…

Pinduoduo's expansion in Malaysia is testing how local retailers compete with ultra-low-price cross-border commerce, while the Singapore–Johor Bahru RTS Link could redraw the retail catchment between the two markets.Ngai Yuen Low, Ryf Quail and Alex Rezvan examine the proj…

Scott Price, Group Chief Executive of DFI Retail Group, argues that retail cybersecurity is now a sector-wide risk—not a problem any company can solve alone.Recorded at NRF APAC 2026 in Singapore, the conversation examines why retailers need to share threat intelligence, how d…

Walmart is removing friction at checkout, Home Depot is turning stores into rapid-fulfilment hubs, American Eagle is betting on football culture, Best Buy has reached a major zero-waste milestone and Ross is proving that value retail can grow through more than price alone. Tog…

Marks & Spencer is moving its European ecommerce fulfilment to Zalando's ZEOS platform across 22 continental European markets. Alex Rezvan and Simone Oloman, Co-founder and CEO of NIFT, examine what the partnership means alongside five other UK retail developments from the…

Marks & Spencer is using Zalando's ZEOS platform for European ecommerce fulfilment across 22 continental European markets.Alex Rezvan and Simone Oloman, Co-founder and CEO of NIFT, cover six UK retail stories: M&S and Zalando's European fulfilment partnership; …

Walmart has started rolling out Apple Pay at select US Walmart and Sam's Club locations, with rollout to all US stores and clubs planned by the end of 2026. Alex Rezvan is joined by Jill Dvorak, Senior Vice President, Content at NRF, for five US retail stories: Home Depot's na…

Walmart has started rolling out Apple Pay at select US Walmart and Sam's Club locations, with rollout to all US stores and clubs planned by the end of 2026.Alex Rezvan and Jill Dvorak, Senior Vice President, Content at NRF, break down five US retail stories: Home Depot&#39…

Speaking at EuroShop 2026, Holland & Barrett's Head of Store Design Richard Fisher explains why physical retail now competes with Netflix for attention, and how punk and showbiz design, Tesco concessions and the Cardiff Experience Store are reinventing a 150-year-old wellness …

Cross-border e-commerce is getting more expensive, marketplaces are searching for growth beyond merchandise, India's quick-commerce boom is challenging traditional grocery, global shipping remains unpredictable and Fabletics is betting on stores for its next phase of expansion.

Why is Coach growing while Kate Spade declines under the same parent company?And what does Target appointing a Chief AI Officer tell us about the next phase of retail technology?In this USA edition of Five Things Friday, Alex and Jill unpack five developments shaping US retail…

What does Target appointing a Chief AI Officer tell us about the next phase of AI in retail? In this USA edition of Five Things Friday, Alex and Jill examine five developments shaping the US retail market — and the strategic implications behind them. Target has brought Chandu …

What should global retail leaders be paying attention to right now?In this edition of The International Briefing, Jill Dvorak, Senior Vice President, Content at NRF, joins Alex Rezvan to unpack five developments from across the international retail industry.Europe: What could …

The International Briefing examines five developments shaping retail around the world—and what they mean for industry leaders. Jill Dvorak, Senior Vice President, Content at NRF, joins Alex Rezvan for this edition. Europe’s €3 parcel charge A new charge on low-value parcels en…

NIFT is expanding its rapid-delivery model with a 12,000 sq ft logistics hub at Westfield London. Co-founder and CEO Simone Oloman explains why faster local fulfilment could give fashion brands a new route into London, as UK retail rethinks value, luxury consolidation and resale.

Five Things Friday UK Edition is your fast briefing on the retail stories worth paying attention to this week.Alex Rezvan and Simone Oloman break down the developments affecting retailers, brands and the wider industry.This week:Frasers buys Harvey Nichols — what could happen …

Five Things Friday UK Edition brings together the retail stories worth knowing this week. Alex Rezvan of The Retail Podcast and Simone Oloman, co-founder of Need It For Tonight, discuss the developments shaping the UK retail industry and what they could mean for retailers, bra…

Stanley 1913 Chief Brand Officer Kate Ridley on heritage, the Quencher effect, Post Malone and Messi partnerships, TikTok Shop and life beyond hydration.

What does buying AI look like when a retailer has a real problem to solve? At NRF APAC 2026 in Singapore, Alex Rezvan joins Low Ngai Yuen, Managing Director of AEON360, on a live buying mission across the show floor. Ngai Yuen is not browsing demonstrations. She has a specific…

Alex Rezvan and AEON360 Managing Director Low Ngai Yuen go into operator mode at NRF APAC. Ngai Yuen has a live AI and product-data requirement—and two startups she first met in New York may have the answer. This is the buying journey: the brief, the meetings, the 50,000-SKU p…

Andrew Doyle, VP for Frontline Workers at Jabra, argues that voice is becoming the natural interface between retail associates and AI agents - and that audio quality decides whether those systems work on the shop floor.

ReturnPro CEO and co-founder Sender Shamiss argues that retail's $890 billion returns problem is now a margin opportunity, spanning prevention, fraud detection, intelligent routing and recommerce.

AI's biggest impact on retail may not come from chatbots or personalisation. Rahul Mahajan, Global CTO at Nagarro, argues the deeper opportunity lies in rebuilding how retailers forecast demand, interact with data and connect products with services.

From Frasers Group's pursuit of Hugo Boss and Tesco's quick-commerce expansion to Nike's China recalibration and FairPrice's smart-store platform, five stories reveal that retail's next battle is about controlling the customer relationship.