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October 2026
25 items- 23 Oct 2026YesterdayAldi's $39 Thanksgiving vs Sam's Club | Jill DvorakAlex Rezvan
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, …
Podcast - 23 Oct 2026YesterdayChristmas in London Starts at Selfridges | Simone OlomanAlex Rezvan
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…
Podcast - 23 Oct 20262 days agoSainsbury's Wins the Weekly Shop, Walmart's AI AgentsAlex Rezvan
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…
PodcastAIGrocery - 22 Oct 20263 days agoWhy Walmart Is Letting AI Shopping Agents InAlex Rezvan
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…
PodcastAIPricing - 21 Oct 20263 days agoDebenhams Group CEO: The Online Department Store | Dan FinleyAlex Rezvan
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…
PodcastEcommerceStoresLeadership - 21 Oct 20264 days agoChatGPT Virtual Try-On Goes Live, Tractor Supply, Kroger Cuts 3,000 JobsAlex Rezvan
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…
Podcast - 20 Oct 20265 days agoGymshark's First Celebrity, Stelios's easyShop, Cyber Attack Hits Hobbs Owner TFGAlex Rezvan
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, …
PodcastEcommerce - 19 Oct 20266 days agoLVMH Uneven Quarter, Albertsons Review, Just Eat AdAlex Rezvan
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…
PodcastResultsFashion - 15 Oct 20269 days agoIs AI recommending your brand? Ben Jeffries on creator-first AEO (YouTube Festival London 2026)Alex Rezvan
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…
PodcastAI - 15 Oct 202610 days agoAmazon Grocery Shake-Up and US Inflation Hits 3.7% - Daily Retail BriefingAlex Rezvan
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…
PodcastAIGroceryPricing - 13 Oct 202611 days agoBoots Chief Customer Officer: Creators Are the New Beauty Counter | Charlotte LockAlex Rezvan
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 …
PodcastLeadership - 13 Oct 202611 days agoYouTube Is Now Where Shoppers Decide to Buy, with Sophie Neary of GoogleAlex Rezvan
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…
Podcast - 13 Oct 202612 days agoAhold Delhaize Outage, Kroger Cuts 3,000 JobsAlex Rezvan
The Ahold Delhaize outage has left websites and apps down since Sunday and Dutch stores showing last week's shelf prices, a reminder that pricing now depends on central IT. Kroger is cutting 3,000 corporate jobs, UK shoppers are holding back before the budget, and Shein, T…
PodcastFashion - 12 Oct 202612 days agoNike Sales Decline and the Prime Day Rush | Jill Dvorak, NRFAlex Rezvan
Jill Dvorak, SVP Content at NRF, on Prime Day, Walmart's $300m bulky-item hub and the Nike sales decline in China. Is early discounting growing holiday demand or just moving it?Alex Rezvan, Host of The Retail Podcast, and Jill Dvorak, SVP Content at NRF, cover the week'…
Podcast - 12 Oct 202613 days agoChatGPT Try-On, UK Footfall Down 2.9% and Refresco IPOAlex Rezvan
ChatGPT virtual try-on puts OpenAI between the shopper and the checkout, while UK footfall fell 2.9% in September and every format went down. Today's briefing also covers Ocado's clean-label aisle, Refresco's possible IPO above $10bn and Seven & i's plan to…
PodcastStoresPayments - 11 Oct 202614 days agoAmazon Alexa+ Tablets Run Android, Sell at Target and Best BuyAlex Rezvan
Amazon's new Alexa+ tablets run Android with the full Google Play Store and will be sold through Best Buy and Target, a test of how far Amazon will open its hardware to put its assistant in more homes.
NewsStores - 9 Oct 202615 days agoFrasers, Lidl, Burberry and Boots: UK Retail Five Things FridayAlex Rezvan
Lidl adds 43 million visits, Frasers ups its Burberry bet and Boots changes hands. Simone Oloman, Co-host of Five Things Friday UK, explains what this week's moves mean for UK retail.Alex Rezvan, Host of The Retail Podcast, and Simone Oloman cover five stories. Lidl GB gre…
Podcast - 9 Oct 202616 days agoAmazon Layoffs, Tesco Profits and Walmart AI SavingsAlex Rezvan
Amazon layoffs hit around 1,000 corporate roles, most of them in its stores division, as Tesco's profits rise and Walmart puts its AI savings back into customer service. Today's briefing tells retail leaders that efficiency is the theme of the season, and the differenc…
PodcastAI - 8 Oct 202616 days agoWestwing's Next Act: Building a Premium Design Super BrandAlex Rezvan
Westwing built its reputation online. At NRF Europe in Paris, CEO Andreas Hoerning explained how private label, selective stores and premium services are reshaping the home retailer.
NewsEcommerceLeadership - 8 Oct 202617 days agoBoots Sold for £6.7bn, Walmart Drone Delivery ExpandsAlex Rezvan
Walmart drone delivery with Wing is expanding to more than 270 stores by next year, and Boots is going private in a £6.7bn deal with the Weston family. Today's briefing also covers a £440m rise in UK retail electricity bills, Amazon's 63% share of German online retail …
PodcastEcommerce - 7 Oct 202617 days agoQuick Commerce vs Convenience: 7-Eleven India LessonAlex Rezvan
Quick commerce now decides who survives in India: 7-Eleven is shutting around 60 stores because convenience without 30-minute delivery is no longer enough.Jill Dvorak, SVP Content at NRF, joins Alex Rezvan on the UK sales slump, Primark and Morrisons.What is quick commerce? It…
Podcast - 7 Oct 202617 days agoAl-Futtaim's One Commerce Backbone Is Built for Agentic RetailAlex Rezvan
Al-Futtaim runs around 30 digital storefronts from one shared commerce backbone. At NRF Europe, Eric Meulien explained how that architecture let the Dubai group scale without replatforming, and why product data, 15-minute delivery and AI shopping agents are now testing it.
NewsAI - 7 Oct 202618 days agoWalmart Drops Pricing Patent as ASOS Is HackedAlex Rezvan
Walmart is dropping a patent that would have let Scan & Go personalise prices at the point of scan, while ASOS confirms a cyber attack that reached customers through its own app. Today's briefing shows retail leaders that pricing and customer data are now where trust i…
Podcast - 6 Oct 202619 days agoAI in Retail Won't Be Your Edge, Trust Will | Doug StephensAlex Rezvan
Doug Stephens, Founder of Retail Prophet, argues that AI in retail will never be a competitive advantage. Customer trust, earned through fairness to shoppers, staff and suppliers, is the edge that lasts.Alex Rezvan, Host of The Retail Podcast, and Doug cover why only 15% of Am…
PodcastAI - 6 Oct 202619 days agoContinente Sees Shopping Missions, Not Online and OfflineAlex Rezvan
Portugal's Continente has been selling groceries online since 2001. Twenty-five years later, its Head of E-commerce, Guilherme Cardoso, says the bigger opportunity is no longer simply growing digital sales. It is using stores, quick commerce, loyalty data and AI as parts of th…
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