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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.

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…

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.

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.

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

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.

Katherine Melchior Ray explains why global brands like Louis Vuitton succeed by defining non-negotiable values while letting local teams innovate.

NVIDIA's Azita Martin on how generative AI, digital twins and physical AI are moving retail from pilots into stores, distribution centres and e-commerce.

From organised retail crime in Australia to China's membership economy and Vietnam's mobile-first e-commerce, five developments across Asia Pacific point to one theme: the region's retailers are adapting faster than consumer behaviour is changing.

Artificial intelligence is transforming every part of retail, but Europe faces a unique challenge. NRF Europe Show Director Annabelle Serres says regulation, legacy systems and slower implementation risk widening the innovation gap, and the industry now needs to move from disc…

New Dunnhumby research across 3,000 US and UK grocery shoppers finds 91% will share transactional data for real value, and that relevance, trust and in-store media now decide retail media's next phase of growth.

Comexposium Singapore has been named Trade Show of the Year at the Singapore MICE Awards for NRF 2025: Retail's Big Show Asia Pacific, a recognition that points to the growing influence of Asia Pacific on global retail.

Matthew Brown's latest selection of the world's most innovative stores reveals a clear direction for physical retail. The winners are competing on emotion, hospitality, community and experience.

AI shopping, GLP-1 demand and in-store retail media will dominate Groceryshop 2026 as leaders confront the commercial decisions reshaping everyday retail.

At its La Finca flagship in Madrid, BM is combining the craft of a traditional market with modern retail technology, local sourcing and specialist fresh food expertise.

Air Up began as a student research project into neuroscience and has grown into an international consumer brand operating across 14 markets. Its scented water bottles use retronasal olfaction to deliver flavour without sugar, reshaping how consumers think about hydration and h…

FamilyMart has opened FAMIMA PARK AZABUDAI, its first flagship store in Tokyo, as part of a strategy to turn the convenience store into a retail destination.

H2O Retailing Corporation is modernising its technology foundations to connect data, AI, stores and human service around a single customer relationship.

From destination flagship stores to experiential activations and culturally relevant marketing, the UK's leading retailers are proving that growth today depends on creating experiences customers want to be part of, not simply transactions they need to make.

Pomelo pioneered a mobile-first omnichannel retail model in Southeast Asia, using physical stores to support e-commerce and reduce purchase anxiety.

Uniqlo, Zara and FamilyMart show how disciplined expansion, omnichannel stores and experience-led retail are rewriting the playbook for global growth.