retail strategy

Suja CEO: Produce placement beats center-store noise

Walk the floor at Expo West and the better-for-you beverage category looks like a sea of near-identical bottles. Every brand claims low sugar, functional ingredients, and clean labels. The question for anyone selling in that space is not whether the product is good, but whether a shopper will ever f

Retail Refined with Woof Gang Bakery CEO Ricardo Azevedo

Woof Gang CEO Ricardo Azevedo balances scale with local community presence through franchise operations, targeting 450 North American locations by 2027.

Retail Refined Podcast - Sali Christeson

In the latest episode of MarketScale's Retail Refined podcast, host Melissa Gonzalez engaged in a focused conversation with Sali Christeson, CEO and founder of Argent. Argent is known for sitting at the nexus of fashion, work, ambition, and cultural change. With a mission to redefine workwear and bo

Walmart’s e-commerce is past 23% of U.S. sales, and stores are being reworked into the fulfillment layer

Walmart’s U.S. e-commerce sales grew 24% in Q2 and now exceed 23% of the segment’s mix. The operational story is how stores are being engineered to carry that l

Bed Bath & Beyond posts Q2 revenue growth and plans rebrand to Neighborhood Intelligence as ecommerce data demands intensify

Bed Bath & Beyond reported Q2 FY26 revenue growth and announced a rebrand to Neighborhood Intelligence, signaling a strategic pivot as retail operators face ris

Tractor Supply, Albertsons, and DoorDash-Shopify moves signal a structural shift toward digital retail investment

Tractor Supply, Albertsons, and DoorDash-Shopify are each making structural bets on digital commerce as online retail's share of total commerce keeps growing.

Retailers restructure digital operations as ecommerce becomes the baseline, not the edge

Albertsons centralizes merchandising, Tractor Supply grows digital despite headwinds, and fresh Forbes data frames how big the stakes really are.

Sizzle Clip- Khirma Eliazov

Khirma Eliazov explains why brief recovery pauses are a performance tool for driven professionals, not a weakness or setback.

Beyond Barbie: Brands with Nostalgia-Focused Marketing Partnerships Should Choose Synergy and Legacy Over Trend

Nostalgia-driven brand partnerships succeed when built on shared values rather than fleeting cultural moments

Retail Roundtable: How Serious is the Retail Shrink Crisis?

Retailers grapple with conflicting data as organized theft, store closures, and shrinking profit margins create uncertainty about the scale of the problem