RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
MAY 22, 2025
According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), 2025 is expected to be another strong year for retail growth. In their latest forecast, U.S. retail sales are projected to rise between 2.5% and 3.5%, reaching more than $5.23 trillion. The most successful retailers are those embracing digital transformation and adopting a seamless omni channel retail strategy.
The Retail Doctor
MAY 22, 2025
If you're running a retail operation with hundreds of stores, you're already using AI whether you know it or not. Stock alerts, customer review engines, price recommendation tools - that's AI in its early form. It's a new class of operations.
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Inside Retail
MAY 22, 2025
Despite rising promotional activity and an increased cost of business, Myer has achieved sales growth, albeit dragged down by the performance of its apparel brands. The company says its second-half sales rose 1.9 per cent year on year to $837.2 million. Comparable sales were up 1.5 per cent, while online sales rose by 9 per cent to account for 21.4 per cent of overall sales.
Retail Gazette
MAY 22, 2025
Retail sales rose for the fourth consecutive month in April as consumer confidence in the UK improved. Sales volumes rose 1.2% last month, up from a flat 0.1% increase in March, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics ( ONS ). In the year to April, sales were up 5%. The uplift was driven by strong demand across most sectors, including food stores, household goods and department store retailers all reporting increased spending.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
Inside Retail
MAY 22, 2025
It began with handmade beaded bracelets at Salamanca Market. Today, Francesca is rewriting the playbook for modern retail in Australia, fusing customisation, emotional storytelling and social impact into a rapidly scaling business. Behind the jewellery brand are sisters and co-founders Hannah and Rachel Vasicek, who have transformed a childhood hobby into a brand that delivers personal, purpose-driven experiences.
Retail Wire
MAY 22, 2025
The Home Depot is struggling to reverse concerning customer behavior, according to TheStreet reporter Patricia Battle namely, a decline in shoppers willing to spend on big-ticket discretionary items from its warehouse aisles. Regardless of Home Depot’s Q1 2025 earnings report illustrating a U.S. comparable sales growth figure of 0.2%, Placer.ai was quoted by Battle as recording a more significant 4.2% year-over-year fall in visits per location, indicating that the orange-and-white brand w
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Retail Wire
MAY 22, 2025
On June 1, Nike is increasing prices on several products. Footwear currently costing $150 or more will rise by $10 or less. However, the $155 price tag for the brand’s Air Force 1 sneakers will remain the same. Prices for shoes less than $100 will also remain unchanged. Other items priced between $100 and $150 will rise by $5. Customers will pay between $2 and $10 more for adult apparel and equipment. “We regularly evaluate our business and make pricing adjustments as part of our sea
Inside Retail
MAY 22, 2025
Online delivery in Thailand is set for a change of look, but the roads will be just as dangerous. Earlier this year, on Sukhumvit Road in the heavily congested tourist enclave of Bangkok, a Foodpanda delivery man on a motorbike didnt make it home. He met a grisly end at the hands, or rather the front fender, of an enraged car driver. The latter, who had pursued the fleeing Foodpanda rider after an earlier altercation at a traffic light, knocked him clean off his motorbike into a lamppost.
Retail Wire
MAY 22, 2025
White Castle is joining the chicken sandwich wars with a bold new menu addition, aiming to go head-to-head with other fast-food favorites in the battle for crispy chicken supremacy. Nation’s Restaurant News reports that White Castle’s vice president of marketing and public relations, Jamie Richardson, revealed that the fast-food giant will soon debut a new chicken sandwich.
Inside Retail
MAY 22, 2025
After launching onto the Australian fashion scene last September, designer label Deering has just released its third drop, Collection 03. Founded by entrepreneur Erin Deering, the eponymous brand is looking to bridge the gap between the function of clothes and the aesthetic of fashion positioning dressing as a form of self-care. A high bar for any brand, let alone a new one.
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AI agents already analyze trends, draft content, and trigger actions across leading commerce platforms. Yet most organizations still rely on workflows built for human‑only teams, losing speed, margin, and customer loyalty. Humans + Agents: Rethinking Enterprise Commerce in the Age of AI Collaboration shows how to close that gap. In one concise read you’ll see where agent gains surface first, how early adopters prove ROI, and which lean controls keep innovation moving without risking data or bran
Frank Mayer
MAY 22, 2025
After you’ve invested time and money into planning your initial kiosk deployment, sluggish customer adoption can be a major frustration. But before scrapping your entire roll out, it’s worth examining whether the pilot conditions are set up for success. Luckily, this early phase is the best time for adjustments. Course-correcting now helps ensure stronger kiosk adoption when the program scales.
Cisco Retail
MAY 22, 2025
AI is starting to push data center interconnect (DCI) capacity towards higher speeds. Since the cost structure of DCI is usually based on bandwidth usage, costs will quickly multiply, as enterprises will need more circuits to support increased capacity demands. A less costly alternative for enterprises is to lease dark fiber from service providers and create their own private network.
Retail Times
MAY 22, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! This summer, IKEA Museums exuberant textile exhibition will debut at Dovecot Studios on 18th July 2025, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh Art Festival, through to 17th January 2026, following a successful season at the IKEA Museum in Almhult, Sweden.
Cisco Retail
MAY 22, 2025
Knowing how to detect and defend against SMB exploits isnt just smart cybersecurityits essential for anyone serious about a career in the field.
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Category Management is a cornerstone of a successful retail strategy. While it promotes collaboration between manufacturers and retailers to optimize category performance, challenges persist in its effective implementation due to hurdles in communication and collaboration across teams and partners, and more. In this guide, we outline five essential strategies for success in 2025 that will touch on all the essential pieces of a successful strategy and implementation.
Retail Times
MAY 22, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Sainsburys is making this a berry good bank holiday with British strawberries at brilliant prices. Punnets of by Sainsburys Strawberries 250g will be available for just 1 with Nectar Prices at Sainsburys supermarkets from Friday 23rd until Monday 26th May own from 2.20, thats a better than half price saving.
Cisco Retail
MAY 22, 2025
Get ready to explore the future of innovation and collaboration at Cisco Live 2025! From June 8-12 in San Diegoor virtually from anywherethis premier event brings together thought leaders and forward-thinkers across various different industries.
Retail Dive
MAY 22, 2025
The technology company debuted AI Mode, the ability for shoppers to use agentic capabilities to set up price tracking and make purchases on their behalf.
Cisco Retail
MAY 22, 2025
Technological leadership is now a defining factor shaping the future of our country and our world, from economic growth to international cooperation and national security. Today, innovations in AI, secure connectivity, digital infrastructure, and cloud computing arent just transforming industriestheyre reshaping how nations engage, collaborate, and compete.
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Late deliveries. Split shipments. Spiraling freight costs. For home, furniture, and DIY brands, fulfillment has never been more complex—or more critical. This report outlines how a smarter, AI-ready order management system (OMS) helps you reduce shipping costs, streamline project-based fulfillment, and ensure accurate inventory across every channel.
Mulesoft
MAY 22, 2025
Learn how MuleSoft plays a pivotal role in resolving Employee Data Discrepancies at Salesforce using MuleSoft APIs, Data Cloud and Agentforce. A MuleSoft for Agentforce use case. The post Employee Data Integrations: A MuleSoft for Agentforce Use Case first appeared on MuleSoft Blog.
Retail Times
MAY 22, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Boots has launched dermatology training on common skin conditions for its pharmacists and pharmacy team members in 200 stores nationwide, with more stores to be added in the coming months. The training has been developed in partnership with LOral Groupe and leading consultant dermatologist, Dr Justine Hextall, and is approved by the British Association o
Cisco Retail
MAY 22, 2025
The needs of customers are evolving faster than ever and Cisco is evolving with them. As you know, were re-architecting the way we design solutions and deliver them to market with a One Cisco approach across our portfolio and AI strategy because yesterdays approaches no longer support todays reality.
Retail Dive
MAY 22, 2025
As consolidation drives more independents out of business, smaller retailers need to stand out and connect with their communities, experts say.
Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker
Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.
Retail Times
MAY 22, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! The Co-operative Group(Co-op’) has partnered withVusionGroup(VU FR0010282822)to replacepaper shelf edge labels in store with electronic shelf edge labels, a move designed to improve the customer shopping experience, enhance the transparency of product information, cut paper waste and simplify everyday tasks including picking online grocery orders.
Shopperations
MAY 22, 2025
Today, I am continuing our 2025 Shopper Marketing Agency Landscape series by featuring Advantage Marketing Partners (AMP) a dynamic, agile team that brought serious energy to the conversation. Unlike a typical one-on-one interview, AMP showed up as a crew.
Retail Times
MAY 22, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! With the bank holiday weekend on the way, new research fromRaisin UKhas revealed where Brits can find the best value on BBQ essentials this May.The results show thatAldi is leading the way for savvy shoppers, costing a total of 15.20 for BBQ essentials.
Inside Retail
MAY 22, 2025
Checkout isnt just the final step in a transaction. Its a critical moment that can make or break the customer experience. New research from The Harris Poll and Rokt reveals just how high expectations have become. Todays shoppers want a checkout experience thats fast, relevant and friction-free. And in Australia, those expectations are even higher. Shoppers here dont just want personalised offers, they expect them to arrive instantly and seamlessly.
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AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.
Retail Times
MAY 22, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Tapping into the evolving fruit beer trend, BrewDog has collaborated with Co-op and Booker to introduce two new fruity beers, exclusively to the convenience channel. Fruit Burst IPA(4.4% ABV) is a session-able modern pale ale bursting with tropical, passionfruit and berry notes.
Nvidia
MAY 22, 2025
GeForce NOW is turning up the heat this summer with a hot new deal. For a limited time, save 40% on six-month Performance memberships and enjoy premium GeForce RTX-powered gaming for half a year. Members can jump into all the action this summer, whether traveling or staying cool at home. Eleven new games join the cloud this week, headlined by the highly anticipated launch of Capcoms Onimusha 2 and Netmarbles Game of Thrones: Kingsroad.
Retail Times
MAY 22, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Colliers has announced the letting of House of Flowers at Chelsea Waterfront. As the first commercial retail unit to commence fit-out at the iconic Power House, the arrival of House of Flowers marks a significant milestone in the development’s progress, complementing the floral celebration taking place nearby.
Retail Wire
MAY 22, 2025
Kroger has announced that it will no longer offer its Ship service, an online marketplace that provided home delivery for its third-party products, after the company discovered that it could not compete with similar offerings by Amazon, Walmart, and others. According to WLWT 5 , customers are still advised to order through the grocer’s Pickup and Delivery options.
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