Discover key 2026 retail trends: bankruptcy risks, AI-powered shopping, and stricter return policies. Learn how profitability will define the industry's future.

Retailers across segments have been expanding their smart store ambitions for decades. Starting in the late 1980s with the introduction of self-checkout kiosks and progressing to today’s smart RFID ...

Before and during the pandemic, consumers increasingly shifted to online shopping, leading retailers to close multiple physical stores. However, with the lifting of restrictions and increased freedom ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Jaime Bettencourt A ...

For the small independent retailer, successfully managing inventory is one of the biggest keys to running a profitable and sustainable business. Unlike big-box stores, we often don’t have the cash ...

A quiet revolution is redefining retail. The old stigma around discount stores is vanishing, replaced by a new definition of ...

Smart Choice has expanded its mergers and acquisitions (M&A) programme with the appointments of Mike Strakhov and Morgan ...

Eric Jackson, the hedge fund manager behind the Opendoor rally, thinks Wall Street has been wrong about one of the top stocks ...