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Retail & Commerce · 4 min read

95% of Retailers Are Now Cutting Operating Costs With AI — Stord's 2026 Report Puts Hard Numbers on the Shift

Stord's State of AI in E-Commerce 2026 finds 95% of retailers reporting measurable cost reductions and a 30% customer lifetime value lift for brands running full-stack AI.

Jun 9

Retail & Commerce · 4 min read

7-Eleven Japan Built the AI Retail Playbook. Now Everyone Is Reading It.

7-Eleven Japan's decade of AI inventory management and store-level demand forecasting has produced a measurable competitive advantage that global retail chains are now studying as a deployable blueprint.

Jun 6

Retail & Commerce · 5 min read

Amazon and Walmart Race to Own Retail's AI Decision Layer

68% of consumers used AI-enabled shopping tools in the past three months. Amazon and Walmart are racing to control the AI interface — the decision layer — that mediates every purchase those consumers make.

Jun 4

Retail & Commerce · 4 min read

Inside the Real AI Retail Deployment: How the Technology Is Actually Showing Up in Stores Today

A Retail Brew report documents what AI actually looks like in physical stores in 2026 — less about robots, more about workflow-embedded tools that multiply existing worker effectiveness.

Apr 28

Retail & Commerce · 3 min read

AI Retail Startups Target 'Silent Killer' Margin Problems Threatening Store Profitability

AI startups are attacking retail's margin problem with virtual try-on, inventory optimization, and personalization engines. The AI-in-retail market has hit $18.4 billion, with nearly 90% of retailers now deploying AI.

Apr 19