Amazon is doubling down on off-site checkout, bringing its signature Prime benefits to more direct-to-consumer brands through international platforms like Shopline.
In this month’s data sheet, we look at the state of AI and how it’s being applied for retailers. Among experts, such as the VP of emerging technology at Walmart Global Tech, whom Modern Retail interviewed, many noted the way AI allows retailers to gain a better understanding of their customers.
Rare Beauty is the latest to launch a Substack as more brands look for ways to organically reach people outside of Instagram and TikTok. But brands should be mindful before jumping into the platform.
The third and final installment of the Modern Retail Index looks at retailer financial performance and revisits the impacts that e-commerce and fulfillment strategies, the previous two index dimensions, have had on retailer performance YoY.