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The moment a consumer starts dreaming about their next vacation might be the most valuable real estate in advertising. Not too early, not too late – somewhere in the middle of the travel planning journey, brands have a rare opportunity to reshape how people perceive them. That sweet spot is driving a 30% year-over-year increase […]

The discounter will use Afresh’s ordering technology across its store categories to support its quickly rotating assortment.

Bruce Robinson joins the Southern California grocer as its vice president of sales and merchandising for fresh, bringing decades of experience from the Texas grocer and Lowes Foods.

As the retailers tap their vast fulfillment capabilities to build out 30-minute delivery services, they’re threatening advantages supermarkets enjoy by being close to their customers.

Retailers are rethinking parcel delivery strategies to improve speed, predictability and cost control.

The category — which continued to grow in Q1 — has become more relevant to Dollar Tree in recent years, the retailer’s chief merchant told Retail Dive.

The companies aim to start operations in Philadelphia, Phoenix and other metros by 2027 as the retailer advances its fast delivery push.

Over half of consumers are comfortable filtering their brand communications entirely through AI, according to research from Gale.

The retailer will give early deals access to Walmart+ members and is rolling out a campaign with a fictional boy band to spur interest in the sale.

Ending the Iran war could help ease the pressure, but the worst is likely still to come for categories like food, according to economists.

Without those challenges, sales would have risen — and the company expects to comp positively in Q2.

Xplor Technologies (“Xplor”), a global leader in software, payments, and intelligent capabilities for everyday life businesses, announced the acquisition of Bitlancer, a technology partner specializing in payroll automation and AI-powered tools purpose-built for fitness operators. The acquisition expands the capabilities Xplor can offer its customers, adding fully embedded payroll processing and AI-powered business automation tools […]

The acquisition strengthens the public relations and marketing agency’s GEO, digital strategy, automation, and web design capabilities for healthcare, life sciences, and technology brands. KNB Communications announced the acquisition of Roketto, a Canada-based digital agency specializing in generative engine optimization (GEO), web design and development, digital advertising, and inbound marketing strategy. This acquisition was the […]

New architecture delivers best-in-class temporal consistency, smarter foreground detection, and on-device support — with no integration changes required Bria, the Generative AI infrastructure for professional visual assets, announced the launch of V-RMBG 3.0, its next-generation video background removal model. Built on a fundamentally new architecture, V-RMBG 3.0 processes video with an awareness of time, eliminating […]

AWS and OpenLegacy announced OpenLegacy’s integration with AWS Transform for Modernization, AWS’s service for modernizing legacy systems. The integration helps enterprises keep modernized cloud workloads connected to the mainframe systems still in place, enabling the incremental, workload-by-workload approach that AWS Transform for Modernization makes possible, while reducing risk and disruption to business operations. The integration […]

New Kyndryl Agentic AI Framework capability designed to fuel more responsive supply chains and personalized customer experiences across retail, CPG, travel and transportation industries Kyndryl, a leading provider of mission‑critical enterprise technology services, announced Kyndryl AI Orchestration for Business, a new capability built with the Kyndryl Agentic AI Framework designed to move enterprises beyond experimentation and siloed workflows to enterprise-wide AI impact. As organizations in retail, […]

Samsung high-impact home screen units will become programmatically available at global scale through integrations with The Trade Desk and Google’s Display and Video 360, powered by Magnite’s SpringServe Samsung Ads, the advanced advertising division of Samsung Electronics, Today announced that, for the first time, advertisers will be able to automate buying of home screen ad placements […]

The appointments deepen Doceree’s bench weeks before the July 14 industry release of Daily Command, the AI command centre for pharma brand teams Doceree, the world’s first AI-powered operating system for healthcare marketing, announced the appointment of Yeshwanth ‘Yesh’ Srinivasan as Chief AI Officer and Graham Wilkinson as Chief Innovation Officer. Both leaders join at […]

Shared Intelligence System built on Adaptive AI and an Interoperable Ecosystem transforms how brands integrate creative, media, and performance Horizon Media Holdings, parent company of the world’s largest independent media agency, announced a strategic partnership with Kartel, an AI-native creative engine focused on building brand-specific intelligence systems for marketing. The partnership integrates Kartel into HorizonOS, […]

Every year, lists of the fastest-growing brands offer more than a snapshot of corporate success. They provide insight into what consumers increasingly value, how preferences are evolving, and where demand is moving next. Yelp’s 2026 Fastest-Growing Brands report does exactly that. Based on growth in consumer engagement across the Yelp platform, the rankings highlight brands […] What Yelp’s Fastest-Growing Brands Reveal About Consumer Behavior first appeared on Street Fight.

Google told a federal court this week that its YouTube terms of service grant AI models, like its music generator Lyria, broad rights to train their platforms using licensed work as it seeks to dismiss a lawsuit alleging such use was illegal. In a 41-page legal filing Monday, attorneys with the law firm Quinn Emanuel […]

CAA is back in business with its former majority owner, private-equity giant TPG — with the two companies teaming up on plans to buy creator-led companies. CAA and TPG’s Integrated Media Company (IMC) have formed Compound Creative Holdings, a $250 million holding company “designed to acquire, operate and grow a portfolio of leading Creator Economy […]

Comedian Adam Friedland is set to bring “The Adam Friedland Show” to Spotify in July. The talk show will relaunch with its third season and partner with the streaming service for ad sales and distribution across all podcast platforms. “I couldn’t be more excited. I asked my colleagues at Spotify for a Spotify premium membership, […]

Entertainment veteran Amanda Farrand has a new gig — where she’s in charge of sparking joy on the internet, and, ideally, making some money from it. Upworthy, a digital aggregator and producer of viral uplifting stories, has hired Farrand as its new CEO. She officially joined the L.A.-based company on May 26 after holding senior […]