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Retail
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Feb 25, 2026
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7 min read
EuroShop 2026: the store is now a computer. And space is running out.
$0.5B in-store media. AI inside the scanner. Retail supply at all-time lows. Three layers of the same shift.
Retail
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Feb 16, 2026
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6 min read
Wayfair just opened a store the size of a Walmart. On purpose.
Lululemon lost 62% of its stock. Wayfair customers arrived by bus. Malls are turning into housing. Same pattern.
Retail
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Feb 9, 2026
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6 min read
Skims, Primark, Ulta, Pacsun - all picked Dubai. Not London. Not Tokyo.
Five US brands opened their first international stores in one city in 90 days. Here's what's behind it.
Retail
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Feb 2, 2026
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6 min read
Retail splits in two: systems scale, culture concentrates
China buys heritage. Amazon abandons experiments. Physical retail chooses sides.
Mall
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Jan 26, 2026
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4 min read
Retail isn't expanding everywhere. It's concentrating where context holds
Primark enters Asia. Westfield San Francisco steps back. Same market logic, different outcomes.
Retail
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Jan 19, 2026
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5 min read
AI shopping is becoming the front door, flagships keep raising the bar
Agentic commerce after NRF, a new Ginza flagship, and the store openings worth watching.
Retail
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Jan 12, 2026
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4 min read
Retail’s new physical playbook: three signals you can use this week
Fast-growing brands, flagship economics, and why DTC is moving back to streets and malls.
Retail
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Dec 23, 2025
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3 min read
What we track. What we ignore. And why retail growth looks different now
Retail is not slowing down.But it is no longer growing where most people are looking.
