Carlos Mendez 
Three fresh capital signals from Walmart, Target and Amazon point to warehouse automation becoming US retail’s defining capex line. Expect sustained or raised supply-chain capex at August earnings and a new step-change program before holiday 2026.
Fox Corporation has agreed to buy Roku for $160 a share, about $22 billion in enterprise value, in a cash-and-stock deal pairing Tubi and Fox sports with Roku’s connected-TV platform. The transaction hands Fox one of the largest shoppable-TV and retail-media advertising operations in streaming, with closing expected in the first half of 2027.
Sleep Number filed for Chapter 11 on June 12 with a $415 million stalking-horse sale to Canada’s Sleep Country. Here is what the deal, the $260m financing, and the wipeout mean for the mattress market.
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has launched a EUR 38-per-share cash takeover offer for Hugo Boss. The unsolicited bid values the stock it does not own at about USD 2.3 billion.
One instructive small business story: a 4,200-square-foot hardware store turned a how-to YouTube channel into a real revenue line, roughly 18% of sales by year three.
A practical playbook for main street and high street retailers on building window displays that stop walkers, earn entries, and pay for the frontage they occupy.
A 2026 guide to profitable local delivery and curbside for independent retailers: fulfillment math, zone design, fees, and courier choices for community commerce.
Most local retailers confuse audience size with revenue. Community commerce closes that gap by converting a neighborhood following into measurable, repeatable in-store and online sales with concrete owner-run workflows.
E-commerce deep dive: Mercado Libre explained for sellers expanding into Latin America.
Translation is roughly 15% of localizing a store. Local currency, payment rails, trust signals and returns law decide whether a cross-border market converts.