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Building a retail crisis comms plan before the story breaks
A breaking story does not wait for legal sign-off. This is how retailers build a crisis comms plan that produces a holding statement in 15 minutes, names the decision-maker, and keeps the brand credible across every channel.
Couponing in 2026 is not what your parents remember
Consumer Trends deep dive: Couponing in 2026 is not what your parents remember.
Tools and vendors for community commerce in 2026
Local Retail deep dive: Tools and vendors for community commerce in 2026.
Notable retail M&A deals to learn from in the past three years
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Picking a regional marketplace for 2026 expansion
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EU Digital Services Act duties for online marketplaces
A concrete 2026 breakdown of the DSA duties that bind online marketplaces: trader traceability (KYC), notice-and-action, illegal-content takedowns, transparency reporting, the VLOP threshold, and what non-compliance actually costs.
State-level retail laws that ship operators ignore at their peril
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What retail CEO transitions in 2026 tell investors
A retail CEO change is rarely just a personnel note. Read the timing, the successor profile, and the severance terms, and it becomes one of the cleanest forward signals an investor gets.