Olivia Bennett 
The FTC opened public comment on a proposed enforcement policy statement declaring that undisclosed personalized pricing likely violates Section 5 of the FTC Act. Retailers get 30 days once the notice hits the Federal Register, against a state patchwork that is already binding.
Fakes have gotten good enough that the obvious checks no longer settle it. This is the order serious buyers work through.
Most delivery complaints start as an exception scan. Acting on the right day, with the right message, saves the order and the margin.
Walmart, Albertsons, UNFI and Best Buy each split the finance seat from the operating seat within twenty-six days of each other, and every handover tail expires at fiscal year-end. The pattern points to a cluster of formal operating-model reorganizations landing between late February and mid-April 2027.
Breakage looks like free money until the accounting and unclaimed property rules get involved. Here is how it actually works.
The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation entered into application on 12 August 2026, replacing a directive that governed the bloc’s packaging rules for three decades. A PFAS restriction, new conformity documentation and marketplace verification duties bite immediately, while the heavier design rules wait until 2030.
HPOS is a real performance win and a real compatibility risk. Here is the staged migration plan.
Shelf space is bought, measured and reviewed. Here is how planograms and slotting fees work from both sides of the table.
A trade-in program is a discount mechanism in disguise. These are the pricing rules that keep it accretive.
How to replace the annual stocktake with cycle counting, including how to segment stock, set count frequency and hold an accuracy target.