The 5 Biggest Retail Trends 2026

News Source : Forbes
News Summary
- In 2023, retail media networks (RMN) were a trend on my top five list.
- Fast-forward to 2026, where RMN has gone beyond a source of driving revenue to evolving into a retail media ecosystem that’s become a brand-building, partnership-attracting, and analytics gold mine.
- Artificial intelligence (AI) is finding its most immediate applications in operational efficiencies within trade desk, sales, and category management functions.
- By layering AI capabilities into the marketing function, growth will be explosive.
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