Global Scans · Retail · Weekly Summary

• [New] Companies that leverage innovation, convenience, and customer-centric strategies will lead the next wave of grocery retail globally. Journal
• [New] By 2025, domain-specific generative AI is expected to revolutionize industries such as retail, manufacturing, and distribution, enhancing efficiency, personalization, and innovation. Rapidops
• [New] Hyper-Relevance: By 2025, expect personalized ads, recommendations, and landing pages to become baseline expectations, forcing retailers to continuously refine their data pipelines and personalization logic. Netguru
• [New] 70% of retail executives plan to implement AI capabilities by 2025, leveraging tools like algorithmic merchandising, demand forecasting, and personalized marketing. Ainvest
• [New] Start exploring how agentic AI can revolutionize your retail operations and create the autonomous, intelligent business systems that will define success in 2025 and beyond. Ampcome
• [New] Upwards of 1,000 stores will be remodeled by the end of 2026. Restaurant Dive
• [New] The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates will soon launch the retail and wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Digital Dirham, to licensed financial institutions. FinExtra
• [New] Retailers like Target and Kroger could see improved sales of big-ticket items as consumer confidence rises. Ainvest
• [New] The U.S. average retail price for regular-grade gasoline will average about $3.10 per gallon this year, down 20 cents. EIA - Energy Information Administration
• [New] The National Retail Federation projects an even more dramatic decline, estimating that total US inbound container volume for 2025 will fall 5.6% compared to 2024. gCaptain
• Retail media is big business, expected to account for more than $74 billion in U.S. ad spend in 2026. Digiday
• Stores bring in 70% of revenue, but online sales will grow from under 10% today to over 20% in three years. Upstox
• Huge potential in the supermarket sector exists in online grocery shopping, as evidenced by the share of food and beverage sales in total U.S. e-retail sales which showed constant growth between 2017 and 2024, and is expected to grow further by 2029. Statista
• Omni Channel Supply Chain is the most effective way to sell furniture, marrying local stores, vendors, manufacturers and sales staff with the online convenience today's busy shoppers expect. SlideShare
• As technology trends have moved beyond pure-play models and towards a more integrated experience bridging the digital and store divide, furniture retailers are now in a prime position to capture their ecommerce opportunity, and provide their customers a modern and seamless, Omni channel experience. SlideShare
• With 23% of all IKEA Australia parcel orders delivered to areas outside the reach of metro stores, Australia Post will support the expansion of IKEA deliveries across its extensive network, reaching even the most regional and remote parts of Australia. The Times
• Most retailers expanded space for private brands within their stores last year, and the majority of grocers plan to do so in 2025 as well. Grocery Dive
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning retailers and consumers not to sell or use certain imported cookware that may leach significant levels of lead into food. FDA

Last updated: 11 September 2025