Have you noticed how technology is rapidly transforming our shopping experiences? From online marketplaces to self-checkout kiosks, the retail landscape is evolving at breakneck speed. Today, let's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nikki Baird is a top global retail innovation and technology advisor. Two big consumer spending indicators were released last week ...

Marking its 115th anniversary, NRF 2026 is the world’s most prestigious retail industry exhibition hosted by the National Retail Federation. Attracting over 40,000 industry leaders and decision-makers ...

DÜSSELDORF, Germany, Feb. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- At EuroShop 2026, the world's leading retail trade fair, ZKONG made a high-profile appearance, presenting its latest smart retail technologies to a ...

A shopping trip in Texas to one of Walmart’s many superstores yielded many items with price points under three dollars, including a couple for less than 75¢. Each of these products shared something in ...

From AI to pop-ups, modern retail hinges on digitization at the shelf — here’s how the right foundation makes innovation scalable. In a retail environment shaped by inflationary pressure, cost ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adroit Worldwide Media, Inc. (“AWM Smart Shelf®” or “AWM”), a vision technology company, partners with Microsoft to enable intelligent retail with their autonomous shopping ...

Taiwan-based E Ink Holdings is scaling up production of electronic shelf labels (ESLs) as global retailers accelerate adoption. With deployments expanding across the US and Europe, and government ...

Plastics manufacturers and processors now have access to smart packaging technology that promises to shift the tide of the industry's sustainability efforts. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is a ...

The report Smart Labels, published by Cleveland-based industrial market research firm The Freedonia Group, estimates that through the year 2007, the total U.S. market for smart labels will grow more ...

To say that COVID-19 has been disruptive to the retail sector would be an understatement, but the ongoing pandemic is far from the only factor contributing to a significant shift in retail technology ...