United States Q2 2026 Retail market dynamics - jll.com
2 Dallas-Fort Worth's pipeline outpaces every other market by nearly 40% New retail construction remains historically constrained nationwide, keeping availability and vacancy low and reinforcing landlords' pricing power. But the national average of 16.4 square feet under construction per 100 residents masks a sharply uneven picture: pipeline activity is concentrated in a handful of high-growth ...

Retail 2026: 10 Trends in Retail Technology - builders.intel.com
The proliferation of devices inside the retail store—such as POS, self-checkout kiosks, Wi-Fi terminals, retail media screens, associate mobile computers, and a variety of sensors, including a lattice of cameras for monitoring, loss prevention and customer experience management—creates the need to host computing power in the store and in ...

AI in retail - assets.kpmg.com
AI across the retail customer journey The traditional, linear customer journey is obsolete. In its place is a dynamic, fluid experience that begins not with a search, but with conversational inspiration where AI anticipates true intent. From there, the customer becomes a co-creator, exploring and customizing products in real-time. The purchase evolves into an intelligent transaction, often ...

Retail market dynamics
Retail absorption dipped to -4.4 million square feet in Q1 2026, repeating the pattern we saw last year, when the same forces were at play: a cluster of first-quarter closures pulled absorption sharply negative before the market found its footing and recovered through 2025.

The Enterprise AI Transformation Guide for Retail
The AI imperative for retail: what separates leaders from laggards Retail leaders face intense pressure: razor-thin margins, Amazon and digital-native brands elevating customer experience expectations, and customers demanding instant gratification with personalized service.

Retail insights 2026
Scaling AI in retail ultimately comes down to three imperativ • Rebuild the core systems and data your business depends on. • Rewire operations so intelligence can move safely across workflows. Consolidation of subsidiaries to gain higher efficiencies. • Reimagine value by embedding AI into products, services and experiences.

ACSI® Retail and Consumer Shipping Study 2026
Retail Environment Again Challenged as Customers Look for Convenience but Increasingly Focus on Value In an uncertain economic environment, customer satisfaction with the retail sector overall again rises slightly as it did a year ago. The general merchandise and specialty retailer industries each gain 1%, online retailers are unchanged, and supermarkets decline 1% year over year. While ...

2026-retail-predictions
The retail landscape is transforming, as automation and AI unlock new possibilities for businesses and the consumers they serve. While the implications vary by geography, sector, and a multitude of other factors, giving retailers across the globe different views of the future, the overall picture is one of fundamental change. Based on BCG’s analysis of the forces, trends, and challenges ...

ADVANCE MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, SEPTEMBER 2026
Advance Estimates of U.S. Retail and Food Services Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for September 2026, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $745.0 billion, up 0.8 percent (±0.4 percent) from the previous month, and up 6.3 percent (±0.5 percent) from September 2025. Total sales for the July 2026 ...

The future of retail - EY
The emergence of powerful retail platforms and a proliferation of routes to market through new logistics providers and digital channels had already opened the door for brands and start-ups to take their products and services directly to consumers, threatening to marginalize traditional retailers as the gatekeepers between consumers and the products they buy. This has exponentially increased ...

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