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Retail 2025: 10 Trends in Retail Technology

We present 10 key technologies that we expect to be influential in retail in 2025, spanning the physical store, e-commerce and operations. From retail media expansion to the power of GenAI (generative artificial intelligence) in the supply chain, understand what is significant today and what will be important in the year ahead. This research report is made available to non-subscribers through its sponsorship by Intel.

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Party City and Big Lots To Close All Stores: What’s the $100 Billion Elephant in the Room?

Two major US retailers, Big Lots and Party City, are closing. Big Lots stated that it will conduct an out-of-business sale following the failure of a deal to sell the company, while Party City plans to close all its stores. We argue that these closures are indicative of an underrecognized pressure on retailers, which we identify as totaling about $100 billion in scale.

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