Why Lowe’s chief marketer Jen Wilson added digital commerce to her portfolio

The addition of Lowes.com and Marketplace to a purview that includes retail media, loyalty and personalization speaks to the evolution of the marketer role.

By Chris Kelly • Sept. 16, 2026

Dueling Amazon, Target October sales events return

With the holidays right around the corner, both retailers will hold deal days next month on everything from toys to groceries and apparel. 

By Dani James • Sept. 15, 2026

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What's shaping the e-commerce landscape?

From pivots in digital strategies to challenges retailers must overcome with reverse logistics, here are some of the forces shaping online retail.

By Retail Dive staff

Amazon invests over $230M in benefits, pay for Whole Foods store employees

As the company continues to merge its operations with the specialty grocer, this next investment focuses on its frontline workers.

By Peyton Bigora • Sept. 14, 2026

Teens start to trust AI recommendations more than friends, parents

There's a generational shift among consumers as they bring AI into their purchasing process, according to a Mastercard report.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 14, 2026

The Weekly Closeout: Chewy’s sales jump and a retail exec turns politician

The pet retailer scored more than 7% net sales growth in the most recent quarter. Meanwhile, former Hudson’s Bay CEO Helena Foulkes could soon be Rhode Island’s governor.

By Retail Dive Staff • Sept. 11, 2026

E-commerce to outpace overall holiday sales growth as shoppers lean on AI

The channel is expected to grow up to 8.4%, aided in part by consumers’ embrace of digital tools such as artificial intelligence, per Deloitte.

By Lara Ewen • Sept. 10, 2026

Preparing your platform for agentic commerce: How to authenticate AI buying agents vs. synthetic bots

Marketplaces spent a decade building systems to keep bots out. In agentic commerce, some of those bots are now your best customers — and the rest are harder to spot.

Sept. 8, 2026

How AI is powering Target’s back-to-school push

The mass retailer is utilizing AI for wish lists and recommended actions on its e-commerce site, Target’s senior vice president of technology told Retail Dive.

By Dani James • Sept. 3, 2026

Sephora to pilot TikTok Shop experience

The beauty retailer will debut exclusive monthly drops through the social media's e-commerce feature with content-led videos and a TikTok Live.

By Dani James • Sept. 2, 2026

Williams-Sonoma AI assistants drive customer engagement — and conversions

Customers who use Olive, Williams Sonoma’s AI agent, convert at three times a higher rate than those who do not.

By Kristen Doerer • Sept. 2, 2026

Boscov’s revamps e-commerce fulfillment operations

The company expects to reduce out-of-stocks and improve the omnichannel experience for customers through a unified inventory management system, CEO Jim Boscov said.

By Alejandra Carranza • Sept. 2, 2026

Amazon’s ad auction surcharges secretly bilked brands of billions, FTC alleges

Internal documents indicate Amazon knew its practices could damage advertiser trust, but Amazon says the FTC doesn’t understand the business.

By Peter Adams • Sept. 1, 2026

Bath & Body Works e-commerce returns to growth

The retailer expects to see continued gains in the channel in the back half of the year through 2027.

By Kaarin Moore • Aug. 27, 2026

Sur La Table launches peer-to-peer marketplace

The kitchenware retailer is partnering with resale technology platform Archive to power its Second Servings venture.

By Lara Ewen • Aug. 27, 2026

Home Depot rolls out express delivery in 3 hours or less across US

The service covers thousands of SKUs and uses more than 2,000 U.S. stores as fulfillment hubs.

By Kelly Stroh • Aug. 21, 2026

Michaels launches 3D digital frame builder

The retailer is harnessing 3D and AR technology to help shoppers preview frames in their spaces.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 20, 2026

Walmart’s stores have ‘evolved’ as e-commerce grows

CFO John David Rainey said brick and mortar is vital as retail becomes more omnichannel. Meanwhile, Walmart's Q2 U.S. comps were softened by drug pricing regulation.

By Dani James • Aug. 20, 2026

Walmart equipping a store with Symbotic fulfillment system

The SymMicro system is expected to “come to life” in about six months, advancing the retailer's efforts to accelerate in-store pickup and delivery operations.

By Max Garland • Aug. 19, 2026

A new community for the people modernizing complex B2B commerce

A new commerce leadership community with a bold take on B2B ecommerce.

Aug. 17, 2026

Consumers warm up to agentic AI purchases

Shoppers are trusting AI to buy items on their behalf, but they still prefer a human step in the process, a new survey found.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 13, 2026

Academy Sports and Outdoors taps Instacart for same-day delivery

The sporting goods retailer, which partnered with Uber Eats earlier this year, will charge the same price for products as in its stores.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 13, 2026

Etsy slashes workforce by 12%, laying off 220

CEO Kruti Patel Goyal said neither cost cuts nor artificial intelligence drove the downsizing, but also said that “AI is changing how all of us work.”

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 6, 2026

High-income shoppers drive revenue gains at Wayfair

Despite continued housing market uncertainty, the company’s upscale Perigold banner experienced growth, increasing by over 35% in Q2.

By Caroline Jansen • Aug. 4, 2026

As the holidays near, two-thirds of shoppers are using AI

Consumers are looking to AI this holiday season to sift through products and search for bargains, according to Attentive.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 4, 2026

Amazon to add supply chain facilities in New York, Texas

The e-commerce giant is in the early stages of building a distribution center in the Lone Star State while prepping a Long Island operations site.

By Kelly Stroh • Aug. 3, 2026