2026 Signals We’re Tracking: Commerce Evolves (Again), the Monoculture is Back, and Celebrity Prevails?

Future Commerce - Retail Tech at the Speed of Commerce by Future Commerce

Aug 26, 202600:27:51Technology

Phillip sits solo to unpack conflicting economic signals: Shopify's monster quarter against a Census report showing eCommerce eating share while retail overall slows. What does this mean for brick-and-mortar? Although st...

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