Can Vendors Be Doing More To Reduce In-Store Out-Of-Stocks?

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“By giving vendor field reps near real-time visibility into inventory, modular data, and store-level execution tasks, Walmart is effectively connecting insight to action at the shelf level.”

- Scott Benedict, BrainTrust panelist

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Are retailers too reliant on persistent messaging, via e-mail, social media, or SMS, to shoppers?

Can Discounting And Smarter Displays Reduce Food Waste?

“What this boils down to is that how products are displayed and where products are displayed matters.”

- Neil Saunders, BrainTrust panelist

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What's happening in retail?

Here are our picks for top news impacting retailers today:

Target Sales Just Fell Again. Now Its New CEO Plans for Turnaround. Michael Fiddelke will present his proposal to fix things at Tuesday’s investor meeting (via WSJ)
Swiss sneaker maker falls 11% after record sales, as guidance falls short of expectations. On Holding is down 11% in premarket trading, despite issuing guidance for another year of strong growth and reporting record sales and improved profitability in 2025. (via CNBC).
ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal. U.S. app uninstalls of ChatGPT’s mobile app jumped 295% day-over-day on Saturday, February 28, as consumers responded to the news of OpenAI’s deal with the Department of Defense (DoD), which has been rebranded under the Trump administration as the Department war. (via TechCrunch).
Nivea-maker Beiersdorf's 2026 margin forecast disappoints investors Shares in Beiersdorf dropped more than 12% on Tuesday after the Nivea-maker forecast a slightly lower 2026 core operating profit margin the night before, disappointing already cautious investors.(via Reuters).
Toyota Bows to Elliot in $38 bn Buyout Battle. Toyota’s decision to further sweeten its bid for group company Toyota industries marks a win for activist fun Elliot Investment Management, which had pushed the automaker for months for a heftier bump up in price. (via The Economist).