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Supercharging retail sales through geospatial analytics

McKinsey

A retailer can now use geospatial analytics to understand the interactions between its online and offline channels. With these insights, it can create a higher-performing retail network.

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How IKEA Retail Reached Gender Balance Globally For Leadership Roles

Forbes Careers

The flat-pack furniture franchisee Ingka Group, IKEA's largest retailer, says it has reached gender balance across its top leadership roles, with 14 of 31 country CEOs now women; women also make up 56% of its retail management teams.

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Did online delivery kill the vending machine?

McKinsey

who’s making its vast network of unmanned retailers smarter and more integrated into people’s daily lives. Not in Japan, says Costin Mandrea, the head of commercial at Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc.,

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Same-day delivery: Ready for takeoff

McKinsey

Now that customers expect faster delivery times, incumbent omnichannel retailers should leverage their store networks and change gears in areas such as fulfillment processes and IT systems.

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19 Important Branding Lessons from the Top 5 Retailers in the US

crowdspring

The top 5 retailers in the US made nearly $230 billion dollars in 2018. ( $228.4 These top retail businesses know that their brand is invaluable. We’ve cultivated a list of 5 actionable lessons that apply to retail businesses of any size – not just mega-retailers. Walmart has long been a top name in US retail.

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From blueprint to breakthrough: How AI and automation can transform the consumer enterprise

McKinsey

Let’s say a retail merchandiser starts the process of analyzing scores of sales data and making recommendations for stock adjustments. In fact, consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) and retail companies that lead in digital and AI are already showing three times greater total shareholder returns compared with their peers in the sector.

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Seizing the agentic AI advantage

McKinsey

Skip to main content Seizing the agentic AI advantage June 13, 2025 | Report A CEO playbook to solve the gen AI paradox and unlock scalable impact with AI agents. (28 28 pages) At a glance Nearly eight in ten companies report using gen AI—yet just as many report no significant bottom-line impact. But the bigger challenge won’t be technical.