This Week in Retail #88

AI influencers to executive shakeups: a week of disruption, innovation, and reinvention.

Hey Friends,

Today we are discussing the lines between real and virtual—from an AI influencer who fooled Wimbledon fans to leadership shakeups at some of the industry’s biggest names. Subway has a new CEO, Target is ditching price matching, and Nike’s head of AI just walked out the door. Congress is cracking down on organized retail crime, and Moody’s paints a grim picture for department stores under tariff pressure.

Let’s get into it…..