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The Future of the Middle Class in Emerging Markets

20 Mar 2026 Martina Bozadzhieva, Head of Corporate Advisory, Oxford Economics
For many retail leaders, identifying promising growth markets outside of core ones like Europe, the US, Japan, and others is a key component of a global growth strategy. Emerging markets can offer att …
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World Retail Congress confirms 2026 Advisory Board

17 Mar 2026
The World Retail Congress confirms 20 CEOs and senior global retail experts as members of its Advisory Board for 2026, helping to deliver an unrivalled high-level forum for the retail sector. The Advi …
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Speed Mentoring at World Retail Congress

06 Mar 2026
A key feature of the World Retail Congress Retail Executive Accelerator Programme is our speed mentoring sessions, designed to give participants personal access to some of the world's foremost retail …
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The five technology trends defining retail in 2026

30 Jan 2026
This essential article pulls together what NRF 2026 revealed across the Retail Technology dispatches and what the KPMG Retail Think Tank is flagging, into five trends retailers should keep front-of-mi …
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Top shops: the best of New York’s stores

22 Jan 2026
There are many reasons why retailers converge on New York for NRF every January. And one of them is to see as many stores as possible around the City – still one of the world’s retail capitals. We ask …
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Banking on the US consumer

22 Jan 2026
Ian McGarrigle, Chairman, World Retail Congress shares his views on the US consumer and the retailing mood following NRF 2026.
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The focus on AI’s operational impact

22 Jan 2026
Veteran retail technology expert, Jon Stine, shares his reflections on what NRF’s crowded expo floors told us about how AI is being deployed and how it is remodeling retailing.  
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Getting Fit for the Age of AI

22 Jan 2026
Gaurav Pant, Co-Founder and Chief Insights Officer at Incisiv gives his analysis on this year’s AI-dominated NRF and what retail executives should really be thinking about. 
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Setting out the Retail Roadmap to 2030

01 Oct 2025
The next five years look set to be see the most radical transformation to ever impact the global retail industry. Which is why the 2026 Congress theme will be “retail’s roadmap to 2030”. To start the …
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Global Economic Outlook: Consumer Trends in a Time of Uncertainty

01 Oct 2025
As we enter the final quarter of 2025, global consumers are navigating an environment shaped by resilience under pressure. Inflation has eased from its peaks in many advanced economies, yet core infla …
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