The Future of Commerce

1 month ago | the-future-of-commerce.com | Marcia Savage

With consumer confidence plummeting this year, shoppers are cutting back on all sorts of purchases—even those normally irresistible sweet and salty treats. Snack food sales are dropping as consumer products companies grapple with shifting consumption patterns. Major companies in the CPG industry are experiencing declining snack sales, including General Mills, which reported a 5% drop in net sales for its third quarter and lowered its outlook for the year.

1 month ago | the-future-of-commerce.com | Jenn Vande Zande

0 shares Listen to article Premiering in 2022, the four main characters of Apple TV+’s Severance work at Lumon, which could be described as a cultish tech company, if one were speaking in kind terms. Each of the protagonists –Mark, Irving, Dylan, and Helly – has undergone a procedure to split their consciousness into two separate states, thereby severing their memories.

1 month ago | the-future-of-commerce.com | Emily Morrow

Do you ever leave a meeting, or even a casual break room chit-chat, feeling suddenly and completely exhausted? You find yourself back at your desk, wondering why you feel like you’ve just run a mental marathon—and how you’re going to get your work done. It’s not just you, and it’s not just the 3 p.m. slump. You’ve just been fed on by an energy vampire. These interactions aren’t just annoying—they’re actively undermining productivity, creativity, and workplace satisfaction.

1 month ago | the-future-of-commerce.com | Jenn Vande Zande

Although it wasn’t actually Marie Antoinette who said, “let them eat cake”, the interpretation remains clear – the phrase is synonymous with the French aristocracy being out of touch with the economic plight of their citizens amid the French Revolution. Today, consumer sentiment data indicates cracks in our economic foundation as top earners account for 49.7% of all spending and almost one-third of gross domestic product, according to the Wall Street Journal.

1 month ago | the-future-of-commerce.com | Marcia Savage

0 shares Listen to article Five years after COVID upended everyday grocery shopping, nothing’s gotten any easier for grocers. Inflation-weary consumers, tariffs, and growing competition factor into the top grocery retail trends 2025. Any hope for a semblance of a return to normal after the pandemic chaos was quickly dashed by rising prices that had consumers cutting back on spending and searching for deals.