Analyst Corner
USA POS Terminal Market – 2026
US POS Terminal Market United States POS Terminal Market The World's Most Mature and Robust Retail Technology Landscape The US retail industry is dynamic, with retailers needing to constantly adapt…
Why Access Isn’t Enough – The AI Adoption Gap is More Than Technology
Not too long ago (Like NRF 2024) the question in retail technology used to be whether AI was real. That debate is over. AI adoption is accelerating at a 23%…
The Pilot Phase is Over: The Compounding Retail AI Advantage
There is a moment in every technology cycle when the industry collectively stops asking "should we?" and starts asking "how fast can we?" For retail AI, that moment has clearly…
The AI Infrastructure Race Heats Up
The cloud AI infrastructure landscape is fragmenting. At NRF 2026, the strategic differences between AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure came into sharp relief. This wasn't about marketing claims or…
The Rise of the Agentic Storefront: When Your AI Conversation Becomes the Checkout
It was so great to see everyone at NRF. Before we get started, I wanted to invite everyone to our full analyst recap webinar from NRF. Join Ricardo Belmar and…
The Three Technology Pillars Reshaping Retail in 2026
CES is finished and we are heading into NRF week. The first full week of tech news in 2026 delivered a clear signal about where retail technology is heading. Across…
The 5G Dividend: How Store-Level Connectivity Is Driving Retail’s Financial Performance Gap
Retail has spent years debating which technologies truly move the needle on financial performance. While AI grabs the headlines and computer vision dominates conference keynotes, the IHL Group's latest research…
The “End of Good Enough”
The retail industry is at a critical point and those companies that don't recognize it as we end 2025 are already falling behind. "Good enough" data is no longer sufficient…
Holiday Retail 2025: A Season of Selective Shoppers and Demonstrably K-Shaped
The numbers are in for the first seven weeks of the 2025 holiday shopping season, and they tell a familiar story; one of cautious consumers, selective spending, and a retail…
Retail Technology Leaders Crushing Tech Laggards with 99% Higher Profitability and 71% Greater Sales Growth
New IHL Group Study Quantifies Widening Performance Gap as Early Adopters Increase IT Spending 3.8x Faster Than Laggards; Electronic Shelf Labels Drive 75% Sales Advantage While Geo-Location Delivers 104% Profit…