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• Faire's Top Shop Program Surfaces The Brands Driving Trust In Wholesale

  4/1/2026

  In today’s crowded economy, where more brands are launching than ever, Faire is doubling down on what drives discovery: strong performance, clear identity, and consistency.

• Towson University And Follett Higher Education Announce The Opening Of Reimagined UStore

  3/31/2026

  Towson University and Follett Higher Education announce the opening of TU's newly reimagined UStore on March 24, 2026, now operated by Follett, North America's largest campus retailer.

• Leading Global Online Retailer Expands Vuzix Smart Glasses Deployment Across North America With Follow-On Orders And Initial Ultralite Pro OEM Program Orders

  3/31/2026

  Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of AI-powered smart glasses, waveguides, and augmented reality technologies, today announced that a leading global online retail company has expanded its deployment of Vuzix smart glasses through follow-on orders for its M400 platform and initial OEM orders for the Ultralite Pro platform-based smart glasses.

• Lightspeed And Faire Launch Lightspeed Wholesale Integration To Power Brand Discovery And Smarter Buying

  3/31/2026

  Lightspeed Commerce Inc. (NYSE: LSPD) (TSX: LSPD) ("Lightspeed" or the "Company"), the unified omnichannel platform powering ambitious retail, golf and hospitality businesses in over 100 countries, today announced the launch of a new integration with Faire, a B2B wholesale marketplace.

• Walmart Mexico Expands Strategic Partnership With Vusion To Deploy Connected Store Platform Across Express Stores And Supercenters

  3/30/2026

  Walmart de México y Centroamérica, the largest retailer in Mexico, is expanding its collaboration with Vusion, the global leader in AI-powered digitalization solutions for physical commerce, to deploy the EdgeSense connected store platform across its Walmart Express stores and begin the transformation of its Supercenter fleet.

• gateretail And JK Tech Partner To Advance AI-Powered Inflight Retail Intelligence

  3/30/2026

  gateretail and JK Tech have announced the next phase of their strategic partnership, expanding their collaboration to further advance AI-powered inflight retail intelligence through the evolution of the AI-Powered Inflight Retail Operations Planning Suite, powered by JK Tech's JIVA Agentic AI Orchestrator.

• ALDI U.S. Debuts New Nationwide Digital Experience Using Instacart's Enterprise Technology

  3/30/2026

  Instacart (Nasdaq: CART), the leading grocery technology company in North America, and ALDI U.S., America's fastest-growing grocer, today launched a redesigned ALDI U.S. website, aldi.us, and mobile app.

• Growvana And The Beachwaver Co. Announce Strategic Partnership To Expand Across Digital And Retail Commerce

  3/26/2026

  Growvana the only omnichannel operating layer designed to help modern brands scale across digital and physical commerce, today announced a strategic partnership with The Beachwaver Co, the women-owned beauty brand widely recognized for reshaping the hair styling category through product innovation, founder-led storytelling, and deep consumer loyalty.

• ReserveBar And AccelPay Announce Strategic Merger To Advance Digital Commerce

  3/26/2026

  ReserveBar, the luxury marketplace and technology platform for beverage alcohol, and AccelPay, a leading provider of compliant payments and ecommerce infrastructure for the alcohol industry, today announced a strategic merger bringing the two companies together to support the next phase of digital commerce evolution across and beyond the beverage alcohol ecosystem.

• Mignon Faget Deploys Zoku Platform To Streamline Jewelry Retail Operations

  3/26/2026

  Mignon Faget, a New Orleans based jewelry retailer known for its distinctive designs, has successfully deployed Zoku POS and Inventory Management across its gallery locations in New Orleans and Metairie.

• Revieve Expands Beauty Brand And Retailer Reach Into Generative AI Discovery Platforms, Starting With AI Skin Advisor For ChatGPT

  3/25/2026

  Following the launch of its AI Beauty Discovery Connect solution suite, Revieve, a global leader in AI-powered beauty solutions, today announced a critical activation within the initiative: AI Skin Advisor for ChatGPT — a fully white-labeled, brand-controlled solution enabling beauty brands and retailers to expand into emerging Generative AI platforms and marketplaces.

• Hardis Supply Chain And Pandora Partner On Global WMS Transformation To Modernize Jewelry Supply Chain

  3/25/2026

  Hardis Supply Chain, a global leader in supply chain software and technology solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Pandora, the world’s largest jewelry retailer by volume, to support a major global warehouse management system (WMS) transformation.