A look at retail’s year of AI news

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback There was no shortage of AI-related announcements from retailers in 2025.From mass retailers to apparel brands, companies across the industry laid bare their efforts to utilize — and adapt to — AI internally and in consumer-facing ways. But despite the seemingly endless AI mentions from retailers in 2025, the industry is falling behind others. Sectors such as telecommunications and finance outpace manufacturing and retail in adoption of ...