What's Inside

On April 26, 2025, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, presented on technology-driven retailer-supplier collaboration as part of the “Meet the Industry” program at the NACDS Annual Meeting 2025.

Hosted by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), the “top-to-top” business conference unites senior decision-makers in retail pharmacy and consumer goods.

Read Weinswig’s presentation to discover five tech-driven strategies that protect against earnings erosion in the context of macroeconomic uncertainty and tariffs. These strategies, which touch on retail media, demand forecasting and pricing, align with elements of the Coresight Research CORE Framework for AI (artificial intelligence) in retail.

Data in this presentation include:

• Proprietary survey findings—US consumer sentiment, drugstore/pharmacy shopping rates and popular product categories, generational mall traffic trends
• US retail media market size
• Case studies of technology solutions driving positive business results

Companies mentioned in this presentation include: Atria, Costco, Criteo, RELEX, Scintilla, Simbe Robotics, SpartanNash, Unilever, Walmart

Other relevant research:

• Enhance Shopping and Customize Care: Three Technologies Transforming the Drugstore and Pharmacy Retail Landscape
• Economic Sentiment Shows First Uptick in Eight Weeks; Plus, Drugstore and Pharmacy Shopping in Focus: US Consumer Survey Insights
• US Drugstores—Retail 2025 Sector Outlook: Low-Single-Digit Sales Growth Amid a Focus on Cutting Costs
• Precision Pricing in Retail: AI-Driven Pricing Decisions for 2024 and Beyond—a free report, produced in partnership with RELEX
• The State of In-Store Retailing: Opportunities To Redefine Operations—a free report, produced in partnership with Simbe Robotics