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Your systems talk to each other.

That is not unified commerce.

Connected means your OMS knows what your POS did. Eventually.

Unified means one truth. Same record. Same time.

7% of retailers have it. They grow at twice the rate of the 93% who don’t.

Warby Parker said retail was broken. 200+ stores now.

Glossier said wholesale was dead. Sephora shelves now.

Allbirds said own the customer. Sold for $39M.

DTC is a channel. It was never the whole strategy.

14,000 store closures expected in 2026. Saks bankrupt. Eddie Bauer gone. More names coming.

The coverage calls this a 2026 crisis. It isn’t. It’s a 2020 decision reaching its conclusion.

Over-expansion. Debt layered onto foundations that couldn’t generate the returns to survive.

Retail failure has a long fuse and a very fast flame.

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