Rachel Wolff

The news: Dick’s Sporting Goods joined Amazon, Walmart, and Target in offering a paid membership program. The details: The newly introduced paid tier of Dick’s ScoreCard loyalty program will cost shoppers $99 per year. In exchange, they will receive benefits worth at least $350 per year.

The news: AI is simultaneously making returns fraud easier to commit and easier to prevent. More retailers are using AI tools from companies like Happy Returns, Narvar, and Loop to detect fraudulent returns and drive other improvements in their reverse logistics capabilities, per Business Insider. But more consumers are using AI to generate their return and refund requests, as well as create fake images, receipts, and other evidence to bolster fraudulent claims.

The news: Lower prices helped General Mills grow or maintain market share in roughly two-thirds of its 10 largest US categories in fiscal 2026. In categories where the company reduced base prices below “key cliffs” or narrowed gaps with competitors, it had “significant improvement” in base volumes, going from a 10% decline in fiscal 2025 to 1% growth in Q4 2026, CEO Jeff Harmening said in prepared remarks.