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BARRIERS TO AI ADOPTION IN 2026

AI hype fades as enterprise AI ROI takes center stage amid data, cost, skills and security barriers.

More pilots. More copilots. More AI agents. Yet value still lags adoption. Governance, skills, data, legacy systems and regulation – not model access – are becoming the real barriers to scale. The next phase of AI will be defined by how well enterprises can govern, integrate and operationalize it. THE WARNING SIGN: AI ENTHUSIASM IS… Read more »

Private Label’s Quiet Retail Takeover

Private Label Market Share Across Leading Retailers

Private label has crossed a threshold the industry is still catching up to. It is no longer the cheap option at the bottom of the shelf. It is becoming the preferred choice – generating USD 282.8 billion in US retail sales in 2025, growing at triple the rate of national brands, reaching 99% of American… Read more »

Drones for Inspection (and they are surveying just about everything)

Drones have swiftly moved from military use to business applications, as the technology is used to make efficient processes hitherto performed manually for lack of commercially acceptable solutions. This notes looks at the mainstreaming of drones for survey and inspection and how this spawned an array of startups and investors looking to disrupt the market.