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RSPA Quarterly Insights is an exclusive report series designed to help retail IT channel executives navigate the rapidly changing industry landscape. RSPA Quarterly Insights ranks the top articles, blog posts, reports, videos, and podcasts, providing you pertinent information at a glance so you can make the best decisions for your VAR, ISV, or vendor business. Scroll down for the Top 25 Insights of Q1 2026 and follow this link for all RSPA Industry Reports.
TOP 25 INSIGHTS: Q1 2026
Boots on the Ground at NRF 2026: Four Retail IT Channel Trends, AI War Stories, and Case Studies You Need to Know (via RSPA Blog)
Why 2026 Is the Year of the Digital Risk Officer by Mike Monocello, Managed Services Journal
Restaurant Technology Guys Podcast: Transforming the Restaurant and Retail Industry: A Conversation with Hardy Singh by CBS Northstar
The AI Shift in Retail: What It Means for Businesses Today by KORONA POS
Credibility That Converts to Sales: Insights From the RSPA Marketing Community (via RSPA Community IQ)
Why ISVs, ISOs, and Acquirers Need a Payment Terminal Management System by Ingenico
How ISVs Can Help Retailers Accept Online Payments With Ease by Datacap (via DevPro Journal)
8 Verticals Adopting Unattended Payments by Datacap Systems
Why Your Software Is the Front Line in the Fight Against Ransomware by Mike Monocello, DevPro Journal
The AI Exchange: Innovators in Payment Security Featuring SISA by Alicia Malone, PCI SSC (via RSPA Community IQ)
What the Floors Told Us by Allie Haskell, CBS NorthStar
Let's Talk Retail Podcast: How a Mobile First Strategy Enhances the Retail Journey by Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions
What NRF 2026 Revealed About Retail’s Next Operating Model by Andy Szanger, CDW (via RSPA Community IQ)
How to Build a Channel Marketing Strategy That VARs Will Actually Use by Mike Monocello, DevPro Journal
Bridging Payments and POS: A Candid Conversation With SEAA and RSPA (via RSPA Community IQ)
TOP 10 INSIGHTS: Q1 2026
Key Security Trends VARs and ISVs Should Prioritize in 2026 by the RSPA Security Advisory Group (via RSPA Community IQ)
2026 Retail IT Channel Outlook: Optimistic VARs and ISVs to Embrace AI, Go on Offense (via RSPA Blog)
How to Do Marketing Well Without a Marketing Team by James Korte, BlueStar
The Hidden Cost of Slow Merchant Activation by TSG Payments
Turning AI Into a Business Tool: Prompting Strategies for VARs and ISVs by Dennis Wilson, DBC Technologies
How Cloud Networking Is Shaping the Next Era of Security by ScanSource
Choose Your Own Innovation: Practical Guidance for VARs and ISVs From Inspire 2026 (via RSPA Blog)
Agents With Agency: Is Your Organization Ready? by TechHouse
Indirect Sales (Resell) Continues to Drop Every Year Over the Past Decade by Jay McBain
TOP INSIGHT: Q1 2026
The Rise of the Agentic Storefront: When Your AI Conversation Becomes the Checkout by Greg Buzek, IHL Services
The rise of the agentic storefront signals a shift toward AI-powered conversations as the primary interface for shopping and transactions. As AI tools move from assisting customers to actively executing purchases, retailers must ensure their inventory, pricing, and fulfillment systems are accurate, synchronized, and fully integrated. Strong data integrity and seamless backend operations will be critical to supporting AI-driven commerce in the years ahead.
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Insights were curated, reviewed, and selected by the RSPA content team:
Ayana Scriven
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
Christopher Arnold
Dir. of Member Services & Marketing
Jim Roddy
President & CEO