Beauty Retail Expansion: Bath & Body Works is rolling out a curated assortment—body care, home fragrance, 3-wick candles, and the Ulta-exclusive Juniper Breeze—into 600 Ulta stores and on Ulta.com starting July 12. Retail Media & AI Shopping: Albertsons Media Collective is adding Criteo-powered sponsored product discovery into the grocer’s AI conversational search, aiming to surface relevant items during meal planning and basket building. Consumer Tech & Trust in AI: A Product.ai/Consumer survey finds 43% of U.S. online shoppers use AI to research purchases, but 86% still verify recommendations elsewhere before buying. Energy Bills Protection: Xcel Energy is asking Wisconsin regulators to require new large customers (like data centers) to pay 100% of the cost to serve them, to prevent rate hikes for other customers. Utilities Under Fire: Washington AG challenges Avista’s proposed rate increases, arguing customers could save up to $626M over four years. Data & Customer Safety: The Payments Association reports AI-enabled banking tools fail vulnerable UK customers at over 3x the rate of others. Local Retail News: Wawa opens its first Tennessee store in Clarksville, while TK Maxx relocates to Ayr Central in Scotland.