At CES, we tend to do a little less gadget gawking than the average attendee. We’re more interested in what the robots, dashboards, cars, screens, and sensors are quietly telling us about where commerce, experience, and human systems are heading next.
Somewhere between the spectacle and the noise, we spotted some early indicators of how intelligence, personalization, and physical reality are beginning to reorganize the way brands grow.
Rewinding CES 2026: Commerce Edition captures seven of those signals. Think of it as a fast rewind of the near future: what’s changing, what actually matters, and what it means for brands trying to build relevance (and momentum) in a world that keeps accelerating.
