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Kendra Scott on Putting Philanthropy First — and How She Will Continue to Empower Women

Retail TouchPoints

Kendra Scott has had philanthropy as part of its corporate DNA since the company launched in 2002, powered by the commitment to making the world a better place of Founder, Designer, and Executive Chairwoman Kendra Scott herself. At the start of my business in 2002, I walked into many meetings and was often the only woman in the room.

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HRC Index: 51 Retailers Named Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality

Retail TouchPoints

The CEI criteria are reviewed annually and periodically changed, raising the bar to reflect best practices for LGBTQ inclusion and to drive companies to improve upon their commitment to the community. A full 94% of the Fortune 500 and 99.7%

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Kroger, Albertsons Execs Defend Merger to Senate Committee, Say Consolidation is Needed to Compete with Walmart and Amazon

Retail TouchPoints

billion store investment to improve the associate and customer experience; and. $1 7, 2002, until the merger could be reviewed by antitrust authorities. McMullen also highlighted a number of financial commitments his company had made as part of the merger agreement, including: To invest $500 million to lower prices; A $1.3

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Aubuchon Hardware Deploys Self-Checkout Using Mi9 POS

Mi9

MIAMI, FLORIDA, July 5, 2023 – Mi9 Retail, a leading provider of Retail Software, is pleased to announce that the Aubuchon Company has successfully piloted Mi9 Store Self-Checkout in their hardware and home improvement stores. Mi9 Store Self-Checkout software uses intuitive and highly configurable UX to engage customers and process sales.”

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Mi9 Retail Successfully Implements Their Retail Platform for Alterra Mountain Company

Mi9

The implementation of Mi9 Retail software platform at Stratton signifies a significant milestone in the organization’s ongoing umbrella efforts to streamline operations, improve customer experiences, and optimize inventory management.

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Retail’s Escalating Commitment to a Failing Course of Action

Steve Dennis

Too Little, Too Late Having led research into share migration at Sears in 2002 and at Neiman Marcus in 2006 and 2007—and with several clients a bit more recently—I can say with great confidence that these trends have been glaringly obvious for a long, long time.

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November 2023 SEO News Recap

ROI Revolution

Google said in an explanation: “We have different systems that are considered core to our ranking process; this month’s core update involves an improvement to a different core system than last month.” Though he didn’t specify, Sullivan did say that the big changes “will correspond to improvements we have in the works.”

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