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Target Names First Chief Growth Officer, Announces Series of C-Level Promotions

Retail TouchPoints

Hennington joined Target in 2003, and was instrumental in modernizing the retailer’s merchandising organization by blending its physical and digital buying functions. “The changes we’re announcing create new opportunities for key leaders to bring their knowledge and experiences to different areas of the business.”.

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Making The Case For American Dream As The ‘Ultimate Experience Center’

Retail TouchPoints

But American Dream, which is on its third developer since its first contract was awarded in 2003 , reverses the traditional mall mix, devoting the majority ( 55% ) of its space to entertainment rather than retail. West Edmonton Mall and Mall of America, respectively).

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How FTD Uses UX Analysis to Weed Out Friction Points in the Shopper Journey

Retail TouchPoints

The Mercury POS component had originally been launched in 2003 , and hadn’t been updated for approximately 10 years, noted Powell. That’s even more of a problem for FTD than other retailers, because the company’s mission is to allow its customer to “help people they care about in moments of happiness and sadness.

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Bed, Bath & Beyond Boring

Steve Dennis

Of course, I don’t have to wonder all that much since I worked at Sears from 1991 to 2003. BB&B has been playing catchup here for years, falling short on most dimensions of what others like to call “omnichannel” shopping. Well, some folks like to watch , I guess. Personalized.

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Top 10 Multichannel Platforms

Algopix

Whether it’s an interactive ad, email, website, text message, promotion, brick-and-mortar location or even word of mouth, using multichannel listing tools provides the consumer with more flexibility, more choice to act when and where is most convenient to them, but no less important – vital data regarding their eCommerce operations.

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How Zenni Optical Boosted Per-Session Revenue 34% with Sharper Search

Retail TouchPoints

Improving search functionality and response speed can be among the most powerful “behind the scenes” actions a retailer can take — particularly if they’re essentially a pureplay operation. It’s all part of a digital transformation designed to “bring convenience to the end consumer by operating as a one-stop shop” for vision care, he noted.

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Is RFID Really the Future of Retail?

iQmetrix

As far back as 2003, Wal-Mart announced at a Retail Systems Conference in Chicago that they would require their top 100 suppliers to tag their products with RFID tags. More companies are beginning to recognize how RFID can be used as a tool to improve customers omnichannel experiences. Big changes in the retail landscape.

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