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Inside Natori’s Transformation from High-End Wholesaler to Omnichannel Brand

Retail TouchPoints

The company’s wholesale business is still thriving, but now it’s only part of an omnichannel strategy that includes ecommerce , social commerce and marketplaces. But come 2006, 2007 we really started to see that loyalty go away, and the bigger piece of it was [that] fewer people were going into department stores overall.

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Sensory Enabling Technologies are Radically Reshaping the Future of Digital Retail

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Sensory Enabling Technologies (SETs) enable consumers to feel textures, smell and even perceive the taste of a product. Traditionally, online retailers mainly make use of two sensory channels to offer their customer an experience: the visual sense and the auditory sense. This is no longer science fiction. virtual reality).

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What Main Street Can Learn from Wall Street: Retail Businesses Should Look to the Trading Floor for Inspiration

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The shift from store retail to online and omnichannel has changed the equation. Ever-shifting consumer tastes, the speed of omnichannel, environmental and social concerns and ongoing supply chain and other systemic shocks are spurring retail management to move faster than ever before. Now Retail is Far More Complex.

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The Technical Architecture Behind Integrated Omnichannel Unveiled

iVend

The retail industry is rapidly shifting to a true omnichannel environment. With the speed of retail accelerating and retailers struggling to integrate their POS, ERP, and other solutions to enable the omnichannel experience, companies are looking for a way to quickly and easily upgrade their IT infrastructure to meet these demands.

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The Technical Architecture Behind Integrated Omnichannel Unveiled

iVend

The retail industry is rapidly shifting to a true omnichannel environment. With the speed of retail accelerating and retailers struggling to integrate their POS, ERP, and other solutions to enable the omnichannel experience, companies are looking for a way to quickly and easily upgrade their IT infrastructure to meet these demands.

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The Technical Architecture Behind Integrated Omnichannel Unveiled

iVend

The retail industry is rapidly shifting to a true omnichannel environment. With the speed of retail accelerating and retailers struggling to integrate their POS, ERP, and other solutions to enable the omnichannel experience, companies are looking for a way to quickly and easily upgrade their IT infrastructure to meet these demands.

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Data Capital: The Competitive Weapon Most Retailers Have Yet To Fully Monetize

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The old mantra of “data is the new oil,” first uttered by tech entrepreneur Clive Humby in 2006, should vibrate with new life and energy now because of what we’ve since learned of its value in shaping consumer expectations. In fact, it could be argued that data is even more valuable than oil — and, it’s a renewable resource.

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