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Store Management Costs in the Era of Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

The impact of this increasing growth is the resulting strain on incumbent infrastructure that was originally designed to manage only about 5% of a retailer’s total sales capacity; the steady rise in costs from stretching this capacity have shown home delivery, buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) and curbside fulfilment to be highly unprofitable.

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Customers are Tired of Empty Shelves, and it’s Time for a Fix

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers that have moved to a data-driven approach have improved their sales, operational efficiency and overall profitability. Retailers that base decisions on incomplete or inaccurate data see a large chain reaction effect on many of their key operational performance metrics. Three in 10 U.S.

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W3bstore Review: Ecommerce Platform For Omnichannel Stores

Ecommerce Platforms

This W3bstore review assesses not only its omnichannel capabilities but also other it’s ecommerce features that would be critical to online stores. All three are required for omnichannel retail where orders, inventory and fulfillment must be managed across multiple channels and locations. Imagine this…. But, don’t get me wrong.

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New York Times Grows Like a Tech Company; Nike Makes NikePlus More Personal; Retailers Look to Omnichannel for Personalization

Sailthru

With an average annual growth rate of 30% since it implemented its paywall in 2011, The New York Times is growing like a Silicon Valley behemoth. Still, it’s remarkable that the 166-year-old company has managed to transition into a nimble, profitable, digitally-focused operation.

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

Retail TouchPoints

In his new role, he will leverage the expertise he has developed during his time at Target, combined with more than 20 years managing multi-billion-dollar consumer packaged goods brands with MillerCoors, PepsiCo and the Quaker Oats Company, to further accelerate Target’s food and beverage business.

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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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API Business Models and How They Future Proof eCommerce

GetElastic

So as an eCommerce manager you are likely looking to design an architecture using multiple solutions that use APIs in different ways to make money. Best Buy had made the decision back in 2011 to enable BOPIS (buy online, pick up in store) to help create a competitive differentiator. Recap on API Business Models, 2012.

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