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Inditex To Shutter Up To 1,200 Non-Zara Stores As It Pivots Toward E-Commerce

Retail TouchPoints

Inditex may close 1,000 to 1,200 stores as the retailer puts a greater emphasis on e-Commerce operations. into its proprietary e-Commerce platform, along with an additional €1.7 to further integrate its store platform and provide a full omnichannel experience.

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Exclusive Q&A: How COVID-19 Accelerated Cannabis Delivery Network Launch

Retail TouchPoints

Deemed essential retailers because of marijuana’s many medical uses, cannabis dispensaries have continued to operate even during COVID-19 shutdowns. In this exclusive Q&A, Henderson reveals how COVID-19 accelerated the company’s existing plans for delivery and the franchise-heavy future he sees for High Times as a retail operator.

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Retail Media will add Fuel to the Fire for M&A in AdTech

Retail TouchPoints

Consulting firm BCG estimates that in 2021 , 68% of Amazon’s overall profits came from advertising with related operating margins of 75%. The brick-and-mortar stalwarts of Target, Kroger and DICK’S Sporting Goods have all piled into retail media, as have digital-only players such as Instacart, Wayfair and Gopuff. What it takes to compete.

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Mirakl Rakes in $555M in New Funding as Online Marketplaces Boom

Retail TouchPoints

Just this month, online pet supplier Chewy and supermarket chain Giant Eagle (neither of which are Mirakl clients) both launched new marketplaces on top of their existing ecommerce operations, joining the ranks of retailers that include Walmart , Target , Sears , Anthropologie and Hudson’s Bay. Mirakl does have a head start though.

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Shoe Carnival President to Step into CEO Role this Fall

Retail TouchPoints

Sifford began his career with Shoe Carnival in 1997 and has served as CEO since 2012, during which time the company grew revenues to over $1 billion , achieved 11 consecutive years of comparable store sales growth leading into fiscal 2020 and launched an ecommerce platform.

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Headless Microservices vs. 'Retrofitted' Headless

GetElastic

The eCommerce platform market has and continues to evolve as rapidly as customer preferences and expectations. While customer expectations continue to rise, many brands find that their traditional eCommerce platform cannot keep up with these drastic shifts in buyer patterns. Retrofitted Headless: A Brief Breakdown.

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All You Need to Know About Make It Big Virtual Conference 2021

Ecommerce Platforms

Before becoming a part of Google in 2012 Mary Ellen Coe was a partner with McKinsey and Company as the head of consumer marketing and sales in North America. Bill Ready on the other hand is Google's president of commerce. And oversees the vision, strategy, and delivery of the brand's commerce products.

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