RTP blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The RTP editors discuss the steps retailers will need take to become truly mobile-optimized. Adam Blair, Editor: When Zulily revealed that it had changed its logo to be more mobile-friendly, my reaction was “Well, duh,” followed by “Why aren’t more retailers and brands doing the same thing?”

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RTP blog

MARCH 29, 2017

Debbie Hauss, Editor-in-Chief: As we’ve seen with data security, it’s hard to get ahead of criminals who spend all their time coming up with new ways to hack the system. The facts are clear: in a survey of retail loss prevention executives , the NRF found that 100% had experienced ORC in 2016, up from 97% in 2015.

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RTP blog

JULY 11, 2017

By Adam Blair, Executive Editor The very nature of a successful startup is that it offers something different from the status quo. Un)Happy Hour At Jet.com The Walmart acquisition of Jet.com in August 2016 has been seen as a win-win for both entities overall, but apparently there have been a few rough spots on the road.

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RTP blog

OCTOBER 26, 2017

By Klaudia Tirico, Features Editor With so many retailers struggling these days, I can’t help but notice that the beauty industry continues to thrive. In 2016, beauty-related content generated more than 55 billion views, according to Statista. Additionally, as of June 2016, there have been more than 5.3

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RTP blog

DECEMBER 7, 2017

By Glenn Taylor, Senior Editor I’ll admit that outside of skimming through a few tweets, I wasn’t too tuned in on the news that President Donald Trump signed a proclamation to reduce the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah.

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RTP blog

MARCH 14, 2017

By Debbie Hauss, Editor-in-Chief A few years ago retailers were lamenting their decisions to try to use Facebook as a commerce channel. And Mark Zuckerberg introduced live Facebook Live Virtual Reality at the Facebook Oculus Connect event in October 2016. Zuckerberg talked about “building a software platform that puts people first.”

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Wiser

JULY 20, 2021

When we first discussed this topic way back in 2016, Raj Rajaratnam, then the VP of Consumer Insights at Clorox, was saying that “focus groups are probably the most misused tool in our tool kit. Editor’s Note: Contributing writers are Gabrielle Winant and Min-Jee Hwang. They can also be misunderstood and misused.

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RTP blog

AUGUST 29, 2017

By Klaudia Tirico, Features Editor We’ve written endless stories about successful and innovative retail companies disrupting the industry here at Retail TouchPoints. In November 2016, Glossier secured $24 million in series B funding to expand into physical stores and internationally. and she received nearly 400 comments.

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RTP blog

MARCH 6, 2018

By Glenn Taylor, Senior Editor The Amazon Go convenience store opening in January 2018 shed light on the next new shiny concept in retail — cashierless, checkout-free stores. million people held cashier jobs as of May 2016 , with 867,000 of them working in grocery stores and 283,920 working in department stores.

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RTP blog

JUNE 22, 2017

By Glenn Taylor, Senior Editor With Amazon capturing national attention with the acquisition of Whole Foods Market , the e-Commerce giant managed to keep its potential new partnership with another high-profile brand — Nike — largely under the radar.

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RTP blog

APRIL 18, 2017

By Glenn Taylor, Senior Editor Walmart has undertaken quite a shift in its e-Commerce operations over the past year, with the $3.3 Price tag aside, it’s still surprising that Bonobos is so far ahead in transaction talks when it appeared to be thriving on its own after reaching profitability in 2016.

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RTP blog

MARCH 28, 2017

By Tim Parry, Managing Editor The end is near, and I believe Q2 2017 will finally be the quarter when Sears Holdings files for bankruptcy and calls it quits. I’m not saying that solely because of its most-recent SEC filings, but also as someone who shops Kmart and Sears stores and e-Commerce sites. Where Are The Shoppers? Let that sink in.

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Smile.io

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in 2016 and was updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness on November 17, 2023. For the past number of years, more and more company executives have been putting the spotlight on customer retention.

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RTP blog

APRIL 25, 2017

By Adam Blair, Executive Editor Smartphones influenced 31% of the $3.39 retail sales in 2016, according to Forrester Research. trillion in total (online and offline) U.S. Not bad for a technology that’s little more than a decade old. billion, or approximately 15% of the online sales total of $393.8

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Ecommerce Platforms

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

JotForm makes online form creation a breeze with its simple-to-use drag and drop editor. JotForm PDF editor. JotForm's drag-and-drop editor is incredibly intuitive, making customization a breeze – you don't need any coding or CSS know-how. Once you’ve done that, the drag-and-drop design editor automatically launches.

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Sailthru

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

During this Winter Olympics, The New York Times’ app users can engage directly with sports editor Sam Manchester and get personalized updates on their favorite events. During the Summer 2016 Olympics, sports editor Sam Manchester interacted directly with readers via inside-scoop text messages.

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Ecommerce Platforms

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Landing Pages Drag-and-Drop Editor. You could either use the Drag-and-Drop editor, which was introduced in March 2016. Or proceed with what has been their principal editing tool all through- the standard editor. The Drag-and-Drop editor lacks in accuracy and smoothness. Landing Pages Standard Editor.

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RTP blog

MAY 23, 2017

as of November 2016. In summer 2016, Jeff Bezos named the Echo Amazon’s “ fourth pillar product ,” placing it alongside the marketplace, Amazon Prime and Amazon Web Services. Amazon will undoubtedly be the power player: Consumer Intelligence Research Partners estimated that Amazon sold 5.1 million Echo devices in the U.S.

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Sailthru

APRIL 12, 2018

One of the editors noticed that ‘a user’ is ultimately ‘a reader who wants to pay for the possibility of reading articles written by our journalists,’” says Michal Kaczmarski, the paper’s deputy director of online strategy. Back in 2016, the goal of The Guardian’s membership scheme was to double revenues from readers.

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Sailthru

MAY 14, 2020

We all remember the aftershock of the 2016 presidential election. If you have editors turning out five or more pieces of content a day, ask yourself if you really need that many, especially if you can’t monetize them effectively. What else could those editors be doing? Can they create custom content for your email subscribers?

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GetElastic

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Editor's Note: This post was originally published on September 8, 2019 and has been updated to reflect the growing array of chatbots for retail and ecommerce. Founded in 2016, they have focused on and exceled at developing conversational bots for social media, specifically Facebook messenger and more recently, Instagram. Pypestream.

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Ecommerce Platforms

MARCH 18, 2020

Not to mention, they’ve already racked up a few awards since starting in 2015: Debut of 2016, Ekomersy 2016. Ekomersy 2016. eRising Star PayU Lab Award 2016. Robotics & Process Automation ABSL Startup Challenge 2016. Audience Award ABSL Startup Challenge 2016. What does Packhelp do? Wrapping Up.

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Kissmetrics

JANUARY 20, 2021

In 2016, the app launched as Douyin in China, and in the following year, ByteDance released it for markets outside of China as Musical.ly Here are three ways to find trending music: Sounds in the Video Editor. What Is TikTok? before rebranding to TikTok. Since then, the app has been downloaded over 2.6

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SellBrite

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

during the 2016 holiday season. According to Fortune , in 2016, 108.5 According to Adobe , online shopping in 2016 not only eclipsed the $5 billion mark for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, but rose 17.3% of total retail sales in the U.S. million who hit stores. Over to You.

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ESW

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Contributing Editor Jeff Haden. In 2016, the company eliminated all traditional promotions — which CEO Gary Friedman believes didn’t reflect brand values, anyway — and replaced them with the $100-per-year RH Grey Gard. What’s more, the renewal rate for Costco memberships is a staggering 90%, Crockett says.

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RTP blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

While James has never been affiliated with H&M, he made $55 million through endorsements alone in 2016. In this shot he had a crown on his head and a crown was taped over the shirt with the phrase “King of the World” placed on top. If anyone has shown the ability to singlehandedly sway people’s opinions of a brand, it’s him.

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Ecommerce Platforms

JANUARY 9, 2023

Since 2016, they've been a subsidiary of Stamps.com, one of the leading online postage services. However, they’ve since changed this so that you can access marketing features as standard (up to a certain point): Email campaigns: ShippingEasy has a drag-and-drop editor for creating and customizing emails.

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Smile.io

MAY 8, 2023

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on November 15, 2016, and was updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness on May 9, 2023. Revamped in 2018, The Nordy Club has proven to be a hit for Norstrom and its members. Subscribe to Talking Shop LEARN FROM LOYALTY PROGRAMS STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX Subscribe

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 30, 2018

Bots recently came under scrutiny for playing a part in spreading misinformation in the 2016 election. Dove’s net positive sentiment was 41% in the last three months of 2016, and three months later that sentiment score rose to 43%. In 2016, they announced an application process. That’s a lot to gain with minimal effort.

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Kissmetrics

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Outsourcing through HR service providers grew by 27% in 2016, and most HR service providers expect that growth to continue , according to Prism HR. For starters, you should consider outsourcing an editor to make you a more productive writer. If you’re a small company without a large staff, this not seem like the right place to start.

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Smile.io

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on August 4, 2016, and was updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness on September 27, 2023. Launch your loyalty program in minutes Launch a branded loyalty program for your apparel brand Get Started

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Ecommerce Platforms

JULY 12, 2019

Editor's note: This post was originally published on August 12, 2016 and has completely revamped and updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Thankfully, the campaign manager with AWeber is run with a drag and drop editor. Drag and drop editor. Landing page editor. AWeber Review: Overview. Email Template Fonts.

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Sailthru

APRIL 29, 2019

Chris Wood, an associate editor at marketing publication DMN, recently spoke with JustFab’s Monica Deretich and Erin Vitero about how the brand has redesigned customer engagement by optimizing personalization for VIPs. As a result, in September 2016 we launched clothing in a full-size range XS-3X.”.

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Ecommerce Platforms

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Founded back in 2016 by a married couple, Dean and Diony McPherson, Papeform came to fruition. Paperform has an in-line editor which users reportedly can't get enough of. In light of this, more and more people are upping their online form game. Cue, Paperform. Want to learn what Paperform could do for your business? Who's Paperform?

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BigCommerce

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Site traffic grew over 100%, from 62,000 unique website visits in 2016 to 128,000 in 2017. Beer Cartel’s mailing list grew over 130%, from 13,000 subscribers in 2016 to 30,000 in 2017. This consumer survey produced by Beer Cartel earned the brand an increase in online revenue of $65,000, a 34% gain on the previous year.

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Wiser

AUGUST 17, 2018

That is up from 57 percent in 2016. . Editor’s Note: Contributing writers are Arie Shpanya, Min-Jee Hwang, and Don Dao. Advertise on mobile channels by leveraging social media and email marketing to reach out to shoppers on the go. According to Stone Temple, 63 percent of U.S. web traffic in 2017 came from a mobile device.

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Sailthru

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

According to PageFair’s annual Adblock Report, global ad block usage grew 30% in 2016. How does the editor of InStyle get ready in the morning? Today’s consumers have more distractions than ever before, so if your content is top-notch, they will want to consume it. What are February’s hottest sneakers?

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