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Prime Day 2021: Luggage and Home Improvement Soar During an Overall Modest Event

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However, third-party Amazon sellers and certain retail categories achieved their own success stories, and advertising cost-per-click (CPC) didn’t spike much despite a significant increase in spend across the event. When compared to Prime Day 2019, overall retail sales were more than 70% , according to Salesforce. for both years.

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Strategies for Retailers to Weather the Storm this Hurricane Season

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Hurricane Season 2022 is underway, and with it comes the looming threat of outages and downtime for retailers. As we head into the peak of the season, retailers should review their disaster avoidance strategies as they seek to protect critical equipment and prevent downtime.

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Hit Hard by the Pandemic, Most Minority Business Owners Optimistic About the Future

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In May 2020, McKinsey issued a report stating while the COVID-19 pandemic was shaking up small businesses across the board, it was disproportionately affecting minority-owned small businesses. Think food services, retail and personal and laundry services, for instance. Reasons cited were that the country’s 1.1

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Lowe’s Announces Seventh Pandemic Bonus, Plans to Add 50,000 Jobs for Spring

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in advance of the busy spring home improvement season. The additional 50,000+ seasonal and full-time retail associates builds on the more than 90,000 associates Lowe’s hired into permanent roles over the past year. The retailer reported a 30.4% The retailer reported a 30.4% Active hourly associates at U.S.

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Remaining Agile in a New Age of Retail: Three Things that Enterprise Brands can Learn from Smaller Players 

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From leisure and sportswear to gifts and jewelry, the chances are you’ve bought a product from a small business over the last couple of years — whether it be a digitally native startup, a one-person band working from their kitchen table or a small independent store selling online around the world.

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10 Must-Read Retail Blogs of 2021 From KORONA POS For Retail and Small Business Owners

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The retail industry is booming like never before despite the turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the National Retail Federation estimated that retail sales exceeded $4.44 In 2022, global retail sales are expected to reach $26.69 According to Score , small retail businesses, which account for 98.6%

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Holiday 2022 Recap: Promotions, BOPIS Drove Late-Season Engagement as Overall Growth Slowed

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The 2022 holiday season showed slow, but steady, improvement for the retail industry. As economic headwinds curbed spending capacity, online retail grew in the U.S. Inflation was a major factor in slower growth despite heavy discounting by retailers. but at its lowest rate in years: up 3.5% Global digital sales topped $1.1