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Sensory Enabling Technologies are Radically Reshaping the Future of Digital Retail

Retail TouchPoints

Today, it is possible to stimulate all consumer senses online. Sensory Enabling Technologies (SETs) enable consumers to feel textures, smell and even perceive the taste of a product. We’ll also investigate how senses available online can be used to trigger perceptions via the absent ones. Online sales reached $4.9

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Top 2020 Retail Challenges and How To Future-Proof for 2021

Retail TouchPoints

However, a question mark still hangs over where they spent their money, as research showed that since the beginning of the pandemic, 49% of shoppers have been purchasing more online. And in the ecommerce world, that can only mean one thing: online retail giants such as Amazon continue to dominate the market.

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UK’s top 25 fastest growing online retailers revealed

365 Retail

The UK’s top 25 fastest growing online retailers have been revealed with beer brewing brand Pinter topping the table. Since launching in 2020, Pinter has amassed a community of 60,000 brewers and it has sold the equivalent of 3,900,000 million pints. It was named a TIME Magazine invention of the year.

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AI-Powered Pricing and Promotions are Redefining the 2020 Retail Holiday Season

Retail TouchPoints

The all-important holiday season always demands retailers’ full engagement and energy, but the 2020 holiday season presents unique challenges. Retailers and their shoppers are whiplashed accordingly. Retailers and their shoppers are whiplashed accordingly. Speaking of Online and In-Store Channels….

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January 2020 Bezos Bulletin: Amazon Advertising & 2020 Trends

ROI Revolution

Published January 9, 2020. Welcome to the first Bezos Bulletin of 2020! We’ll be diving into a review of marketplaces in 2019, a look ahead at trends that will dominate 2020, and a brief analysis of how Amazon advertising is transforming the digital landscape. Trends Taking Over in 2020. Let’s get started!

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Contactless Voice Payment Technology: A Retail Strategy for Bringing Customers Back In-Store

Retail TouchPoints

Voice recognition technology has moved beyond the realm of checking the weather and playing music. Pandemic-fueled digital commerce is rapidly increasing the use of voice recognition technology. Consumer preference for contactless retail experiences is expected to remain the norm post-pandemic.

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Brightpearl Launches ‘Growth Hacking’ Podcast For Online Retailers 

RetailMinded

Each guest on the show has been recognized as being one of the fastest growing online businesses in the world, having made the cut for Brightpearl’s ‘ Lightning 50 ,’ a definitive list of the fastest growing e-commerce companies across the nation. But the one thing that busy entrepreneurial e-commerce businesses don’t have is time.