Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 12, 2021

How long does your organization retain customer, employee, and sensitive corporate data, and how do you go about disposing of it? In the absence of explicit regulatory mandates, when and how to delete different types of records and personal data can become a tug-of-war between line of business, legal, and security teams. There are consequences of improper deletion and disposal, as well as excessive retention.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2021

A 17,000-square-foot outdoor turf field and running track, a rock-climbing wall, batting cages and golf hitting bays — these are just a handful of the features adding excitement to the new experiential retail concept — House of Sport from DICK’S Sporting Goods. The first-ever DICK’S House of Sport opened its doors on April 9 in the Rochester suburb of Victor, N.Y.

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 12, 2021

Brand is a primary purchase-decision driver, yet it often takes a backseat in terms of investment. At this year's B2B Summit North America, learn how to better manage this critical asset.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2021

Foot Locker will offer in-store shoppers a more flexible and convenient checkout experience with the deployment of new technology across its 2,000+ U.S. stores. The specialty athletic retailer has partnered with FreedomPay to deploy its Next Level Commerce platform across its domestic store network, giving customers the option to pay via contactless payment methods and digital wallets including PayPal/Venmo. “We are always looking for ways to create a more seamless customer experience,R

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Join Bloomreach at Innovation Fest: Summer 2024, a virtual event, to explore the future of personalized marketing and merchandising! Along with the company’s top product experts, CEO Raj De Datta will provide an exclusive look at the company’s latest AI innovations reshaping the omnichannel experience. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to connect with fellow industry leaders and explore the latest trends in retail technology.

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 12, 2021

Territory design and the subsequent application and management of those plans is fraught with opportunities for distortion by human intervention. In her latest blog post, Anne Slough discusses the critical role that sales operations plays to maintain equity in the territory design process.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2021

The low-code application development wave is absorbing more retailers — and rightfully so. Retailers face an ever-escalating need for customized and differentiated applications that can push innovation and keep customers engaged. Actually developing them, as retailers are well aware, usually requires significant time and a technical team that’s hard (read: expensive and slow) to come by.

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 12, 2021

HelloFresh, Fabletics, Dollar Shave Club. What do these wildly different companies all have in common? They offer some of the best-known subscription boxes around, reflecting an increasingly popular (and potentially lucrative) business model. The premise is simple. For a monthly fee, consumers receive a box filled with goodies ranging from sample-size toiletries to leisurewear.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2021

Chinese regulators have fined ecommerce giant Alibaba a record 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion ) for monopolistic practices, after finding that the site had been “abusing market dominance” for several years by preventing its sellers from using other competitive platforms. The fine is the highest-ever antitrust penalty imposed by China, according to Seeking Alpha.

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 12, 2021

While Google, Bing, and Yahoo control the West’s market share of search engine traffic, alternative search engine Baidu is the king of search in China. If you want to make your content known on Baidu, you need a strong SEO strategy to guide you. What works on Google may not work on Baidu, however, so we’ve created this guide to teach you how to earn a position in Baidu’s search engine results for users that are in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2021

Nike has launched a new service to refurbish gently used or defective products and get them back on shelves at a discount. Touted as part of its “Move to Zero” sustainability efforts, Nike Refurbished will take like-new, gently worn or cosmetically flawed shoes that have been returned within the company’s 60-day “wear test” window, and fix them up to be resold at Nike stores.

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MakeWebBetter

APRIL 12, 2021

Sell WooCommerce subscriptions to engage leads, turn them into recurring customers, and stack your share of regular income. How satisfying? Well, if not satisfying, at least that sounds like a promising strategy not to let competitors outsell you. Subscriptions have been into play ever since we did not even know how convenient they can be. […]. The post How To Sell Subscriptions On Your WooCommerce Store appeared first on MakeWebBetter.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2021

Bed Bath & Beyond has launched the “Home, Happier” omnichannel brand campaign, designed to inspire shoppers to celebrate the role the home plays in their lives. Home, Happier is part of the retailer’s strategy to reinvent its business around the customer, and is part of a larger growth plan to further solidify its position in the $180 billion home market.

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TalkingRetail

APRIL 12, 2021

Hovis is launching a Bakers Since 1886 range, consisting of premium buns and two half cob loaves. The Premium Burger Buns have been “designed with the ultimate burger in mind” and will be available in packs of four (£1.35) from Nisa from 19 April and Spar Blakemore from 10 May. The two 450g half cob. This story continues at Hovis unveils premium bakery range.

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365 Retail

APRIL 12, 2021

Lockdown restrictions in England are lifting further this week, allowing non-essential retail, hairdressers, gyms and pub beer gardens to reopen. What is changing in England from today? From April 12 non-essential shops, hairdressers, nail salons, libraries and community centres and outdoor hospitality venues such as beer gardens will be allowed to reopen across England.

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Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Brian Walker

The era of all-in-one platforms is over. Now, retail success depends on integrating a blend of diverse technologies to thrive. As customers and stakeholders expect agility and innovation, how can you meet these expectations efficiently without stumbling into complexity? Explore a customer-centric approach to navigating digital transformation in retail.

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RetailDive

APRIL 12, 2021

As its growth outpaced its technology, here’s how one retailer prioritized digital acceleration to transform its finance function — for seamless agility, flexibility and rapid ROI.

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TalkingRetail

APRIL 12, 2021

The Coca-Cola Company is rolling out a new pack design for its Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar and Diet Coke variants, as well as an updated recipe. The design features new lettering for the three variants – white for Coca-Cola Original Taste, black for Zero Sugar and silver for Diet Coke – as well as the. This story continues at Coca-Cola rolls out new pack design for core variants.

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RetailDive

APRIL 12, 2021

Sustainable sub-brands or special campaigns may not be enough as more consumers reject the sector's high-volume, high-turnover, low-price approach.

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365 Retail

APRIL 12, 2021

Home and garden experts Homebase is set to bring the best of its gardening products and green-fingered expertise to a selection of Next stores. This is part of a trial across the country between the two well-loved British brands. Six Homebase garden centres will open in Next stores in Shoreham, Ipswich, Warrington, Camberley, Bristol and Sheffield today, which coincides with non-essential shops reopening.

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RetailDive

APRIL 12, 2021

A pivot to holding more inventory, rising warehouse rents and Amazon's decision to limit its fulfillment service all played a role.

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365 Retail

APRIL 12, 2021

Caution has been urged ahead of a major easing of England’s lockdown which will allow pubs and restaurants to serve customers outside and hairdressers and non-essential shops to resume business. Indoor gyms, swimming pools, nail salons and zoos will also reopen on Monday as lives take another step back towards normality. However, social mixing indoors will remain heavily restricted, with around 40% of adults yet to receive their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

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RetailDive

APRIL 12, 2021

Marketing leadership boasts greater gender diversity than other departments while facing a persistent succession crisis, with 84% of chief marketers being hired externally.

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365 Retail

APRIL 12, 2021

Ribble, a digital first business and renowned bicycle manufacturer has opened a brand new destinational flagship showroom in the heart of the Ribble valley, Lancashire. The 2,000sq ft state of the art showroom has been designed to showcase Ribble’s complete award-winning and critically acclaimed bicycle range and provides a brand new bicycle retail proposition blending digital with the physical to create a unique, totally immersive and all-sensory consumer experience. .

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Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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RetailDive

APRIL 12, 2021

More than a third of consumers are shopping online for categories they had not previously bought through digital channels.

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365 Retail

APRIL 12, 2021

Property giant Hammerson has confirmed that it is in talks over a deal to sell its portfolio of UK retail parks. It comes after reports the Birmingham Bullring owner was set to sell its seven sites for around £350 million to Canadian private equity firm Brookfield. Birmingham Bullring owner Hammerson is in talks to sell its UK retail parks (Jacob King/PA).

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RetailDive

APRIL 12, 2021

Customers will be given an estimation of their product's worth and the option to sell it through the e-commerce marketplace.

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Retail Technology Review

APRIL 12, 2021

By Jeff Broth, freelance writer Exciting times! You’re getting your eCommerce site up and running and the possibilities seem nearly endless. You might not know exactly how your site is going to perform, but you probably know by now that it's always going to be evolving.

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Discover how retailers are transforming data into actionable insights for growth. By leveraging data and analytics to their potential, retailers can enhance decision-making, improve customer experiences, and streamline operations to stay ahead of the competition. From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential With AI, authored by Orium, commercetools, and Google Cloud, demonstrates how businesses can unify and activate data across the tech stack to achieve retail excellence and create growt

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RetailDive

APRIL 12, 2021

Employees voted against union representation after a closely watched election, but the fight likely isn't over yet.

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TalkingRetail

APRIL 12, 2021

More than 14,000 cigarettes and nearly 5kg of rolling tobacco worth an estimated £10,000 have been seized from a shop in Wallsend. An operation by North Tyneside Council’s Trading Standards team and Northumbria Police under Operation CeCe, which is a National Trading Standards initiative in partnership with HMRC to tackle illegal tobacco, found the items.

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RetailDive

APRIL 12, 2021

Gently worn, like-new or imperfect footwear consumers have returned will be cleaned and refurbished before being resold in stores.

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TalkingRetail

APRIL 12, 2021

Birds Eye has become the official sponsor of Team GB ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games this summer, in a move designed to “make eating meat-free more mainstream and promoting ‘the power of plants’”. The partnership sees the brand launch a TV advert as part of a wider marketing campaign, incorporating in-store and social. This story continues at Birds Eye promotes plant power with Team GB sponsorship.

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