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Amazon Extends Just Walk Out Technology to Apparel and Fan Gear with RFID

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon has incorporated RFID capabilities into its Just Walk Out cashierless technology to handle the sale of apparel and fan gear at two Seattle sports venues. RFID tags placed on jerseys, hats and other items allow customers to carry out (and even wear out) their purchases without standing in line to check out.

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Breaking Barriers: How Brick-and-Mortar Retailers can Deliver Exceptional Customer Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

Multinational athletic apparel retailer Lululemon recently announced its net revenue increased 20% (on a constant dollar basis) to $2.2 Comparable store sales increased 9%, and the company’s gross margin increased to 58.8%. Effectively managing inventory has never been an easy task for retailers.

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Walmart Brings BNPL to Self-Checkout in 4,500 Stores Via Expanded Partnership with Affirm

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart is making a big move in that direction with the integration of BNPL financing at its self-checkout kiosks, allowing customers to pay over time for everything from electronics and apparel to toys and more. Customers also can access Affirm BNPL financing at Walmart Vision and Auto Centers.

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NRF 2024: Key Takeaways From Retail Thought Leaders

RetailMinded

And parcel management, supply chain, inventory analytics and so much more. And not from off the floor, which is where I often see apparel these days. Expanding on the importance of trust and reliability was Sean Quinn, CEO of All Point Retail. My favorite part, however, is always the people. Sure, AI is fun to explore.

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Returns Management is essential for a positive customer experience

iVend

iVend Retail Management Suite iVend’s retail technology helps retailers in returns management. Not surprisingly, the biggest source of returns is wearable items – with the top five being clothes, men’s dress shirts, shoes, make-up, sports apparel. But managing refunds can be costly and time-consuming.

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NOT Your Dad’s Supply Chain: 4 Trends Every Retail Exec Should Know for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

These four emerging trends elevate the urgency for supply chain execs to move distributed order management (DOM) to the top of their lists. #1: The word omnichannel has been around for decades, but not until very recently has the industry realized the role of distributed order management in their aggregate financial equation.

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#CCS23: Composable Commerce, ChatGPT and Data, Data, Data

Retail TouchPoints

Sweaty Betty’s use of performance and personalization APIs from Salesforce allowed the retailer to “customize pricing and promotions to different shopper groups” depending on the actions they took, said Igor Faletski, VP of Product Management at Salesforce. As digital executives, we get very focused on the front-end.

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