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Retailers Target Trio of Priorities To Build Connections With Customers, New American Express Research Finds

365 Retail

Amex’s research surveyed 500 senior decision makers across UK retail and hospitality businesses of all sizes, with at least one physical store, exploring their current challenges, investment priorities, and customer attraction strategies.

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Inside Natori’s Transformation from High-End Wholesaler to Omnichannel Brand

Retail TouchPoints

Loyalty to those stores used to be 100% — a top customer would go to Neiman Marcus for everything and not go anywhere else. But come 2006, 2007 we really started to see that loyalty go away, and the bigger piece of it was [that] fewer people were going into department stores overall.

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#RSP22: Everything You Need to Know About Holiday 2022

Retail TouchPoints

The Mastercard SpendingPulse measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment, providing a wealth of insights to help merchants refine and optimize their holiday strategies. YOY growth this holiday season, whereas department stores will only see a 0.3%

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21 Sessions, Presentations and Workshops You Can’t Miss at IRCE 2018

BigCommerce

Marketing, IT and development teams all block hotel rooms near one another, jetting off to hear what’s new and what’s next in their channel before heading out for drinks and dinner that night. A few years ago, the team decided to launch a direct-to-consumer channel. IRCE is the who’s who of ecommerce – and it doesn’t discriminate.

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Retail Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow

Teamwork Retail

The Merchant Class. Early marketplaces and bazaars were simply gathering spots where farmers, hunters, and traveling merchants would trade goods. Growth in national wealth, advances in technology, and the continued exploitation of the New World led to the rise of a merchant class in Europe. E-commerce Matures.

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The Future of Retail is 3D

Retail TouchPoints

One department store rendered 40,000 products in 3D and increased its conversion rate on shoes and bags by almost 40% , showing the power of this emerging technology to drive sales and boost profits. The companies that stay ahead of the curve are seeing huge benefits to their businesses.

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Retail Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow

Teamwork Retail

The Merchant Class. Early marketplaces and bazaars were simply gathering spots where farmers, hunters, and traveling merchants would trade goods. Growth in national wealth, advances in technology, and the continued exploitation of the New World led to the rise of a merchant class in Europe. E-commerce Matures.