365 Retail

APRIL 2, 2024

Millennials are the most likely shopper demographic to have their buying decisions influenced by Retail Media ads at the shelf-edge, the latest research from the Retail Technology Show (RTS), taking place on 24 & 25 April 2024 at London’s Olympia, reveals.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2024

Recent estimates forecast that nearly a quarter of global retail sales will come from online channels by 2027, so the ability to serve a multilingual customer base will be essential for businesses seeking global success. Despite the importance of multilingual support, most retailers aren’t equipped to provide it.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

By the close of its ninth edition in June, the New York Fashion Tech Lab (NYFTLab) and its largest-ever group of partner retailers and brands from major corporations had provided support to five women-led emerging business-to-business fashion technology companies. Five New Technologies Driving Retail Personalization.

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365 Retail

APRIL 20, 2024

As the retail landscape evolves, refive is leading the charge in enhancing revenue and customer retention for brick-and-mortar stores. Join them at the Retail Technology Show at London’s Olympia on April 24 & 25, 2024, where they will demonstrate pioneering solutions designed to transform customer engagement.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As a matter of fact, as accessibility becomes a more prevalent concern in the retail sector, the interplay between new technology and AI represents some good news. Features that improve accessibility have the power to help legitimize AI-powered tools and services and lead to more trust around the new technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2024

Generative AI has put the retail industry at yet another inflection point. 2023 was a period of experimentation for retailers, and many thoroughly assessed where this new technology could have the biggest impact. But for many retailers the question remains, “Where can this new technology best help my organization now?”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2024

Retailers that have recently launched their own retail media businesses should learn from what the established leaders already do. In this way, retailers will act more like media houses and thus engender the trust of CPG advertisers. retailers all offer.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2024

The same study suggests this trend is only expected to continue: by 2027, the global retail ecommerce market is projected to grow by 39% and surpass the $8 trillion mark. As ecommerce sales continue to grow, so does the focus on logistics, enabling retailers to meet the rising demand for shipping. trillion in 2024 to $1.57

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

While technology has continued to have a dramatic impact on the retail industry, the spread of COVID-19 has created new technology trends and accelerated current tech best practices significantly. With retailers focused on digital systems, inventory and management tech has also taken leaps forward.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As video technology continued to evolve — especially on mobile devices — not only did the popularity of influencers grow, but so did their ability to monetize their fan bases on behalf of themselves and on behalf of the brands that employed them. Video has indeed evolved. But here’s where the playing field is being leveled.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Sasha Radic, Managing Director of the investment bank Jefferies, believes that beauty is one of the most exciting and “special” sectors in retail for two big reasons: its deep connection to joyful moments and its incredible resilience. When things are going well, people want to enjoy and participate in [those beauty moments].

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

trillion by 2027 – representing over 20% of overall retail sales. With the sector continuing to experience accelerated growth, major retailers are looking for ways to maintain and build trust while dramatically improving customer experience and orchestrating cohesive customer journeys. In the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Hy-Vee is implementing Samsung Ads to support its retail media strategy. The technology will empower Hy-Vee to push a mix of dynamic digital content, including live cooking demos, promotions, recipes, product pairings and company news to shoppers perusing Hy-Vee’s aisles in real time.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Ironically, one of the things that made this such a tall order was that the retailer’s original customer group really, really loves the brand. The retailer also sought to better align the merchants and products it promoted in these varied campaigns as a way to spread as wide a net as possible to draw in new customers. “If

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iVend

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Successful retail requires operational efficiency – the more streamlined the business processes the greater the potential for reduced costs and increased business growth. So retailers are looking for ways to optimize retail operations, across every process – and retail technology is a powerful enabler.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

Faced with an endless number of brands, product options and channels to shop through, consumers are looking for the perfect combination of “value” and “values.” Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How have shifts in consumer behaviors and expectations impacted the way retailers invest in technology?

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Chico’s will leverage fabric’s technology, including omnichannel order management and inventory systems, to power its commerce offerings across the entire company. Additionally, fabric’s inventory management capabilities will help the retailer improve accuracy and transparency across all three of its banners to boost the customer experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2021

The fundamental shift in retail toward blended digital commerce has created several hurdles for retailers still clinging to traditional blueprints. Here are a few examples of how technology enhances customer experience and strengthens brand value. Distributed Order Management Technology for a Unified Customer Experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Fashion retail group Bestseller has rolled out the Nedap iD Cloud platform to all 380 Vero Moda stores. The retailer will utilize RFID technology to enable improve the efficiency of how products are received and introduce real-time replenishment capabilities. Our stores play a vital part in this ambition.

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BigCommerce

AUGUST 13, 2018

Most online sellers begin their journey from one sales channel, setting up shop through a website or marketplace. Buyers, on the other hand, have many touchpoints and paths to purchase, so it becomes necessary for retailers to branch out. Multi-channel retailing is the practice of selling merchandise on more than one sales channel.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

Retail store design is a multi-year investment in capital, and therefore it is easier to adapt to unprecedented changes through brand communication and customer service models. Zaballero: In a physical store, there is a place for technology, but it needs to be invisible. D:R Currently, Gen Z is the biggest growing market right now.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For several years now the term “retail media” has been buzzing around both retail and media circles. Whether you’re looking for a deeper understanding of the implications and applications of retail media or need a down-and-dirty explainer on what retail media actually is, you’ve landed in the right place.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2022

Spanish children’s clothing retailer Charanga will deploy the Nedap iD Cloud platform at all owned stores, franchised stores and displays inside El Corte Inglés locations in Spain, Portugal and Italy. The retailer is aiming to achieve full stock visibility in its supply chain.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Carrie Tharp, VP, Retail & Consumer, Google Cloud. These retailers are using the Cloud to unlock digital potential across their business — both online and in stores — and Carrie Tharp, Google Cloud’s VP of Retail and Consumer, is helping them do it.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Is the shiny new toy of retail media everything the market has made it out to be, or is there a second wave of transformation needed for marketers to make the most of their investments? It’s more effective when retailers empower CPG brands with technology partners that are more transparent. So, what’s not to love – right?

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Wiser

APRIL 16, 2024

Category management in retail has evolved significantly over the past two decades, reflecting broader changes in technology, consumer behavior, and market dynamics. Retailers relied heavily on historical sales data, consumer surveys, and rudimentary analytics to make decisions about which products to stock and how to organize them.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is expanding its partnership with Nectar360 and Clear Channel UK by bringing its Sainsbury’s Live network to stores across the UK. The retailer plans to more than double the number of screens in its stores, from 320 to more than 800.

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BigCommerce

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

It’s a complex process, and it’s why omni-channel selling is so important. What is omni-channel retail? Square defines it as: “Meeting people on the channels where they are shopping and buying, whether it’s in a physical store or an online store or on social media, and connecting the dots between those channels.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This concept of starting with a deep understanding of the customer (at times more deeply even than they understand themselves) and building from that point is also the basic premise of retail’s latest technological and philosophical movement — unified commerce. They just want what they want when they want it.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2024

The Retail TouchPoints team is reporting on all the news breaking before, during and after the Retail Innovation Conference & Expo , taking place June 4-6, 2024, at McCormick Place in Chicago. Are you ready to explore the evolved customer journey?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Retail Remix podcast was developed to feature the founders, executives and practitioners shaping retail’s future. The top five episodes of 2023 reaffirm some of the most trending topics we covered on Retail TouchPoints over the past year, illustrating how rapidly the industry (and the customer experience) have evolved.

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365 Retail

JUNE 28, 2022

Consumer touchpoints are growing exponentially, making media activation more complicated as shoppers flutter across thousands of channels and apps, making the possible combinations infinite. For the uninitiated, it’s helpful to explore the three different marketing channels and to outline the pros and cons that each can provide. .

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the dynamic world of retail, businesses face the ongoing challenges of rising advertising costs alongside a swiftly changing media landscape. Here we explore the complex dimensions of DCO and its fundamental role in optimizing content for retail advertisers.

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iVend

OCTOBER 16, 2022

iVend Smart Retail Technology iVend’s retail technology helps to engage smart shoppers. Read how we’re helping to create smart retailers. They research products online before they even set foot inside your retail store. According to research, 73% of shoppers now use multiple channels for their purchases.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has released a preliminary framework to standardize retail media measurement. Retail media was one of the fastest-growing U.S. advertising channels in 2022, according to a study by IAB. Criteo , Best Buy Ads , Kroger Precision Marketing , Target , Vibenomics and Colgate-Palmolive.

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iVend

JANUARY 17, 2023

In retail, 2023 is set to still be a time of challenge and flux as the world recovers from the disruption of the pandemic. Shoppers have limited disposable income, and are selective about where they spend it, meaning retailers have to compete hard to win wallet share. See how we’re implementing digital technology in retail stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

When you imagine retail media’s place in a marketing funnel, do your eyes look toward the bottom? If so, you may miss out on the full-funnel benefits of retail media networks (RMNs). Siloing these objectives into separate media channels with competing budgets leaves value on the table and hurts overall results.

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