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Build-A-Bear Names New Tech Chief

Retail TouchPoints

Build-A-Bear Workshop has hired Dara Meath as its new SVP and CTO and placed her on its senior leadership committee, reflecting the retailer’s commitment to its ongoing digital transformation efforts. Dara Meath. Meath will report to Build-A-Bear’s CFO Voin Todorovic.

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Becoming a Part of Our Customers’ Relationships

Retail TouchPoints

Wanting to help our consumers find the right words or expressions inspired us to create the 1-800-Flowers.com MomVerse ahead of Mother’s Day and further utilize technology, specifically AI, in a way that serves our consumers. This is something we’ve felt passionate about from the beginning and we’re building these tools with our community.

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Embracing Community, Data and Failure: Top Trends and Takeaways from AWNY

Retail TouchPoints

It doesn’t look like a commercial or an ad, he just looks like a guy with a TikTok channel creating content. With the pace at which technologies and consumer preferences are evolving, most executives seem to now take the attitude that failure has become not something to avoid, but rather a necessary piece of any strategic evolution.

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Automation: The Driving Force Behind Warehouse Management Growth

Retail TouchPoints

Hence the undeniable need for robust warehouse management technologies that are future-focused and effortlessly scalable. Based on these factors, warehouse technologies can be divided into three levels of automation: System Automation; Mechanized Automation; and. Automation Increases Warehouse Productivity and Accuracy.

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Online/offline integration – is hybrid the new ‘channel’?

iVend

Spring Fair’s thoughts on the practical implementation of the hybrid model include: Online brands running in-person workshops. The post Online/offline integration – is hybrid the new ‘channel’? Real-time chat within ecommerce solutions for enhancing the customer experience. So, what do retailers need to do?

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How #RICE22 is Reimagining the Expo Experience With Unique Show Floor Activations

Retail TouchPoints

Temeka , CS Hudson , FASTSIGNS of Upper Saddle River and cannabis brand Cookies are coming together to craft an incredible experience that combines high-touch service, cutting-edge technology and even some exclusive products. The technology is being provided by DSF member companies Elo Touch Solutions, Sony and Navor. Clicks 2 Bricks.

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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. It is the industry’s most trafficked annual conference combining high-profile brand executive tracks down to workshops to train junior employees.

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