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How HSN and QVC Parent Qurate is Working to ‘Crack the Code’ of Livestreaming

Retail TouchPoints

Long before there was livestreaming, social media or even the internet, there were home shopping networks — and the undisputed leaders of that realm were QVC and HSN , now both operated under the umbrella of Qurate Retail Group. But the heyday of “home shopping” in that context is now firmly behind us.

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How Amazon, Poshmark and Rolling Stone Use Livestreaming to Break out from the Ecommerce Grid

Retail TouchPoints

the way it has in Asia, a number of brands are adding some spice to their content marketing mix with the integration of live shopping experiences. “To Shopping always has been as much about entertainment as the acquisition of goods. Qurate Retail’s New App and FAST Channel Qurate Retail’s Sune shopping app.

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How GSN Makes Buying Fine Jewelry Friction-Free and Fiscally Responsible

Retail TouchPoints

Gem Shopping Network (GSN ) has carved a unique space in the shoppable media market: Its primary business is still conducted via linear television, akin to the Home Shopping Network and QVC, but it also is growing significantly through connected TV (CTV) and streaming platforms like Apple TV, Roku and YouTube.

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Crate & Barrel Opens New NYC Flagship with Virtual Counterpart

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. “This flagship store embodies our commitment to inspiring and supporting customers at every step of their home shopping journey,” said Crate & Barrel CEO Janet Hayes in a statement. ” To celebrate the store opening, Crate & Barrel will host the Flatiron Food & Design Festival onsite from Nov.

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How Direct-To-Consumer Is Driving The Need For Real-Time In Retail

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By Thomas Hill, Kx Systems Real-time is the latest in a long line of terminology infiltrating the world of retail. Real-time retail technologies may or may not have been invented by Amazon, but Amazon has enabled their exponential growth and exploited them to become dominant in the new retail market.

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Shift happens: 7 factors that defined a decade of retail disruption

Steve Dennis

As far as I can tell, retail has always been pretty darn dynamic. Certainly the past 50 or 60 years brought some big changes: the rise of the suburban regional shopping center, the emergence of discount mass merchants and category killers, the advent of home shopping and warehouse clubs and so on. Indeed shift happens.

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5 Ways the In-Store Experience Shapes Retail in 2020

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In today’s retail world, the in-store experience is more responsive and adaptable than it’s ever been before. A combination of advancing technology, the need to compete with online shopping, and modernized strategies has led to fundamental changes in stores of all kinds. Prioritizing Experience Over Inventory.