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Nike Shows No Brand Is ‘Too Good’ For Amazon

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By Glenn Taylor, Senior Editor With Amazon capturing national attention with the acquisition of Whole Foods Market , the e-Commerce giant managed to keep its potential new partnership with another high-profile brand — Nike — largely under the radar. In another case that feels like déjà vu, department stores are falling on the sword. “If

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Can Macy’s Revive Its Brand Through Discounting?

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Macy’s incoming CEO Jeff Gennette revealed at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Consumer & Retail Technology Conference last week that the department store plans on making significant changes to its struggling brick-and-mortar presence. Klaudia Tirico, Features Editor: Oh, Macy’s.

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Will ‘Dangerous Discounting’ Minimize Margins For The Back-To-School Season?

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Adam Blair, Editor: At a Retail TouchPoints Live! Glenn Taylor, Senior Editor: The Amazonification of retail definitely has pushed mass market companies like Walmart and Target. My concern lies with the department stores that have felt forced to discount heavily in their attempt to keep pace.

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RevTech Event Spotlights Retail Innovation: Which Technologies Will Win Out?

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The RTP editorial team has handicapped the technologies and companies being featured at the RevTech event, with each editor selecting their standouts. Debbie Hauss, Editor-in-Chief: I am definitely fascinated by what Bottlefly is offering: “a patented method for tracking consumer preferences in sensory-based products.” Akola Project.

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Cashierless Retail: Great In Theory, But Still Shaky In Practice

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By Glenn Taylor, Senior Editor The Amazon Go convenience store opening in January 2018 shed light on the next new shiny concept in retail — cashierless, checkout-free stores. million people held cashier jobs as of May 2016 , with 867,000 of them working in grocery stores and 283,920 working in department stores.

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Magento, NetSuite Conferences Illustrate What B2C Can Teach B2B

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By Glenn Taylor, Senior Editor While the Retail TouchPoints team is gearing up for next week’s 2018 Retail Innovation Conference in New York City, I had the opportunity to attend two user conferences this week in Las Vegas — Magento Imagine and NetSuite SuiteWorld.

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Rewards Case Study: A Look into The Nordy Club by Nordstrom

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Nordstrom is considered a high-end luxury department store, yet it’s not immune to the challenges most retail brands face such as churn rates, cart abandonment (online), and the chance customers don’t return for a second purchase. Revamped in 2018, The Nordy Club has proven to be a hit for Norstrom and its members.