Mon.Mar 08, 2021

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Push-Down Query Capabilities: Five Questions To Ask Your Cloud BI Provider

Forrester eCommerce

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) offers many benefits, including but not limited to elasticity: the ability to shrink and grow storage and compute resources on demand. Clients of most leading enterprise business intelligence (BI) platforms enjoy this cloud elasticity benefit but at a cost. Ultimately, elasticity requires both application and data components (compute and store) to be elastic, […].

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Bronto End Of Life: What This Means For eCommerce Brands

Groove

Oracle NetSuite’s latest announcement about limiting its support for the Bronto marketing platform is leaving its customers with having to evaluate alternatives before it becomes “end of life.”. Oracle NetSuite Announces “End of Life” For Bronto. You read that right. Oracle NetSuite, the company that acquired the Bronto marketing platform back in 2015, declared last week that Bronto will become “end of life” on May 31, 2022.

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How Many Products Can A B2B Sales Rep Sell?

Forrester eCommerce

Mergers and acquisitions and other major changes can place enormous pressure on frontline sales organizations. Learn when the strain becomes too much in this B2B Summit session preview.

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Ralph Lauren Taps into the Sharing Economy with New Subscription Rental Service

Retail TouchPoints

Ralph Lauren has launched a new subscription rental service for its Lauren Ralph Lauren brand, which is currently sold at 500 points of distribution in North America. “The Lauren Look” rental service is now available to North American consumers, with memberships starting at $125 a month. Members have access to an evolving selection of Lauren dresses, pants, tops and more.

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Get MACH Ready: Preparing Your Business for Digital Transformation

Adopting MACH technology means more than implementing new platforms. This type of digital change affects your organization at every level and requires a thoughtful approach to navigate challenges that crop up. The Get MACH Ready report, co-authored by MACH Alliance member Scott Canney in collaboration with Orium, commercetools, and Contentstack, will provide you with strategies to prepare your organization for a digital transformation.

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Targeting Better Together: Six Insights-Driven Best Practices For Sales And Marketing Leaders

Forrester eCommerce

There is enormous power in building a proprietary set of insights that drive sales and marketing to the best-fit and most lucrative targets.

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Exclusive Shikatani Lacroix Q&A: How Using Customer Data Can Humanize the Digital Experience

Retail TouchPoints

As technology and digital continues to infiltrate consumers’ lives, the need for human interaction and emotional connection is more important than ever. Using the data at their fingertips, retailers can capture a more in-depth view of customers’ lives, allowing them to better understand their wants and needs — and ultimately use that picture to create a service experience that incorporates both technology and humans.

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How Much Do Bing Ads Cost?

Kissmetrics

If you’re here, you must be wondering “how much do Bing ads cost?” You’re smart to focus on Bing and other search engines instead of just Google ads. According to Statista, Bing has 1.03 billion unique global visitors per month. In addition, 38 percent of Bing users had an annual income of $100,000 or more. Not only is the search engine installed in billions of devices, but the platform is also appealing to a significant number of high-income earners.

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Bosch’s Cultural Transformation Offers Lessons For Other Businesses

Forrester eCommerce

Listen to how Bosch is carefully weighing issues such as the speed of its cultural change and the impact on its brand image as an innovator against the value of its existing culture. And learn how to avoid obstacles, such as when old product development models are colliding with innovation.

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Ross Stores Plans to Open 60 New Locations in 2021

Retail TouchPoints

Ross Stores recently opened four Ross Dress for Less and three dd’s DISCOUNTS stores across five different states in February and March. These new locations are part of the company’s plans to add approximately 60 new stores — 40 Ross and 20 dd’s DISCOUNTS locations — during fiscal 2021, which runs through January 2022. . The off-price apparel and home fashion retailer reported $12.5 billion in revenue for fiscal 2020.

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CX Pros: The Technology Convergence Continues

Forrester eCommerce

Medallia just announced its intent to acquire digital experience analytics vendor Decibel. This move underscores an important fact: Companies need more than just customer feedback to determine where customers struggle and how experiences can be improved. Decibel helps brands understand their digital experiences by measuring experience quality and providing a digital experience score.

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The Future of Multi-Vendor Commerce

In this on-demand webinar, discover how Logicbroker’s cutting-edge technology enhances the overall experience for both current and future customers and gain insights into how leveraging our seamless integration process unlocks new dimensions of efficiency and functionality. Plus, learn how our advanced marketplace features are set to revolutionize the way businesses operate, offering opportunities for growth and success within your multi-vendor commerce program.

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WordPress Vs. Wix

Kissmetrics

Disclosure: This content is reader-supported, which means if you click on some of our links that we may earn a commission. WordPress outshines Wix in terms of flexibility for allowing users of all skill levels to create a more sophisticated website and customize it to their liking. Wix, on the other hand, forgoes some flexibility so beginners and non-coders without advanced needs can launch their websites in no time.

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Ulta Beauty Unveils NYC Herald Square Store

Retail TouchPoints

Ulta Beauty has opened a 12,000-square-foot store in New York’s Herald Square that is designed to help shoppers rediscover the fun in beauty in a post-pandemic world. The immersive brand experience promotes exploration and product discovery and offers new, enhanced features, including: An elevated design with high ceilings, artistic lighting and, upon entering, digital screens showcasing brands (other locations use posters); Curated and unique layout to enhance store flow, with checkout now at t

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Get to Know Your Anonymous Shoppers

Optimizely

You don’t know most of your shoppers, and you’re not alone — anonymous shoppers represent 75% of all ecommerce visits. As a marketer, it will cost you up to 5 times more to acquire a new customer than to retain an existing one. Almost all new customers start as anonymous users and in that first visit, you have an opportunity to get to know them with both passive and active measures. .

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How To Make Money On Amazon – 9 Ways Rated And Explained

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In this post, I will teach you 9 different ways how to make money on Amazon. You’ll learn about the upfront costs and the revenue potential for each business model to determine if it’s worth your time. Most people think of Amazon strictly as a place to shop online. But in addition to buying products online, you can also make money selling on Amazon as well.

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Forrester Report: Demystifying The Technical Functions of POS Solutions

Understanding the intricate world of Point-of-Sale (POS) technology is a common challenge for tech buyers. When it comes to defining the functions of Point-of-Sale systems, the communications have yet to be standardized–—until now. Forrester’s new report, Demystifying The Technical Functions of POS Solutions, breaks through the noise and provides business leaders with the information and tools they need to evaluate the features of POS systems.

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The Empowered Marketer: Helping Professionals of Color in the Financial Advisory Space

Optimizely

Dana L. Wilson, CEO and Founder of CHIP (Changing How Individuals Prosper) joins this episode of the Empowered Marketer, presented by Zaius , to commemorate International Women’s Day. Dana, an NYC-based investment advisor, started her business in December 2019 and her mission is to increase visibility and access to financial professionals of color. Per Dana, “After spending time at larger firms and wealth management and then jumping into the seat of being an independent advisor, you get this gre

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Automatic Email Manager: The Ultimate Automated Order Printer for Ecommerce

Ecommerce Platforms

Shopify , WooCommerce , and the many other ecommerce platforms are known for their automation features, such as order alerts and receipts. However, many businesses require the printing of invoices, orders, and receipts, whether it's a restaurant that needs hard copies of orders sent to the kitchen, or it's a wholesale business with custom invoices. Shopify, and most other platforms, don't automate printed orders, so that's where the Automatic Email Manager comes into play.

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What to Expect in the Inbox in 2021

Retail TouchPoints

The email inbox is crowded like never before. Since the start of the pandemic, companies have had to make an aggressive shift to an all-digital marketing approach, with email being the go-to channel. From April through December 2020, companies experienced the longest period ever of sustained high email volume, with email sending rates remaining at the level of the previous holiday season throughout most of 2020, according to Validity research.

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International Women’s Day 2021: The Women of FastSpring Share Their Experiences Working in Tech

FastSpring

Tell me you’re a woman working in tech, without telling me you’re a woman working in tech. We’ll go first––only 5% of leadership roles within the tech industry are women. Historically the tech industry has struggled with gender diversity in the workplace. With high numbers of men in leadership positions and a lack of emphasis on hiring women for those leadership roles, you can see the issue here.

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & AI

Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.

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3 steps to building an advertising business

RetailDive

Understanding whether or not your data and channels are of value to others takes time. Each step, however, is necessary to increase the value of your first-party data and kickstart a new revenue stream.

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The LiveIntent Awards

Liveintent

Similar to Moira Rose, LiveIntent’s favorite season is Awards Season. Every Q1, we host the LiveIntent Awards, which consist of various accolades from the most impactful new hire to the best problem solver in the organization. Everyone in the company can nominate a colleague for each award category and include their reason for the nomination. A committee then takes the nominations, narrows them down to the top 3 nominees, and votes on a winner.

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How to Export WooCommerce Orders?

MakeWebBetter

An online store needs offline management. And this management demands data. My point is that you come across situations every now and then, where you will feel the need to export data directly from your WooCommerce store. Exporting WooCommerce orders might get tricky as orders are connected to other data as well. Other data such […]. The post How to Export WooCommerce Orders?

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Government extends free rapid tests for all businesses

TalkingRetail

Independent retailers in England are now able to sign up for the government’s free Covid-19 workplace testing programme. Workplace testing is now available to all businesses, including those with fewer than 50 employees, and businesses are being encouraged to register their interest by 31 March. Lateral flow testing will remain free until the end of.

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The B2B Digital Commerce Playbook for Manufacturers

In this comprehensive guide, we delve into four essential ecommerce strategies for manufacturers. Each strategy is backed by a clear vision to ensure your efforts are aligned. Whether you’re a seasoned industry player or a budding digitalization champion, these strategies offer actionable insights to drive success. What will you find in the guide: Overview of how current events and external pressures impact business priorities.

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Welcome to the lucrative world of retail bankruptcy

RetailDive

A look at the most expensive retail bankruptcies and the players that have profited from them.

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7 Reasons why Dropshipping Businesses Fail (Check Solutions)

Ecommerce Guru

Do you know what a perfect way to improve your Dropshipping store’s chances of surviving in 2021 is? This is it! Reading about the reasons why the majority of drop shipping fail. Dropshipping Success Rate: What Keeps People Back From Dropshipping Success? There isn’t a day that goes by that someone doesn’t ask how to become a successful dropshipper?

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Charming Charlie to open 14 new locations

RetailDive

The women's apparel and accessories retailer plans to roll out additional stores nationwide over the summer and fall of this year.

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Nisa partners mark Fairtrade Fortnight

TalkingRetail

Nisa partners across the country have been marking Fairtrade Fortnight in-store. A number of retailers created dedicated displays in their stores, using specially designed POS to highlight the event. At Proudfoot Supermarket’s Newby store, in North Yorkshire, they highlighted the occasion in-store with a gondola end designated to Fairtrade, using a specially created bespoke planogram.

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The Personalization Playbook: 2024 Strategies

Did you know—74% of IT leaders are looking to improve their tech stack to offer better personalization? It’s impossible to ignore the importance of personalization, but it comes with challenges. How do you do it with a tight budget? What about customer privacy and the use of data? The Personalization Playbook is packed with research and insights from Orium, Talon.One, and Bloomreach and gives IT leaders answers to these tough questions, helping them shape 2024 strategies for personalization.

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GameStop taps former Chewy execs to lead transformation group

RetailDive

Activist investors led by Ryan Cohen have hired new technology-focused execs and are looking to accelerate transformation at the gaming retailer.

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Rustlers supports food-to-go category with new units

TalkingRetail

Rustlers is launching a range of food-to-go solutions for retail outlets, in a move designed to appeal to the 33% of consumers not working from home. The range includes a Rustlers branded microwave, two food-to-go units and a multi-station. The microwave retailers between £250 and £450 and is pre-programmed to cook Rustlers products but can. This story continues at Rustlers supports food-to-go category with new units.

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Fashion & travel sectors boost online sales as lockdown end is planned

Retail Technology Review

The latest online retail data from Salesfire has shown the travel and fashion sectors capitalised on sales in February following the announcement of a roadmap out of lockdown.

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Government makes over £130m available to tackle violent crime

TalkingRetail

The government is making more than £130m available to tackle serious violent crime. Home Secretary, Priti Patel, announced today (8 March) that the funding will “enable a programme of work to prevent some of the most serious types of crime and deliver safer communities for the British public”. The news has been welcomed by the. This story continues at Government makes over £130m available to tackle violent crime.

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Mapping Digital Transformation: Retail’s Strategic Shift

Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney

Digital transformation in retail is so much more than new technology. You need to get your whole organization, from entry-level workers to executives, on board with the new tech, new skills, and culture changes that digital transformation brings. Leading this mindset shift can be a daunting task… but that’s where this webinar comes in! Join our panel of experts as they guide you through the challenges of digital transformation, preparing you to avoid common mistakes and make the most of incredib