Forrester eCommerce
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
I led Forrester’s recent update of the Forrester Wave evaluation of the HCM market after three years in which the market rapidly evolved.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Dharmesh Mehta, VP of Worldwide Selling Partner Services at Amazon , is celebrating his 10th anniversary with the company this year, and so he kicked off the fourth annual Amazon Accelerate conference for sellers by comparing the differences between the ecommerce platform today and 10 years ago. It’s true that the character of Amazon has seen some dramatic shifts in the last decade: 10 years ago third-party sellers represented 40% of sales on Amazon; now those scales have tipped in the other dir
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Groove
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
T he rapidly evolving world of AI in eCommerce means that artificial intelligence tools have become indispensable for businesses seeking to optimize their operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive growth. Let's explore a range of AI-powered tools that can be used by eCommerce merchants today. From product photography and social media to video content, copywriting, email marketing, search engine optimization, and customer support, these tools offer innovative solutions to streamline pro
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Last holiday season would have marked a certain “post-pandemic” normalcy, but extreme excess inventory and inflation significantly impeded any anticipated recalibration. This holiday season, though prices are still high and purse strings remain tightened, there’s slightly more stability inherent in the current retail environment that will bring more clarity to the numbers.
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Fastr
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
AI is all the rage and its popularity does not look to be slowing down any time soon. In nearly every industry, AI-based tools are promising massive benefits, especially when it comes to design projects. Solutions like ChatGPT and image generators allow teams to create, essentially, anything they can imagine, simply by entering a prompt. With that power at their fingertips, those who truly understand how to harness AI strategically—not as a curiosity or a top-down replacement—can find new ways t
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Amazon has set the date of its previously announced second Prime sale of the year, following its biggest-ever day of sales during the summer installment in July. Prime Big Deal Days, as the second event is being called, will take place from Oct. 10 at 3 a.m. EDT through October 11. Amazon hosted a second fall Prime sale for the first time last year, unofficially marking the kickoff of the 2022 holiday shopping season.
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Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Sephora has named Artemis Patrick, currently its EVP and Global Chief Merchandising Officer, as President of its North America division, effective Oct. 2, 2023. She will succeed current President Jean-André Rougeot, who plans to retire in April 2024, at which time Patrick will become the CEO of Sephora North America — the beauty retailer’s first female CEO.
Wiser
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The back-to-school season signals change and growth for students and presents a significant sales opportunity for retailers. It’s not just about selling basic school supplies anymore. The emergence of eCommerce has transformed traditional shopping habits, with a growing number of parents and students turning to online platforms to fulfill their annual back-to-school shopping needs.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined ByteDance -owned TikTok €345 million (approximately $368 million ) for a series of violations of children’s data privacy. DPC is the lead regulator in the EU for many of the world’s top tech firms, due to the location of many of their regional headquarters in Ireland, Reuters reported. An inquiry by the DPC found that between July 31, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2020, TikTok violated a number of GDPR regulations, including: Child user accounts were set
RIS News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
For retailers, the holiday season is here. Succeeding in the next few months and into 2024 requires analyzing and understanding shoppers. Here to help retailers strategize, RIS presents our fourth annual guide to peak selling season.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Victoria’s Secret has introduced The Tour Impact Fund, designed to support gender equality and amplify voices in the communities where the VS20 — a group of creatives from the Victoria’s Secret World Tour — live, work and create their art. The Tour is a fashion event, film and celebration providing a peek into the artistic process and personal stories of the VS20 from the cities of Bogota, Colombia; Lagos, Nigeria; London; and Tokyo.
RetailDive
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Rival Coldwater Creek, which is buying the remaining assets, will sell the women’s apparel brand online and via catalogs.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Stop & Shop has enhanced its in-store googly-eyed Marty robots to alert store associates when items need restocking, as well as detecting, in real time, when items are misplaced. These new functionalities are in addition to Marty’s tasks of spotting potential floor hazards and spills in the 300 supermarkets where the robots operate. Stop & Shop parent company Ahold Delhaize debuted the robots, which are manufactured by Badger Technologies , in January 2019.
Digital Doughnut
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Transaction screening: How to protect your business from financial crimes, regulatory violations, and reputational damage.Transaction screening: How to protect your business from financial crimes, regulatory violations, and reputational damage.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Brian Walker
The era of all-in-one platforms is over. Now, retail success depends on integrating a blend of diverse technologies to thrive. As customers and stakeholders expect agility and innovation, how can you meet these expectations efficiently without stumbling into complexity? Explore a customer-centric approach to navigating digital transformation in retail.
RetailDive
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The food brand known for its “better-for-you” boxed mac and cheese named a new CFO, chief marketing officer and senior vice president of sales.
RIS News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The company is undergoing a leadership shuffle, naming Artemis Patrick to the role of CEO of North America beginning in April of next year when Jean-André Rougeot retires.
RetailDive
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The grocery tech company now expects its shares to fetch between $28 and $30 each, which would raise between $616 million and $660 million for the firm when it goes public.
RIS News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Why don’t retailers fire their old site search engines when there is an AI alternative that will understand which products their customers really want?
RetailDive
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Vericast’s 2023 Retail TrendWatch, “A Joyful Return to the Holiday Spirit,” reveals a renewed appetite for traditions of old.
RIS News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Several major retailers have released investment news this week, focusing on areas such as inventory management to IT infrastructure. Among the companies making significant changes are Pacsun, Loblaw, Heinen, Duluth Trading Company, and Denver’s Choice Market.
RetailDive
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The retailer is positioning the October sale as a way for consumers to get deals earlier than the traditional start of the season on Black Friday.
RIS News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The grocery retailer has extended its 'Flash' service for rapid pick-up and delivery orders across multiple banner stores.
Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber
Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.
RetailDive
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The frictionless checkout provider declined to specify the number of impacted team members, though multiple LinkedIn posts indicate cuts hit 40% of the company.
365 Retail
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Scurri , the next-generation delivery management platform, today announces a strategic partnership with ArrowXL – the UK’s largest and longest established two-person home delivery specialist – allowing retailers on the Scurri platform to deliver bulky and larger size online orders across the country. With over 40 years of experience in the UK logistics sector ArrowXL make over two million deliveries on average each year.
RetailDive
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The footwear brand's updated F-1 filing showed a year-over-year decrease in net profit for the nine months ended June 30.
TalkingRetail
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The Federation of Independent Retailers (the Fed) and the British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA) have written to policing minister Chris Philp calling for a government grant to be created to help them beef up their security systems amid a shoplifting epidemic. The letter comes as latest Office of National Statistics data show that shoplifting increased.
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Discover how retailers are transforming data into actionable insights for growth. By leveraging data and analytics to their potential, retailers can enhance decision-making, improve customer experiences, and streamline operations to stay ahead of the competition. From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential With AI, authored by Orium, commercetools, and Google Cloud, demonstrates how businesses can unify and activate data across the tech stack to achieve retail excellence and create growt
RetailDive
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The launch will happen in October as the first phase of an enterprise-wide digital transformation.
TalkingRetail
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The British Independent Retailers Association has announced its full support of the upcoming Safer Business Action Week from 16 to 22 October, coordinated by the National Business Crime Centre. This national initiative is a focused week of activities to tackle business crime through prevention, intelligence sharing, targeted enforcement, and community engagement.
RetailDive
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The home goods retailer’s CEO said the company doesn’t see any broader supply risks from potential distress among producers in the industry.
TalkingRetail
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Savoury Pastry brand, Ginsters, is launching a new ‘Taste The Effort’ brand campaign – investing £4m on TV, OOH, social, PR and shopper marketing. The new campaign represents the brand’s biggest and most ambitious spend to date, reaching 90% of all UK households and 98% of Ginsters’ target audience. ‘Taste the Effort’ tells the story.
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