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Forrester’s Q1 2022 Sales Operations Pulse Survey Results

Forrester eCommerce

The average computer monitor, with 1080p resolution, has a grand total of 2,073,600 pixels. Sure, you can still see the image if you’re missing a few thousand pixels, but the clarity isn’t as sharp. Each pixel matters. Similarly, each data point matters in order to give you the complete picture of a market or a […].

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A Generational Analysis of Today’s Home Improvement Customers

Retail TouchPoints

During the pandemic, the relationship between homeowners and their homes fundamentally changed, as lockdowns, social distancing guidance and quarantine protocols left many consumers with an abundance of time to stare at their own four walls. These homebound tendencies ignited a fervor for redecorating and DIY home improvement that, by all accounts, is continuing strong into 2022.

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Wish Standards Raises the Bar to Reward Merchants

BigCommerce

A new genre of YouTube video took the Internet by storm in the late twenty-teens: the Wish unboxing.

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Target Retrofits California Store to be 100% Solar Powered

Retail TouchPoints

Target will retrofit a Vista, Calif. store with multiple innovations designed to reduce emissions and achieve net zero energy usage as part of the retailer’s efforts to achieve its sustainability goals. These features will inform Target’s future investments in new stores and remodel programs as the retailer seeks to develop greener operations. One of the major elements of the Vista store is 3,420 solar panels across the location’s roof and new carport canopies, which will help the site produce u

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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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Top Trends Shaping Fraud Management In Asia Pacific

Forrester eCommerce

A fragmented regulatory environment and the rapid transition to digital commerce have spurred several enterprise fraud management (EFM) trends in Asia Pacific (APAC). Forrester sees that: Digital commerce drives promotion fraud. Flourishing digital commerce significantly changes consumer behavior, and companies are focusing their marketing spending on online campaigns and promotions.

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Sensormatic Solutions and Unacast Partner to Help Retailers Track the Entire Path to Purchase

Retail TouchPoints

Sensormatic Solutions has expanded its collaboration with Unacast in a partnership that will combine consumer mobility data with in-store traffic data to help retailers build shopper insight capabilities that span the entire path to purchase. The enhanced collaboration can provide retailers with a better understanding of how far their customers travel to stores and where they go before or after their visits.

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Walmart Seeks to Fill More Than 50,000 U.S. Jobs, 5,000 Global Tech Roles

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers large and small are seeking to attract new employees as they reckon with worker shortages from the “Great Resignation.” Walmart is promoting a range of employee benefits and touting advancement opportunities as it works to fill more than 50,000 U.S. associate roles. Convenience store retailer Casey’s will host in-person hiring events March 23 and 24 at its more than 2,400 stores to fill 5,000 positions.

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396: How To Make Millions Dropshipping Private Label Products With Annette De Lancey

My Wife Quit Her Job

Today I’m really happy to have Annette De Lancey on the show. Annette runs a 7 figure business called Castcoverz where she sells orthopedic soft goods, such as cast covers, boot covers, and more. In fact, Castcoverz is the worldwide leader in this space. Annette sells over 2,000 SKUs that she manufactures herself. And her business is almost 100% virtual which means she doesn’t have a warehouse or local employees.

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Tailored Brands Gives Interim CEOs Permanent Status

Retail TouchPoints

Putting a premium on continuity and stability, Tailored Brands has named Bob Hull and Peter Sachse as Co-CEOs, positions they had held on an interim basis for the past year. In conjunction with the decision, the retailer has promoted John Tighe to President of Tailored Brands. Retail veterans Hull and Sachse had joined the company’s Board of Directors and stepped into the interim Co-CEO roles in March 2021 upon the departure of then-CEO Dinesh Lathi.

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5 Product Data Management Drivers of Digital Shelf Operational Excellence | Salsify

Salsify

Embarking upon a digital transformation as a legacy brand is a daunting task: It’s a new type of market, with new consumer expectations, economic forces, and distribution methods.

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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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Bold Commerce Enables Retailers to Launch Their Own Alternatives to Third-Party Digital Wallets

Retail TouchPoints

Bold Commerce has launched the Bold Checkout: Buy Now solution. The tool gives brands an owned alternative to third-party digital wallets and payment options, including one-click functionality, directly from their own channels. Buy Now is designed to make any retailer-owned touch point shoppable. The solution uses stored address and payment credentials from customers’ accounts, with the goal of reducing friction for repeat buyers and reducing checkout times.

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Best Dropshipping Suppliers In USA – Best Suppliers List for Ecommerce

Ecommerce Platforms

The hunt for the best dropshipping suppliers in the USA is on. Dropshipping has quickly taken the world by storm, offering today’s would-be entrepreneurs an incredible opportunity to start selling products and making profits fast. Of course, to fully take advantage of the dropshipping environment, you’ll need to start by finding the right platform for your product supply.

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How to Make Your Digital Campaigns Shoppable

ChannelAdvisor

Consumers want the ability to purchase their favorite products no matter what channel they’re in. Are you doing everything you can to keep them on the path to purchase? Today’s shoppable media technology extends far beyond your brand website, which is exciting news if you’re a brand that executes any sort of digital campaigns. That includes your email campaigns, digital advertising, social commerce and even your video content.

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The Top 10 Enterprise Content Marketing Strategies You Must Know

Digital Doughnut

Over the past decade, content marketing has emerged as a key strategy for enterprises seeking to engage customers as potential loyalists. The use of content to build brand loyalty and customer lifetime value has become a go-to tactic for companies of all sizes, from multinational enterprises like Anheuser-Busch or Microsoft to local businesses like your favorite pizza shop.

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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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New mobile 'smart stores' can meet customers in a variety of locations

RetailDive

The units from automation startup Tortoise can be used to sell items in front of a retail location after hours, inside a store or at stadiums and other venues.

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5 Reasons to Join Our New Slack Community: Global SaaS Leaders

FastSpring

The TL;DR version of this article is this: We just launched a new (free!) Slack community: Global SaaS Leaders. It’s open to leaders at established SaaS and software companies (including founders!). You can apply for membership here. We’d love for you to join! Why we’re starting a free Slack community. Because communities are awesome! No, seriously.

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Content Management Systems (CMS) and the Front End

GetElastic

What your customer sees and how they interact with your content matters. User experience is at the forefront of eCommerce success stories, and a key part of that experience is how you as a business create and manage content. A Content Management System ( CMS ) is software that helps you create, manage, and change content with rudimentary knowledge of code, or even no knowledge of code at all.

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After nearly 2 decades of decline, what's next for office supplies stores?

RetailDive

Home offices are booming. The retailers that specialize in stocking them are not.

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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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Kibo’s Q4 2021 Ecommerce Quarterly Report Shows Consistent Trends in How Shoppers are Using Mobile Devices and Identifies YoY Gains in Average Order Value

Kibo

Kibo is pleased to share our latest Ecommerce Quarterly Benchmarks report covering Q4 2021. Due to the busy holiday shopping season, Q4 is always an exciting time for retailers with lots of shopping activity and the potential to really move the needle. In this latest report, Kibo has uncovered some key trends and new benchmarks in shopper behavior that are important for retailers to consider into 2022 and as we build up to this year’s holiday season.

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To further its turnaround, Macy's unveils new Own Your Style brand platform

RetailDive

Online the platform will feature a curated fashion hub, and in stores, associates will serve as micro-influencers, advising customers via social media.

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Bing Ads to be the Future of Ad Exchanges: Get Ready to Invest

Digital Doughnut

Bing is a search engine that gives users results that are often most relevant to their search – which means that it is safer to say that when it comes to prioritizing the intent-based searches, Bing is already doing a great task. Therefore, Bing ads are considered to be effective because users click through to the content they are interested in. They are thought of as being the future of ad exchanges because people are getting involved in ad exchanges that connect brands with the content and aud

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Unfazed by comp declines, Dollar General eyes deeper expansion

RetailDive

The discounter plans more than 1,100 new stores this year and aims to triple its stand-alone Popshelf stores.

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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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NLRB says Starbucks retaliated against pro-union baristas

RetailWire

A National Labor Relations Board investigation has found merit in claims by two baristas working at Starbucks in Phoenix that the company has engaged in retaliatory actions against them for their pro-union activities. Starbucks has denied the allegations. “A partner’s interest in a union does not exempt them from the standards we have always held,” said Reggie Borges, a Starbucks spokesperson.

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Hodinkee appoints former LVMH, Farfetch exec as CEO

RetailDive

Jeffery Fowler was most recently president of the Americas at Farfetch and has also held positions at Tesla and Richemont.

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Dollar General expects to pick up customers as prices rise

RetailWire

Dollar General is forecasting a sales increase of about 10 percent this year and a jump in profits of between 12 and 14 percent. The retailers expects that inflation will lead more consumers to shop in its stores. Rival Dollar Tree recently increased its top price from $1 to $1.25, but Dollar General has not followed suit.

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Abercrombie & Fitch launches activewear brand, YPB

RetailDive

With its new sub-brand, which stands for Your Personal Best, the specialty retailer is entering the crowded space of activewear.

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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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Off-price chains pick up merchandise hung up in the supply chain

RetailWire

Supply chain disruptions caused seasonal clothing and other goods to show up too late to be sold in mainstream stores. This has create buying opportunities for Burlington Stores, Ross Stores and other off-price retailers. “We see more potential opportunities in front of us from closeouts,” said Ross Stores CEO Barbara Rentler. “There’s a lot of that merchandise that vendors are still moving [that] is not necessarily even in the country.”.

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AiFi raises $65M as retailers sharpen focus on computer vision

RetailDive

The frictionless checkout technology provider plans to use the funds, which it raised from investors including Aldi South Group, to expand its technical staff and put its gear into stores faster.

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How Do Barcode Scanners work? A Guide for Retail Business Owners

Korona

Since its first implementation in 1970, the basic function of the barcode has remained largely the same, with some updated features and capabilities. Almost every business, big and small, uses barcodes for SKU and UPC numbers for inventory management and facilitating transactions. Thus, barcode scanners are a vital tool for business as they provide faster, more accurate, and more efficient data entry and POS processing. .

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Repsly Moments that Matter: Ep. 2

RepslyBlog

At Repsly, we’re emphasizing customer outcomes in 2022 highlighting the many ways our customers are recognizing the value of their retail execution platform. Once a month, we’ll be putting a spotlight on a new customer, exploring a key breakthrough moment they had and how it’s impacted their retail success.

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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