Omnisend

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Reading Time: 7 minutes Most marketers believe their emails will avoid the spam folder as long as they have legitimate subscribers. This is not entirely accurate. Anyone can fall victim to spam traps, regardless of how legitimately they acquire their subscribers. As you’ll see shortly, there are multiple factors behind this, but it’s worth taking seriously: a DataProt study discovered that businesses lose $ 20.5 billion every year to spam emails.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2023

At-home gym brand Tonal is launching a trade-in deal targeting Lululemon customers stuck with Mirror technology that’s no longer being supported by the retailer. Lululemon announced it would discontinue sales of its Studio Mirror product when it teamed up with Peloton in September 2023. Beginning Dec. 18, 2023, qualifying customers can receive $250 off their purchase of a Certified Refurbished Tonal Trainer, a free one-year membership (valued at $719 ) and complimentary removal of Mirror devices

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Forrester eCommerce

DECEMBER 6, 2023

We recently completed The Forrester Wave™: Digital Operations Planning And Analytics, Q4 2023, covering what is also known as enterprise performance management (EPM), financial planning and analytics (FP&A), or extended planning and analytics (xP&A). This is the first time that we’ve updated this Wave since 2016, and a lot has changed!

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Online marketplaces have been the talk of t h e town for the last couple of years. But, while they continued to make headlines in 2023, marketplaces themselves were no longer the hot commodity this year , marketplace sellers were. This shift in power dynamic is driven by one major change — Amazon is no longer the only game in town. The last few years have seen a veritable explosion of online marketplaces , and a number of these newer platforms have become sophisticated enough to challenge Amaz

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Forrester eCommerce

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A new internet is rising. As customers seek faster, more dynamic digital experiences, businesses must build applications capable of serving those customers with lower latency, and with personalized and geographically relevant content.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The National Retail Federation (NRF) has updated a report that had attributed “nearly half” of 2021’s $94.5 billion in retail shrink to organized retail crime, saying the data point was part of two-year-old testimony to a U.S. Senate committee by Ben Dugan, former President of the Organized Retail Crime Resource Center. The NRF report was created with risk advisory firm K2 Integrity , and the statement about organized retail crime’s impact on shrink “was an inference made by the K2 analyst linki

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In a recent survey , Prime Student found that 79% of college students are saving up for travel, with 43% of those students prioritizing a trip home to see family or a friend. Amazon Prime is helping these students get home for the holidays through a partnership with StudentUniverse , a travel deal aggregator. Through a special promotion, a limited number of Prime Student members will be able to get $25 flights to and from home during the holiday season.

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Forrester eCommerce

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Follow our advice to find and fix problems and create better experiences for your customers this holiday season.

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RetailDive

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The retailer, which once boasted some 3,500 stores, has slowly whittled down its footprint. But recent openings likely don’t signal a turnaround.

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Galleries Shopping Centre in Washington is set to welcome two new tenants, Loungers , a café/restaurant chain, and Pure Gym , a fitness centre operator. These additions are part of a strategic expansion to enhance the shopping and leisure offerings at the centre. Slated to occupy spaces in the Marketplace section of the centre, which will close on January 28, both Loungers and Pure Gym have committed to 15-year leases.

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RetailDive

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Interest in buying gifts in-store from independent businesses surpassed some large retailers including Macy’s and Best Buy, according to a report.

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Practical eCommerce

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The first step in ranking ecommerce companies is to define the term. Online only or omnichannel? Software vendors or merchants? The post Charts: Top Publicly Traded Ecommerce Companies, Q3 2023 appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.

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RetailDive

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Each new style comes in a black colorway, “the little black dress of swim,” Ra’el Cohen, the company’s co-founder and chief creative officer, told Retail Dive.

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RetailWire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Mastercard's board gave a green light for an impressive new share repurchase program that will allow the payments processor to repurchase up to $11 billion of its Class A shares.

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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.

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RetailDive

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The furniture brand — which is facing an SEC investigation due to accounting errors — reported showroom net sales increased 18.9%.

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RetailWire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Apple is steering away from its dependency on China, with recent reports indicating that the tech company has urged its battery manufacturers to ramp up production in India.

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RetailDive

DECEMBER 6, 2023

By reducing the share of online orders shipped from stores, the retailer's employees can focus more on customer-facing services, its CEO said.

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TalkingRetail

DECEMBER 6, 2023

One the UK's largest vape retailers, Evapo, has shared its perspective on a potential ban of flavoured vapes. In a recent survey 80% of its customers reported complete cessation of smoking thanks to vaping products.

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RetailDive

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The apparel box e-retailer kept a grip on expenses and is making major operational changes to boost sales and profits, executives said Tuesday.

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Profitero

DECEMBER 6, 2023

60% of brands regularly report and analyze online sales & share data for priority retailers like Amazon, according to Profitero’s latest eCommerce benchmark survey. This underscores the importance of market share as a critical competitor indicator of success online. After all, if you’re spending a ton on media and content optimization and not outgrowing competitors, what’s the point?

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RIS News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This May, join us for our multi-day, curated event, Analytics Unite, to discover integrated analytic strategies that drive innovation, efficiencies, and revenue.

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RetailDive

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The retailer said the changes are meant to improve the speed of delivery and reduce total costs to serve.

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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.

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RetailWire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The plan to recycle plastic bags in the U.S., which was implemented in more than 18,000 store drop-off locations, has turned into an epic fail.

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RIS News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In order to keep up with their flexible shopping habits, retailers have had to overhaul their experiences, transforming all touchpoints to deliver an improved presence that considers both physical and in-store capabilities.

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RetailWire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Biden administration has revealed a $3 billion grant to fund a quarter of the costs of the Brightline West rail project.

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RIS News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The holiday season is in full swing, and many shoppers will be scouring bookstores in search of the perfect gift. In this conversation with RIS News, Kathy Doyle Thomas, president of the nation's largest independent bookseller, Half Price Books, shares how they're prepping for the busiest time of year.

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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

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RetailWire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

McDonald's is experiencing the fastest pace of growth in the restaurant's 68-year history.

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RIS News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

According to the latest data released by Riskified, returns fraud has become a significant concern for retailers worldwide. See how to protect against it.

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RetailWire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Fast-fashion brand SHEIN's confidential filing to go public has drawn the attention of lawmakers.

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SheerID

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Beauty brands can capitalize on holiday spending this season with influencer marketing, live shopping, and loyalty apps.

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