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Shopping Habits: Millennials vs. Gen X | Salsify

Salsify

Millennials, born between 1981 and 1996, and Generation X (Gen X), born between 1965 and 1980, have experienced the digital world in completely different ways, and it’s drastically impacting their shopping habits.

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Mastering EdTech Challenges: HubSpot’s Playbook for Success

MakeWebBetter

Navigating the ever-changing EdTech landscape, where innovation and disruption are the norm, presents unique EdTech challenges for startups. From attracting and retaining customers to optimizing marketing efforts and managing sales pipelines, EdTech start ups often face numerous hurdles. HubSpot, a powerful CRM platform, emerges as a guiding light for EdTech-startups venturing [.

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Digital Shelf Analytics: 9 Real-World Use Cases for Pricing Data

Wiser

Wiser Solutions’ Digital Shelf Intelligence (DSI) serves as a powerful tool for brand manufacturers navigating the dynamic landscape of eCommerce. This product offers a wealth of actionable insights, arming businesses with the necessary data to make informed decisions and stay competitive. One of its standout features is its capacity to provide competitive pricing and promotions intelligence.

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How to sell on Wix – Maximize your profits (2023)

Omnisend

Reading Time: 9 minutes There’s a common belief that Wix is just for building general websites and isn’t suitable for ecommerce. The truth? Going far beyond simple design and blogging, selling on Wix is both viable and profitable for entrepreneurs. Wix provides the tools to build an online store, manage products, and handle payment processing smoothly.

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2024’s Retail Odyssey: Going Small, Artificial, and Augmented!

Speaker: Joe Cicman - Principal Analyst at Forrester, and Jason Cottrell - CEO & Founder at Orium

Significant modifications are on the horizon for digital commerce in retail and customer experience come 2024. The pace of tech shifts will intensify, businesses are set to defund legacy solutions, and attractive opportunities will surface as social and retail media players join forces. To stay ahead of the curve, digital leaders are experimenting with less risky initiatives and scaling back on outdated projects that no longer yield impactful results.

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LOOKFANTASTIC Debuts First-Ever Christmas Pop-Up in London

365 Retail

LOOKFANTASTIC , a prominent beauty retailer, has announced the launch of its first-ever Christmas pop-up event in London, titled the LOOKFANTASTIC House of Beauty. Scheduled to be hosted at 189 Piccadilly Townhouse from 29th November to 3rd December, this event is positioned in the heart of the city, aiming to attract a wide range of beauty enthusiasts.

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Lego Group Holiday Windows Inspire Transatlantic Digital Snowball Fight

Retail TouchPoints

For its holiday windows in New York and London, the Lego Group has deployed interactive technology that allows visitors to have a digital snowball fight with their peers across the pond. Families visiting the Lego store on New York City’s 5th Avenue and the store in London’s Leicester Square can participate in the big Lego Snow Throw, which will be live throughout the holiday season.

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Holiday Specials: 2023 Cyber Weekend SaaS and Software Deals

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Cyber Weekend — the weekend encompassing Black Friday and Cyber Monday — is a great time for businesses to slash prices and increase sales volume as the year wraps up. It’s also a great time for shoppers like you to take advantage of those deals! In case you missed it, our recent 2023 SaaS and Software Holiday Spend Report highlights how, whether your business focuses on B2C, B2B, or both , SaaS and software Q4 sales bumps are significant around the globe.

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Shoppers to spend $130B Thanksgiving weekend: ICSC

RetailDive

Consumers expect to find higher prices this holiday season and are conducting research to get the best deals, according to a new survey.

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ESW Joins Adobe Technology Partner Program As Gold Partner

ESW

Specialization enables ESW to expand its reach in unlocking global direct-to-consumer ecommerce growth for merchants New York, NY—November 16, 2023—ESW, a global direct-to-consumer (DTC) ecommerce company, today announced it is now a Gold Partner in Adobe’s Technology Partner Program. This partnership will empower Adobe Commerce merchants to scale their direct-to-consumer (DTC) businesses to more than 200 countries internationally.

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How to sell on Wix – Maximize your profits (2023)

Omnisend

Reading Time: 9 minutes There’s a common belief that Wix is just for building websites rather than ecommerce. This isn’t true, as Wix goes beyond simple design and blogging. Selling on Wix is both viable and profitable for entrepreneurs. Wix provides the tools to build an online store, manage products, and handle payment processing smoothly.

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The MVP Mindset: Speed Time to Value and ROI

Composable commerce is built for complexity, but you don’t have to tackle everything at once to start seeing the benefit of a modular build. This masterclass will look at how to get solutions launched and performant in less time and with less disruption than you may expect. In this session, BigCommerce, Bold, Contentful, and Orium dig into the complexity of composable commerce and extract the straightforward solutions you can implement today to deliver value quickly and start building your path

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How Food Retailers Can Build Their Brands with Healthier Own-Label Ranges

Retail TouchPoints

The perception or image of private-label brands has evolved — from being seen as a cheaper or lower-quality alternative to now being viewed as credible products, even outperforming national brands. One in four products sold in the U.S. is now private-label, and a new high for private-label brands was reached in 2022, with sales across retail channels reaching $228.6 billion.

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FTC Warns Trade Groups and Influencers To Disclose Aspartame and Sugar Promotions

RetailWire

The FTC has sent out warning letters to two trade associations for not adequately disclosing influencer promotions of aspartame and sugar.

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Alibaba Cancels Cloud Group Spinoff, Blames U.S. Chip Export Restrictions

Retail TouchPoints

Alibaba Group has nixed plans to spin off its Cloud Intelligence Group as a separate company, citing recently expanded U.S. export controls designed to “further restrict the export to China of advanced computing chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment,” according to a statement discussing Alibaba’s Q3 financial results. Alibaba had announced its plans to divide the company into six operating groups in March 2023.

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GA4: User Acquisition vs. Sessions

Practical eCommerce

Google Analytics 4 segregates traffic reports by user and session. Here's the difference. The post GA4: User Acquisition vs. Sessions appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.

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The Circular Product Journey: Powering a Sustainable, Data-Driven Future With PIM

The linear flow of make > use > dispose is unsustainable. Not only is it at odds with the realities of modern society, but it also fails to meet evolving demands from consumers and regulators. Linear is out. Circular is in. Going circular is not an overnight switch. It requires forward planning and data-driven decision-making. In this ebook, you’ll see how the right technology can help brands and manufacturers secure the product data governance they need to power this circular transition.

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Crate & Barrel Opens New NYC Flagship with Virtual Counterpart

Retail TouchPoints

Crate & Barrel has opened the doors of its new New York City flagship in a historic building in the Flatiron district. Serving as the brand’s first-ever immersive design store, the location features a two-level “Design Desk” staffed by design professionals, a Crate & Kids shop-in-shop and a range of services, including floral arrangements and monogramming.

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The Body Shop sold to private equity

RetailDive

The deal marks the second sale this year for parent company Natura & Co., which sold Aesop to L’Oréal this spring.

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Google Helps Shoppers Find the Perfect Gift with Generative AI 

Retail TouchPoints

Earlier this month, Google debuted a slate of tools to help bargain-hunters find what they need this holiday season. Now the company is bringing generative AI into the mix as it continues to look for new ways to serve gift-givers this season. New enhancements to Google’s AI-powered search tool, Search Generative Experience (SGE) , will help users find the perfect gift no matter how specific their query.

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Walmart thinking ‘more cautiously’ about the consumer amid volatile sales trends

RetailDive

CFO John David Rainey warned of “somewhat uneven” sales, which led to softness at the end of October, but noted things looked better in November.

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Product Discovery: Enabling Search Outside the Box

Go beyond the basics with Algolia and Orium to explore the elements of search-and-discover you can leverage to create an optimized brand experience that delivers the right products at the right time, engaging customers throughout their shopping journeys. Surfacing the right product at the right time sounds simple, but the complexity of a modern retail environment means it’s anything but.

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Microsoft Copilot Replaces AI Bing Chat To Compete With ChatGPT

RetailWire

Microsoft is rebranding its ChatGPT-inspired AI chat interface, Bing Chat, to Microsoft Copilot.

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Drizly asks ‘What’s It Gonna Be?’ with game show campaign, gift registry

RetailDive

Gina Hardy, chief customer officer for the Uber-owned alcohol e-commerce platform, explained how the brand is evolving to meet consumer habits.

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McDonald’s Brings Back the McRib to Select Locations

RetailWire

The saucy pork sandwich has returned to selected restaurants after going on a farewell tour in 2022.

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Digital Brands Group Q3 sales rise while net loss, expenses grow

RetailDive

The company — which is currently exploring strategic alternatives — operates a portfolio of brands including Sundry and Stateside.

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Predictions You Can Rely On: How Data Drives Successful Financial Forecasting

Speaker: Robbie Bhathal, Founder & CEO, and Matthew Acalin, Head of Credit Intelligence

In today's volatile financial environment, how confident are you in your company’s financial forecasting? To get the most accurate cash predictions that will lead to long-term financial survival, real-time data is critical. Innovative cash management strategies can lead to better credit opportunities, more sustainable growth, and long-term financial prosperity.

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New Pottery Barn Mobile App Features Free Design Help and Virtual Previews

Retail TouchPoints

Pottery Barn has introduced a new mobile app for iOS that allows users to get free real-time help from a Design Crew associate as well as make in-store, in-home or virtual appointments for design consultations. The app also lets customers use their iPhone cameras to preview how products will look in their homes and improves the process for setting up and tracking gift registries.

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Bed Bath & Beyond’s new CEO exited. Now what?

RetailDive

Jonathan Johnson bet it all on the home retailer, rebranding Overstock in the process. Then activists called for his ouster.

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JD Sports Unveils Expansive New Store in Edmonton Green

365 Retail

JD is set to make a significant expansion in Edmonton with the grand opening of their new store at Edmonton Green Shopping Centre this Saturday, 18th November 2023. The new store, boasting a substantial 2,900 sq. ft., marks a +132% increase in retail space compared to JD’s previous location within the centre. This move reasserts JD’s position as the foremost retailer of trainers and sports fashion in the UK.

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NRF releases 4 principles for AI use in retail

RetailDive

The organization is providing a framework to encourage the proper application of artificial intelligence technology.

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Modernizing Frontend Experiences: A Step-function Toward Greater Composability

Frontend experience can make or break the customer journey. For many brands the idea of modernizing frontend experience is a dream too large, as they imagine the years-long project of extracting their digital operations from legacy all-in-one platforms where experience and commerce functionality are tightly combined. But moving to a composable commerce platform doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing endeavor, and it doesn’t have to be a years-long undertaking.

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Bang & Olufsen Launches New Flagship Showroom on Madison Avenue

365 Retail

Bang & Olufsen , the renowned audio brand, has opened a new retail space on Manhattan’s Madison Avenue, inviting New Yorkers to engage in personalized design creation. Located in the heart of the city’s premier shopping district, Bang & Olufsen of Madison Avenue offers a luxurious environment for customers to interact with the brand’s comprehensive product range.

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5 Coach Stores Deploy AR-Powered Try-On Tech for Holiday Campaign

Retail TouchPoints

At Coach locations in Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Toronto and Austin, Texas, visitors can see how they’d look sporting the luxury brand’s products, accompanied by holiday-themed imagery including a pearlescent ribbon and animated snowmen. The AR solution from ZERO10 will be live at the five storefronts through Jan. 1, 2024 and will feature digital re-creations of these Coach holiday styles: Sequin Penn in dark magenta and black; Metallic Star Bag in silver; Glovetanned Leather Tabby Shoulder Bag 26

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CJ Lang launches portal where independent Spar retailers can compare performance

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CJ Lang & Son / Spar Scotland is launching its Indy Track portal, powered by TWC, offering independent Spar retailers the opportunity to benchmark their performance against others in the group. C J Lang announced the new service at its recent tradeshow in Aviemore and it is set to soft launch next week with an.

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Black Friday in the UK: Evolving Trends

365 Retail

Black Friday, a shopping event that originated in the United States, has increasingly become an integral part of the UK retail landscape. Originally coined in Philadelphia during the 1950s to describe post-Thanksgiving traffic congestion, the term has evolved to signify a period where retailers’ accounts transition from ‘in the red’ to ‘in the black’ In the UK context, Black Friday originally referred to the Friday before Christmas, notable for office parties.

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The Future of Customer Loyalty: Rewards, Retention, Appreciation, and More

Speaker: Jennifer Hileman - Director, Retail Data & Technology at Orium, and Zach Ettelman - Solutions Partner Team in North America at Talon.One

Elevate your retail game by unleashing the power of customer loyalty! The holidays are the perfect time to redefine and reimagine your retail strategy, as modern customers are being re-engaged through creative retention tactics. Discover how the combination of loyalty management and MACH technology can revolutionize your retail strategy, ensuring sustained customer success through the holiday rush, into the new year, and beyond.