Mon.Jun 21, 2021

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Post-Pandemic Media Consumption: Online Streaming Accelerates A New Content Experience

Forrester eCommerce

When the COVID-19 pandemic triggered stay-at-home orders and canceled social plans, consumers turned to online media streaming to fill the void. TV/video streaming services touted exclusive content and low prices to lure viewers, and by June 2020, 48% of US online adults had subscribed to at least one streaming service. Our multimodal consumer analysis shows […].

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Google’s First-Ever Physical Store Offers Multiple Hands-On Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

Google has officially opened its first brick-and-mortar retail store in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, where the company has an urban campus that is home to many of its 11,000+ Google NYC employees. The new Google Store provides customers with hands-on interaction with its lineup of devices and services — from Pixel phones and Nest products to Fitbit wearables and Pixelbooks.

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Healthcare Providers Must Address Equity, Burnout, Security, and Digital Experiences to Remain Competitive in 2021

Forrester eCommerce

Over the last year the healthcare industry flexed its strength and accelerated digital transformation timelines at an unimaginable rate. At this mid-point of 2021, healthcare providers (HCPs) must continue to focus on optimizing their newly adopted and expanded care modalities. They must maintain their focus on agility while supporting their employees, protecting vulnerable patient populations, […].

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How to Promote Word-of-Mouth Referrals Through Paid Ads

Kissmetrics

Word-of-mouth marketing is one of the most valuable forms of advertising. After all, why wouldn’t you want customers to rave about your business to friends and family? Word-of-mouth referrals are great advertising for your brand and an enormous confidence booster for would-be buyers. From a potential buyer’s perspective, if your existing customers are happy enough with your company to recommend it, that speaks volumes about your business.

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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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Glossier to Open New Physical Stores in U.S. and Abroad

Retail TouchPoints

DTC beauty brand Glossier is aiming to reclaim its physical retail presence as the world begins to emerge from the throes of the pandemic, with plans to open new stores in 2021 and 2022. Glossier Founder and CEO Emily Weiss wrote on its site that the brand is “ready to exist again in 3D,” revealing that the company will open three all-new permanent stores, starting in Seattle in August 2021, followed by Los Angeles in the fall, London in the winter (its first permanent international flagship) an

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Is Alibaba Legit And Safe? How To Avoid Getting Ripped Off

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Alibaba is one of the best platforms to find suppliers for your ecommerce business. But is Alibaba legit and safe to buy from? The short answer is yes! But you must understand how to use Alibaba correctly and do your own due diligence in order to find a quality supplier without getting ripped off. In other words, you can’t just haphazardly perform supplier searches on Alibaba and expect to get good results.

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3 Simple PPC Account Changes & 1 Month: How Atrantil Saw 36% Increase in ROAS

Inflow Insights

When our clients see massive marketing wins, it’s usually after months of building upon and optimizing their campaigns. But that’s not always the case. Even the most basic campaign adjustments can generate massive improvements in a short time period — and paid search marketing offers the perfect opportunity to see this in action. Today, we’re sharing three simple changes we made in the space of a month that brought one client’s Google Ads account back from the dead: Identifying and fixing common

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Pixel Perfection is Retail’s Missing Ecommerce Link

Retail TouchPoints

Take a moment to step into the shopper’s shoes when they’re shopping. Consider all the different brand messages they are receiving — good and bad. Have you ever clicked on a beautiful ad that led to an outdated, terrible-looking ecommerce site? Or have you seen an ad for a product you were initially interested in that was so poorly designed that you decided to look elsewhere?

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New study reveals 50% of UK shoppers have abandoned baskets due to poor digital experience

Retail Technology Review

One third of the UK public have not completed an online purchase in the past year due to a bad experience with a website or app, according to new research from brand strategy agency, Curious, in partnership with YouGov.

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Walmart’s Latest Drone Investment Sets Stage for ‘Conducting Drone Deliveries at Scale’

Retail TouchPoints

As Walmart advances its on-demand delivery capabilities with plans to launch a drone delivery pilot at a Bentonville, Ark. store, the retail giant has made a strategic investment in drone startup DroneUp. “Conducting drone deliveries at scale is within reach” said John Furner, CEO and President of Walmart U.S. in a statement, citing the retailer’s large retail footprint and investments in the technology.

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From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential with 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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Nestlé adds new flavour to Munchies portfolio

TalkingRetail

Nestlé is set to launch a Salted Caramel Fudge flavour for its Munchies brand. The variant will be available from August is 97g sharing bags, retailing at £1.59, consisting of a salted caramel fudge flavour filling and biscuit centre, covered in delicious milk chocolate It joins existing original Munchies, Munchies Cookie Dough and Munchies White. This story continues at Nestlé adds new flavour to Munchies portfolio.

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New Dickies Pop-Up at Fred Segal Highlights Workwear Brand’s Lifestyle Credentials

Retail TouchPoints

Fred Segal has launched a 1,500-square-foot pop-up shop featuring global workwear brand Dickies at its flagship Sunset Boulevard location in Los Angeles. The Fred Segal x Dickies Loves LA pop-up was designed in partnership with global brand experience agency SGK and it marks Dickies’ first foray into branded physical store space in California.

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Enabling limitless commerce possibilities for your enterprise

RetailDive

As consumers embrace online shopping as part of daily life, all companies are trying to figure out how to take advantage of the rise in digital commerce.

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Independent c-store hits £1m home delivery milestone

TalkingRetail

An independent convenience store in Lancashire has topped the £1m sales mark through its home delivery app in just 12 months. MJ’s Premier in Royton, near Oldham, says the 30-minute delivery service has transformed its business and is now the most profitable part of the operation. The store is averaging between 100 and 120 deliveries. This story continues at Independent c-store hits £1m home delivery milestone.

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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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Visa's Tap to Phone pilot comes to the US

RetailDive

The new payment option allows merchants to convert their android smartphones into point-of-sale systems to accept tap payments.

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Retailer Performance: Improving Assortment and Stock Performance With Brand Analytics

ChannelAdvisor

If you’re not already using brand analytics to help increase margins and market share , now’s the time to start. We’ve seen successful brands increase revenue from online retailers as much as 20% simply by tracking and acting on the right metrics. When you’re just getting started, it can be difficult to know where to begin. So to help, we’re going to walk you through what it means to effectively monitor one of the most important pillars of e-commerce success with retailers: assortment and

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Why brand reputation is important and how to improve it

365 Retail

A businesses brand reputation can be the making or the breaking of their operations, deciding how much profit they can earn, and how they are against the competition. This guide will go over your brand reputations importance, as well as how to improve it. What A Brand Reputation Is. Simply put, a brand reputation is how people view your brand. A higher brand reputation will show your customers that you are wroth trusting, leading to more business behind conducted.

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Prime Day is just another summer sale

RetailDive

Amazon is destined to sell its own devices and collect new memberships, but competing sales from retailers make it less special.

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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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Jisp shopping app partners with one-hour delivery service

TalkingRetail

Jisp, the convenience shopping app, is partnering with Zoom 1hr Delivery to provide retailers with a fleet of drivers to help get shopping to people’s homes. Zoom 1hr Delivery has more than 300 drivers across the UK, mainly in the West Midlands and Wales but with plans to expand. Jisp managing director Ilann Hepworth said: This story continues at Jisp shopping app partners with one-hour delivery service.

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Westfield turns over Florida mall to lenders

RetailDive

The mall operator has been reducing its portfolio of malls in the U.S. to focus on Europe.

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Kettle Chips rolls out barbecue crisps into convenience sector

TalkingRetail

Kettle Chips is rolling out its Steakhouse Barbecue variant into the convenience sector, following the launch of a 150g pack in supermarkets earlier this year. The flavour will be available in 40g bags (69p) and 80g £1 price-marked packs, which the brand said meet the demand for real meat BBQ seasonings in an “underrepresented market”, This story continues at Kettle Chips rolls out barbecue crisps into convenience sector.

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Time to automate ID verification in an online world

Retail Technology Review

By Barley Laing, the UK Managing Director at Melissa. Online retail sales are booming thanks to the pandemic and shoppers increasingly recognising the convenience of buying online. This is backed up by figures from the ONS that reveal ecommerce sales grew 46 per cent in 2020, compared with 2019. The fastest growth since 2008.

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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

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Riverside Greetings unveils new branding

TalkingRetail

Greetings cards supplier Riverside Greetings has unveiled new branding to “accelerate” sales to independent retailers. The new branding features a scripted font on a pink background which now appears in a new fleet of vans, marketing and POS materials and the company’s website and social media sites. Andrew Glen, Riverside Greetings managing director, said: “It.

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Morrisons takeover approach: Who wants to buy the supermarket and why?

365 Retail

Morrisons has snubbed a £5.5 billion takeover approach from a US private equity firm amid speculation that more UK supermarkets could be snapped up. Shares in Morrisons soared on Monday morning following confirmation of the rejection at the weekend, as the chain said potential bidder Clayton, Dubilier & Rice “significantly undervalued” the grocer with its 230p-per-share enquiry.

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Barefoot heroes core range with TV campaign

TalkingRetail

Wine brand Barefoot has launched an advertising campaign that “celebrates the informal every-day moments that can be enjoyed with Barefoot”. The “Let’s get Barefoot” campaign is running until the end of August across TV and video-on-demand channels, including Channel 4, ITV and Sky TV. The advert features the brand’s flagship wines, including Barefoot Pinot Grigio, This story continues at Barefoot heroes core range with TV campaign.

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G-III Apparel COO to step down from role

RetailDive

Wayne Miller has been with the company for 23 years and will assume a senior strategic adviser position.

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Planning the Architecture of Your Modular DXP

Are you considering moving away from a monolith platform and over to composable architecture? Join experts from Google Cloud, GroupBy, and Orium as they discuss the benefits of moving to a modular digital experience platform. In this masterclass, uncover key indicators that show your brand is ready for a modular DXP, and learn how to lay the foundation for composable commerce.

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Morrisons rejects takeover proposal

TalkingRetail

Morrisons has rejected an unsolicited £5.5bn takeover proposal from US buyout firm CD&R that the supermarket says “significantly undervalued” the company and its future prospects. In a statement at the weekend, Morrisons confirmed that on 14 June it received an “unsolicited highly conditional non-binding proposal from CD&R in relation to a proposed cash offer of.

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Shoppers will return to high street, ‘but it will be a different place’

365 Retail

The high street will remain an important outlet for business after the pandemic, but will be a “different place”, Samsung’s corporate vice president for the UK and Ireland has said. Conor Pierce said the technology firm is already seeing people return to physical retail spaces as lockdown restrictions began to ease and shops started to reopen. The tech giant’s UK and Ireland boss said its own research had found that many people intended to return to the high street post-pandemic, but the rise of

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Omnichannel retail and the evolution of the retail store

RetailDive

Gain agility by adopting an omnichannel retail strategy that puts the customer at the core of every business decision for long-term success.

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Tesco plans first checkout-free stores and sees normal shopping patterns return

365 Retail

Tesco is set to launch its first checkout-free store following a successful trial for staff at its head office over the past year. Chief executive Ken Murphy said plans are in the early stages but he is hopeful it can match the appeal of similar scan-and-go stores being rolled out by Amazon in the UK. Tesco has seen strong sales despite tough comparisons with 2020 (Nick Ansell/PA).

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How Personalized Customer Experiences Drive Retail Growth and Revenue

Speaker: Shaunna Bruton - Associate Director of Product Strategy at Orium | Sam Panzer - Director of Industry Strategy at Talon.One | Frank Passantino - Director of Product Management at Bloomreach

More and more, customers are expecting a better personalized CX. But can retailers actually deliver? Data from McKinsey shows that companies that excel in personalization increase their revenue by 40%, but despite these numbers, retailers struggle to implement customer personalization strategies. So what are the potential solutions? Join us to gain a better understanding of the current retail landscape and learn what you can do to translate personalization strategies into practical implementatio