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How Brands Can Navigate the Social Platform Ecommerce Boom

Retail TouchPoints

Navigating the past two years of digital changes has been a challenging yet invigorating time for brands and social media users alike. From the large spike of social platform users and increased time spent online to measurement fluctuations, everyone has developed new behaviors and preferences within the social space. 2020’s lockdowns forced brands to get creative with their digital presence as well as how they service their customers.

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398: I Doubled My Social Media Following in 6 Months With This Strategy. Here’s How With JK Molina

My Wife Quit Her Job

Today I have my buddy JK Molina on the show. JK is a Twitter expert and the owner of TweetHunter, a tool that allows you to manage and grow your Twitter account. Full disclosure: I was a Twitter skeptic before I met JK. But today, Twitter is one of the social media platforms that I value the most. In this episode, you’ll learn how JK helped me double my Twitter following to 15K followers in just 6 months and the practical applications of this platform.

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Inside Walmart’s Expanding Last Mile Strategy: Employee Empowerment, Automation and Sustainability

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers’ continued reliance on omnichannel fulfillment has created new opportunities for industry giants like Walmart to differentiate and gain market share. The retailer reported 5.6% comparable sales growth and growing market share in grocery during Q4 2021, and much of this success can be attributed to its robust last mile and fulfillment strategy.

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STRIVE Offers Free Resources to Market to the Military

SheerID

In honor of Military Appreciation Month, SheerID and Refuel are providing incentives and support to help brands reward the military community.

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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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UPS Expands Integrated Global Ecommerce Shipping Through ESW Partnership

Retail TouchPoints

UPS is cultivating its shipping capabilities for integrated international ecommerce through a partnership with ESW. The agreement between the shipping-and-logistics company and DTC ecommerce firm will aim to facilitate cross-border online business for brands seeking to reach consumers on a global scale. Consumers will experience a more localized ecommerce shopping experience from brands that use ESW through ease of delivery with the UPS global transportation and customs brokerage platform.

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Call Center Dashboard in Tableau

Canonicalized

I love dashboards! I love looking at them, I love using them, and I love building them. There’s something special about looking at visually represented numbers. If I would have to pick one thing to do every day that brings me joy, building dashboards would be at the very top. But I take it as […]. The post Call Center Dashboard in Tableau appeared first on Canonicalized.

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Walgreens puts robots to work filling prescriptions

RetailWire

Walgreens Boots Alliance is opening micro-fulfillment centers that use robots to fill customers’ prescriptions. The drugstore giant expects it may use robots to fill as many as half its prescriptions by 2025.

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The End of the Monolith Commerce Platform

GetElastic

As Hemingway so adroitly put it in The Sun Also Rises: Bill: "How do you go bankrupt?” Mike: ?"Two ways, ?gradually, then ?suddenly.”. ??And what relevance is this to the eCommerce space - well,?I believe that we are seeing the tipping point in this space away from the monolith to a faster, more flexible, commerce landscape which delivers real benefit to both an organisation but also to their clients and suppliers - and the pace of change is accelerating.

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The Importance of Detailed Product Attributes in eCommerce

Algopix

We all know that as people we have characteristics that set us apart from one another and make us unique. But the products customers buy on eCommerce websites also have attributes that define them — attributes that affect consumer decisions about which products they purchase. Put simply, eCommerce product-related attributes are specific product characteristics that define a particular product or group of products.

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Lululemon surpasses $6B in revenue for the first time, overtaking Under Armour

RetailDive

The company expanded into the tennis category this week and will launch a golf-focused offering next week.

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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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Unlocking and supporting business opportunities with first-party data

Liveintent

The start of the new year brought us a little closer to Google’s deprecation of third-party cookies. And, as the industry knows, first-party data will be a crucial component to achieving addressability in a cookieless world, which, when properly activated, can pay dividends across several areas of your business unrelated to email. In this blog post, we’ll explore how you can leverage first-party data gathered from your email newsletter programs to drive revenue.

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The 7 Most Creative Rewards Program Names

Smile.io

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published July 11, 2017 and was updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness on March 30, 2022. It seems that humans are obsessed with names. When couples find out they’re expecting, they’ll spend months debating baby names. Our brains light up when we hear our own name, and when we’re getting close with someone, we say we’re on a first name basis with them.

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Instacart unveils suite of services for retailers, including 15-minute delivery

RetailDive

Instacart Platform brings together new and existing services the e-commerce company offers, including ultrafast delivery, online storefronts, digital ads and smart carts.

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PCI Compliance: What the PCI DSS v4.0 Means for Your Business

Korona

The payment industry has been anticipating drastic changes to its standards for several years now. These changes to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) are finally being implemented in the first half of 2022. For retailers, such a change is an important development, though one that should be entirely handled by your credit card processing solution.

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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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True Religion hires Columbia Sportswear vet for key e-commerce role

RetailDive

Scott McCabe will lead efforts to transform the company into a digital-first brand, with the goal of tripling online revenue by 2025.

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Carl Icahn puts pressure on Kroger over its animal welfare policies

RetailWire

Carl Icahn has nominated two directors to Kroger’s board in an effort to get the company to improve it animal welfare practices, specifically over the treatment of pigs. Mr. Icahn in February nominated two directors to McDonald’s board to pressure the company to require pork supplies to eliminate the use of crates with pigs. The restaurant giant has said it will phase out the practice over the next decade.

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New strength at Calvin Klein is helping PVH overcome a host of outside challenges

RetailDive

The company is maintaining the strength it demonstrated in Q4 despite supply chain woes, fewer tourists in North America and the war in Ukraine.

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Hy-Vee to open first store in Tennessee

RetailWire

Hy-Vee is opening its first store in Tennessee in Spring Hill. The grocer is looking to open a 160,000-square-foot store in 2023. “As customers’ shopping habits change and their needs evolve, we have services and offerings that we believe will bring an entirely new retail experience to those in Tennessee,” said Randy Edeker, chairman and CEO of Hy-Vee.

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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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Why You Should Be Using Facebook Ads Library

Digital Doughnut

Facebook Ads Library was released by Facebook in order to keep tabs on the advertisements that are being run by political ad accounts. However, they also opened it up to all advertisers so everyone can keep track of their competitors.

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Millions of workers quit in February

RetailWire

Businesses in the U.S. had 11.3 million jobs to fill in February, slightly below December’s record 11.4 million openings, as workers remain on the move and are holding out for the right positions. The number of Americans who quit their jobs in February rose slightly to 4.4 million, slightly below the 4.5 million who did the same in November.

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Pressured by supply chain challenges, higher costs, Chewy swings to a loss in Q4

RetailDive

The online pet retailer missed on both its top and bottom lines and projected lower-than-expected guidance for its current quarter.

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Pivotree Completes Cloud Migration for Leading Fashion Retailer as Part of Ongoing Platform Management Services Copy

Pivotree Blog

The post Pivotree Completes Cloud Migration for Leading Fashion Retailer as Part of Ongoing Platform Management Services Copy appeared first on Pivotree.

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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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L.G.B.T.Q. romance novels become big sellers

RetailWire

Sales of romance novels featuring L.G.B.T.Q. characters are on the rise and increasingly making their way into mainstream retail. “People want to see themselves,” said Laynie Rose Rizer, the assistant store manager at East City Bookshop in Washington, D.C. “Customers will come in and say, ‘I just want something that’s gay and happy.’ And I’m like, ‘I have ten different options for you.’”.

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Entwickeln Sie Ihre Nearshore-Notfallpläne in Reaktion auf den Krieg in der Ukraine

Forrester eCommerce

Erfahren Sie, welche IT-Dienstleister Niederlassungen in Weißrussland, Russland oder der Ukraine haben und welche Schritte Sie unternehmen sollten, wenn Sie sich heute auf ihre Dienstleistungen angewiesen sind.

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U.S. consumer confidence bounced back in March

RetailWire

The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index rose to 107.2 in March, up from 105.7 in February. The outlook for the next six months is murky with consumers concerned about Russia’s war on Ukraine and what that could mean for product prices going forward over the next six months.

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So aktualisieren Sie Ihr Risikomanagement angesichts des Krieges in der Ukraine

Forrester eCommerce

Führende Risikomanagementunternehmen in Europa und weltweit sind bereits vom Krieg in der Ukraine und den gegen russische und weißrussische Akteure verhängten Sanktionen betroffen. Forrester-Analysten geben in diesem Beitrag ihre Einschätzung.

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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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Rising prices and out-of-stocks test Americans’ brand loyalty

RetailWire

Steadily rising prices and increases in out-of-stocks in grocery stores are prompting consumers to try new products. Sometimes that means that once favorite products fall out of favor as consumers continue to purchase their new finds.

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In Solidarität mit der Ukraine: Verbraucher fordern, dass sich Unternehmen aus Russland zurückziehen

Forrester eCommerce

Während die Meinungen zu den meisten Themen gespalten sind, herrscht unter den Verbrauchern ein überwältigender Konsens darüber, dass sich Marken gegen die russische Invasion der Ukraine aussprechen sollten.

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Chili’s delivers with drones

RetailWire

Flytrex, an Israeli drone delivery startup, has received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate in Granbury, TX, near Dallas and Fort Worth. The company’s drones will make deliveries for local Chili’s and Maggiano’s Little Italy restaurants.

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Werbetreibende finanzieren unbeabsichtigt russische Desinformation

Forrester eCommerce

Die russische Invasion der Ukraine wird durch Desinformation untermauert und angeheizt. Es ist an der Zeit, Trägheit zu bekämpfen und gegen Desinformation vorzugehen.

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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