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The Other AI: How Aesthetic Intelligence Can Transform Your Brand
BigCommerce
JULY 20, 2018
I call aesthetic intelligence the other AI. It may include visual beauty, but also appeal to our other senses—like the plush texture of cashmere, the sonorous timbre of an alto’s voice, a scrumptious meal, or an aromatic fragrance. Once you start receiving and experiencing those inputs again, the second step is to begin to decipher and develop a point of view—much like you do in other parts of your life about how different elements can come together.
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NRF joins other groups in lawsuit to postpone vaccine mandate
Retail Dive
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
In September the group asked for a 90-day extension of the federal vaccine mandate for large employers but is now suing to pause it indefinitely. Public health and legal experts are not sure why
FARFETCH Joins Gucci and Other Luxury Brands in Accepting Crypto Payments
Retail Touch
JUNE 14, 2022
Luxury platform FARFETCH will accept cryptocurrency payments for all purchases on the FARFETCH Marketplace, with plans to expand to FARFETCH Private Clients in the coming months and to all customers in the U.S., UK and Europe by late 2022.
Why Offshoring is Better than Outsourcing
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Offshoring and outsourcing are not interchangeable, as they differ in purpose depending on what drives the need behind the hiring decision. In this whitepaper, we clarify what offshoring and outsourcing are, along with the unique use cases they address.
Walmart to sell its delivery service to other businesses
Retail Dive
AUGUST 24, 2021
The new service, Walmart GoLocal, offers the retailer's logistics capabilities to outside companies of all sizes
Walmart to sell its omnichannel capabilities to other businesses
Retail Dive
JULY 28, 2021
The retailer has partnered with Adobe to give small and mid-sized retailers access to its pickup and delivery technology
What awaits retail on the other side of the pandemic
RetailDive
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Everyone wants to get back to normal. Except maybe retailers
Amazon joins other retailers in pushing early holiday deals
Retail Dive
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Timing of what the e-commerce giant is calling "Back Friday-worthy" promotions resembles last year's delayed Prime Day event
A/B Testing. How others do it.
Omniconvert
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
In my discussions* with some of you about Omniconvert, two things came up: *(yes, there’s a real human being writing emails from her real computer to you guys) #1 show me how others are doing it; #2 show me how I can do it myself; With this in mind, we are starting a […]. How others do it.
b8ta Ends U.S. Operations but the Experiential Trailblazer Leaves Multiple Lessons for Other Retailers
Retail Touch
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Some of the stores were affected by other challenges. b8ta Lives on in Other Countries. We are also planning to expand from Japan to other regions of Asia, and we would like to further expand stores that are not mainly for retail sales.”.
7 Secrets of Effective Management for Remote Employees and Teams
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Tommy Hilfiger, DKNY and other brands to participate in Metaverse Fashion Week
Retail Dive
MARCH 24, 2022
Brands are staking their territory in the metaverse, but the concept and the technology underpinning it has yet to fully take shape
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Amazon Enables Prime Delivery Benefits at Other Retailers Using Fulfilled by Amazon
Retail Touch
APRIL 21, 2022
Amazon is extending Prime benefits to ecommerce sites beyond Amazon.com through the Buy with Prime option.
Dick's, Levi's and other retail CEOs urge Senate to take action on guns
Retail Dive
JUNE 10, 2022
In the wake of recent mass shootings, more than 200 executives have signed a letter imploring legislators to “take bold urgent action” on gun violence
How shopclues different from other e-commerce companies?
Ecommerce Guru
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
The post How shopclues different from other e-commerce companies? ShopClues.com is the first online Controlled Marketplace in India that connects online buyers and sellers and provides a trusted and stable online shopping environment.
What do Macy's and the Toys R Us brand have to offer each other?
Retail Dive
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
The two retail names are betting on each other in a shop-in-shop rollout, but branding alone won't make their partnership work
Post-Pandemic eCommerce Growth: Leverage Product Data, Market Research & Shopping Trends
Speaker: Phil Irvine, VP & Director of Audience Intelligence
This session will dive into how organizations can still leverage historical customer and product data but need to also think about how to augment development of strategies with marketing research and other shopper signals to efficient drive e-Commerce growth. Join Phil Irvine, VP & Director of Audience Intelligence, for this in-depth discussion of the current e-commerce landscape. Whether concerned about data privacy and data management, or curious about how businesses can rethink approaches to designing shopping experiences, the answers are here.
Target shaped private labels into powerhouse brands. Now others want to do the same.
Retail Dive
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Retailers that saw how profitable owned brands could be are out to get similar results for themselves. But experts say it won't be that easy
Instacart rolls out in-store navigation and other tools for workers
Retail Dive
MARCH 14, 2022
More than 80 stores are piloting the e-commerce company's interactive map feature aimed at helping its workers more easily shop the aisles
Uber to deliver holiday goods from Rite Aid, GoPuff other retailers via Uber Eats
Retail Dive
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The new holiday shop will also offer Christmas tree and wreath deliveries in select cities across the country
What Marigolds Mean In Mexico (And Other International Growth Tips)
Retail TouchPoints
MARCH 31, 2017
Diving deeper into a market and embracing the social knowledge of other members of the retail community gives brands fast, accurate information about their potential customers, so they can make smarter decisions about what products they offer. By Kate Munro, Bamboo Rose Blindly navigating cultural differences can land a world traveler in a sea of trouble with one wrong move.
SheerID Launches First Financial Services Solution to Instantly Verify Thin-file Applicants and Many Other Segments with Authoritative Data
SheerID
JANUARY 14, 2021
SheerID's new financial services solution will help firms verify thin-file applicants as well as other segments like teachers, military, and healthcare workers.
Walmart Packages Marketplace and Delivery Tech for Sale to Other Retailers
Retail Touch
JULY 28, 2021
Walmart will make its own technologies across both digital and physical channels available to other retailers. The ecommerce giant already powers thousands of other businesses through AWS, from just-walk-out stores to call centers to personalization options.
Is Stitch Fix disrupting retail? Or is it the other way around?
Retail Dive
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Recent changes at the apparel styling site suggest that e-commerce can't always escape the realities of commerce
Consuming Hypermedia APIs vs The Other Guys
GetElastic
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Additionally, either of these flows were to return an HTTP status code other than a 200OK, hence the step has failed and the step was not completed. These common scenarios of the API handling the association between an order identifier and shopper token spark the question of “why would it be done any other way”? The post Consuming Hypermedia APIs vs The Other Guys appeared first on Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog.
United By Blue started in wholesale, expanded to DTC and now sells other sustainable brands. Here's why.
Retail Dive
MAY 3, 2022
Over the last 18 months, the company has grown its collection of third-party brands "really rapidly" to account for 20% of its assortment
Amazon, Costco and other retailers buy warehouses instead of leasing
Retail Wire
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Amazon.com, Costco, Dollar General, Kroger, Target and Walmart have chosen to buy warehouse space rather than leasing after determining that doing so will save them money over the long haul while giving them a greater degree of control over how they store and distribute online orders. in-article
A/B Testing. How others do it.
Omniconvert
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
In my discussions* with some of you about Omniconvert, two things came up: #1 show me how others are doing it; #2 show me how I can do it myself; *(yes, there’s a real human being writing emails from her real computer to you guys) With this in mind, we are starting a […]. How others do it.
Yes, Virginia, There are Other Marketplaces Besides Amazon
Retail Touch
AUGUST 11, 2021
Each of them has a specific use during the game — there are ones that will be great for you given where you are in your journey and others that will be an absolute misstep.”.
Walmart, Target and Other Retailers Relax Mask Requirements for Shoppers
Retail Touch
MAY 17, 2021
Walmart , Target , Costco and other retailers are relaxing their mask mandates for vaccinated shoppers after the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued guidance letting fully vaccinated people resume most activities without masks.
Post office branches ‘drive £1.1bn of additional high street spending’ for other retailers
TalkingRetail
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Post office branches are key to the survival of struggling high streets, according to new research, because they generate an additional £1.1bn of annual spending for other retailers.
Will the Amazon-Visa dispute spill over to other credit card companies?
Retail Dive
DECEMBER 2, 2021
While Visa's rivals are dependent on interchange fees like those at the center of the Amazon-Visa fight, they also might benefit if Amazon tosses some business in new directions
Fashion apparel makes a comeback, focus on digital deepens, and other 2021 predictions
RetailDive
JANUARY 20, 2021
The pandemic, and recovery from it, will likely define the year as consumers look to refresh their wardrobes and retailers hold on to new practices that worked, analysts say
NRF joins other groups in lawsuit to postpone vaccine mandate, again
Retail Dive
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
The group previously got a three-month extension of the federal vaccine mandate for large employers but is suing to get another. Public health and legal experts are not sure why
5 ways retailers have adapted to a Black Friday unlike any other
RetailDive
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Curbside sales, staggered discounts, websites that hold your place in line — retailers are reinventing Black Friday for a pandemic
Gap to Close all 81 UK Stores, Seek Franchise Partners for Other European Markets
Retail Touch
JULY 1, 2021
Gap will be shuttering all 81 of its stores in the UK and Ireland by the end of September 2021 as part of a strategic review of its European business. The Guardian estimates that the closures will result in the loss of more than 1,000 jobs.
JCPenney Lenders May Make Acquisition Bid After Other Talks Falter
Retail Touch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
The reported bid comes after talks with three other potential buyers reached a “stalemate,” according to Sussberg. Simon recently acquired other retail tenants in danger of liquidation, including Brooks Brothers and Lucky Brand , in partnership with Authentic Brands Group.
Tuesday Morning Scraps Sale to Examine Other Reorganization Options
Retail Touch
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Tuesday Morning has declined to sell itself and will instead seek other paths for its financial reorganization, according to court filings. The retailer had planned to close on a sale of all its assets by Oct. 29, but will now push back its hearing date until Nov.
Life after liquidation: Why some brands thrive after closing shop and others don't
RetailDive
OCTOBER 19, 2020
The market keeps growing for retail IP even after physical stores close. But does every dead retail brand need saving
Staples to accept returns for other retailers
RetailWire
OCTOBER 8, 2020
Staples is launching Express Returns, a new program that will enable the chain to accept product returns for other retailers, similar to the Kohl’s/Amazon.com deal, at more than 1,000 stores across the country. “A A lot of our customers use us to drop off their packages,” said Craig Grayson, Staples U.S. vice president/GMM, print & marketing services. “In this remote working environment we’ve got that convenient opportunity.
Unilever Mulls Pulling Digital Ads Near ‘Divisive’ Content: Should Others Follow Suit?
Retail TouchPoints
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Will this be enough for Unilever and other advertisers? As the fourth-largest advertiser in the world, Unilever has the power to influence how Facebook/Instagram, Google/YouTube and other social networks handle content. In a keynote at the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) Annual Leadership Meeting in Palm Desert, Calif.
Another 'Bealls' buys Stage Stores IP and other assets for $7M
RetailDive
OCTOBER 21, 2020
A retailer that shares the name of one of the bankrupt company's banners acquired the national rights to the brand, resolving longstanding confusion
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