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Laying the Operational Foundation for Autonomous Stores

Retail TouchPoints

While autonomous stores and technological innovation are high on the retail agenda, the infrastructure and operational efforts that enable them aren’t often given the same broad attention. Grocery retail is rooted in a traditional brick-and-mortar business model, with many longstanding and comprehensive internal processes.

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How To Start An Online Business in Canada (2023)

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Both entered extremely saturated markets, yet they offered unique experiences and curated subscription boxes to make an old, competitive product more enticing. Learn a skill and teach it online, or tap into your current knowledge to sell eBooks, training seminars, or classes. Take Dollar Shave Club or Stitch Fix as examples.

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How To Start An Online Business in Canada (2023)

Ecommerce Platforms

How to set up a Canadian-friendly payment processor. Both entered extremely saturated markets, yet they offered unique experiences and curated subscription boxes to make an old, competitive product more enticing. Learn a skill and teach it online, or tap into your current knowledge to sell eBooks, training seminars, or classes.

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Best Recurring Payment Systems (Oct 2020)

Ecommerce Platforms

Whether you're launching a subscription-based product or service, setting up customer payment plans, or conducting ongoing work for your clients, you'll want the best recurring payment system for your budget. In this round-up, we're going to explore some of the best recurring payment systems on the market.

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Best Business Process Management Software

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There’s a constant war between growing a business and keeping an operation lean, mean, and agile. It’s actually quite simple: business process management (BPM) software. BPM software helps organizations of all sizes streamline operations and minimize waste. Visualize every process from end to end. Process Visualization.

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19 Shopify Pros and Cons To Understand the Good and Bad

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The same can be said for ecommerce site building, inventory management, order management, marketing tools, advertising, discount codes, blogging, abandoned cart recovery, multiple currencies, payment options, shipping rates, product sourcing, omnichannel selling, and much more. Shopify cuts all of that out of the equation.

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With Retailers Thinking Like Media Owners, Media Owners Must Think Like Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

Nike’s Training Club app and L’Oréal’s Content Studio are great examples of brands that have gone beyond simply selling products and branched out into territory usually dominated by publishers. They’ve understood that growing and maintaining an engaged audience centers around producing high-quality content.

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