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Happy Turkey Day, loyal RTP blog readers! Rather than tossing inundating holiday metrics your way, we figured we would keep it light and fluffy…

Delivering The Best This Holiday Season

By Fatima Lora, Assistant Editor Retailers are geared up for this week, ready to embrace holiday shoppers looking for good buys at…

The Year Of The Instagram Strategy

Over the past year, we’ve covered Instagram quite a bit. From case studies, to best practice articles, to features, we have focused…

8 Tips For Avoiding Costly Outages During The Holiday Season

By Carl Meadows, Senior Director, Cloud Services Product Manager, SunGard Availability Services The flow of holiday shoppers is picking up dramatically…

How to Avoid Mobile IT Issues This Holiday Season

By Robert Duross, Digital Performance Consultant, Compuware Professional Services It looks like a merry, mobile holiday season ahead for retailers. Merchants will use…

Xbox One Or PS4: Which Will Dominate The Holiday Season?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably have heard a bit of hubbub around the release of the Xbox One…

Montblanc Supports Youth Arts With 24 Hour Plays On Broadway

By Alicia Fiorletta, Senior Editor Loyal Retail TouchPoints readers know we cover a variety of topics in the industry, including marketing, store operations and…

What Will The Future Of Digital Engagement Hold?

As a part of the retail industry, you most likely recognize that digital channels are becoming more important in your marketing, engagement…

Black Friday & Cyber Monday: Shoppers are Ready. Are Your Communications Systems?

By Adam Simpson, CEO, Easy Office Phone As two of the year’s biggest sales days approach, representing billions in revenues, retail-oriented companies and…

Innovating From Within: How To Push For Change Despite Current Success

Clay Olivier, CEO, Volusion, Inc. It all started on a pleasant September day, where, at the 2008 Web 2.0 Expo, I was…

Shoppers WON’T Shop On Thanksgiving, According To RTP Survey

Yes, you heard (or read, rather) that correctly. Despite the fact that many retailers, including J.C. Penney, Kmart, Kohl’s and Macy’s, are…

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