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Demystifying Personalization

In an ideal world, every interaction with a consumer would be certain. We’d not only instantly process everything…

Executive Viewpoints June 6

5 Ways Store Associates Help Retailers Deal With Showrooming

The demise of retail stores seems to be accelerating. What’s been dubbed as the “Retail Apocalypse” has claimed…

Executive Viewpoints June 6

Tapping Into Next-Gen Talent: How Retailers Can Engage Gen Z Hourly Employees

Look out Millennials — there’s a new generation of digital natives invading the workforce. Dubbed Generation Z, this…

Executive Viewpoints June 6
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Will Walmart’s Innovation Strategies Pay Off?

By Debbie Hauss, Editor-in-Chief I admit it: I am not a regular Walmart shopper. Part of the reason…

Executive Viewpoints June 6
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Retailers Can Learn Lessons From Consumers’ Card Safety Concerns

By Nicole Bryan, Sterling Payment Technologies Given the rise in reported data breaches and credit card fraud concerns,…

Executive Viewpoints June 5
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Lessons Learned From Amazon Go

By Robert Howie, C Space Amazon Go is just a small, experimental store. But it represents a massive…

Executive Viewpoints June 2
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What Can Retailers Learn From J.Crew CEO’s Gaffe?

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, J.Crew CEO Mickey Drexler made a shocking admission: that he…

Executive Viewpoints May 31

Retail’s Love/Hate Relationship with Consumer Data

Consumers: we all know they’re demanding when it comes to what they want, where they want it, and…

Executive Viewpoints May 30
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The Missing Piece In The Retail Technology Stack: Human Beings

By Adam Blair, Executive Editor A Facebook friend of mine recently published a retail-related rant about the poor…

Executive Viewpoints May 30
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