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Climate Change Blamed For Dampening Retail Sales Of Cold Weather Apparel

By Traci Gregorski, Market Track Apparently shifts in weather patterns have thrown yet another curve ball to the…

Executive Viewpoints April 4
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6 Ways To Own (Or Lose) Customers At The Virtual Shelf Space

By Jennifer Silverberg, SmartCommerce All CPG marketers know that bad things happen when shelf placement in stores is…

Executive Viewpoints April 1
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Retail Recap Of The Week

It has been an exciting week for new partnerships and retail technology expansions. Check out some of the…

Executive Viewpoints March 31
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Can Gender-Neutral Apparel Catch On?

Gender-neutral merchandise is becoming more prevalent throughout retail as companies seek to remove labels that may influence who…

Executive Viewpoints March 30
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10 Ways Retailers Can Out-Amazon Amazon

When people are asked to identify the undisputed king of online retail, one name quickly springs to mind: Amazon.…

Executive Viewpoints March 29
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Multicultural Touch Points: A Lesson In Understanding, Communication And Data Science

As retail marketers, we tend to think about touch points in terms of hitting the right audience at…

Executive Viewpoints March 29
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How Mobile Is Reshaping the Entire Shopping Experience

A data explosion has already been reshaping the retail industry as companies bring together point-of-sale data, web site…

Executive Viewpoints March 29
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The 3 Basics Of Customer Service We’re Probably Not Getting Right

By Debbie Hauss, Editor-in-Chief Recently I had the opportunity to listen to an inspiring presentation by Horst Schulze,…

Executive Viewpoints March 29
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Toy Retailers Take Note: 3 Top Trends From Toy Fair 2016

By Cydni Tetro, White Clouds Much like virtually every modern industry, the toy business is now in the…

Executive Viewpoints March 28
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