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Winning The Last Mile: Controlling Costs While Satisfying Consumers

The “last mile” of retail — fulfillment, delivery, returns and post-purchase services — has become the latest competitive…

Features February 18
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Chinese Laundry, NetRush Simplify Sales Tax Management

With tax rules changing every year and varying across state lines, retailers face tremendous headaches trying to keep…

Features February 17

Can Gap’s Virtual Dressing Room App Reduce Returns?

Return rates as high as 30% to 40% have been a long-standing challenge for online apparel retailers. Gap‘s…

Features February 14
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Calyx Flowers Replaces ‘Robotic’ Service Reps With Retention-Focused Call Center

When Mark Ranalletti and Kap Wallingford purchased Calyx Flowers in summer 2015, the husband-and-wife team sought to pivot…

Features February 13
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Runtastic Generates 8 Million App Opens With Personalized Content

Mobile apps are an effective way to engage with users and generate brand awareness, but as consumers become…

Features February 10
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Retail 2025: AI And Digital Natives Will Rule

As futuristic as the year 2025 sounds, it is now less than eight years away. Will time travel,…

Features February 8
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The Car As Commerce Platform: Retail’s Captive Audience Opportunity

The automobile business, like the retail industry, is undergoing huge disruption. In addition to changes in the cars…

Features February 7
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Costume SuperCenter Boosts Mobile Conversion Rates 49% With Responsive Design

With its online traffic increasing tenfold from June to October 2016, Costume SuperCenter had a tremendous challenge on its hands…

Features February 6
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Despite Hype, Don’t Expect Quick Adoption Of Robotics In Retail

Judging by the buzz at the 2017 NRF Big Show, artificial intelligence-driven in-store robotics is one of the…

Features February 2
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