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Public Safety Is The New Corporate Social Responsibility In The Retail Industry
Throughout the years, the types of safety threats facing employees and customers in the retail industry have evolved. With safety issues like opioid abuse in the workplace and accidental needle…
Executive Viewpoints March 19
Exclusive Q&A: How Resident Gets Would-Be Mattress Buyers Into Its Beds
In the increasingly crowded mattress category, every marketing dollar has to work overtime. Resident gets the most out of its $100 million marketing budget with an unrelenting focus on consumer…
Features March 19
De Beers Adopts Mobile POS Technology To Personalize In-Store Experiences
De Beers Jewellers, the luxury retailer best known for selling diamonds, is implementing Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service and Oracle Retail Xstore Office Cloud Service solutions across its 33 stores in…
News March 18NRF, ICSC Call On Government To Help Retailers Weather The Coronavirus Panic
Industry groups are sounding the call for the U.S. government to assist retailers hit hard by both voluntary and mandated social distancing, which has resulted in temporary store closures, altered…
News March 18
As Major Traditional Retailers Close Stores, Best Buy, Home Depot And Kohl’s Stay Open
UPDATE: Kohl’s has announced it will close all stores effective March 19 at 7 pm until at least April 1. CEO Michelle Gass said the company will still offer store…
News March 18
Brick-And-Mortar Challenges Offer New Opportunities For Retailers
It’s possible to look at the world of retail in the current moment and conclude that the end of “brick-and-mortar retail’ is nigh — close to 10,000 stores disappeared in…
Executive Viewpoints March 18
How Zappos Turns B2B Consultation Into Retail Innovation
Zappos is known for taking a unique approach to business, whether by crowdsourcing films to feature at Sundance or partnering with Shaq for back-to-school charity work. This creative impulse isn’t…
Features March 18
Dollar General, Stop & Shop Join Grocers Offering Specific Shopping Hours For At-Risk Customers
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak affects the daily habits of shoppers worldwide and potentially endangers the health of the population’s most vulnerable, select retailers selling food are making an effort…
News March 17COVID-19 Impact: Amazon Restricts Receiving ‘Non-Essential’ Items From Sellers
In a move designed to prioritize space and resources for selling household staples, medical supplies and other high-demand products during the COVID-19 outbreak, Amazon will bar receipt of non-essential items…
News March 17
