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Amazon Pilots Temporary Warehouse Storage Service For Faster Holiday Deliveries

Amazon is testing a new inventory storage service, designed to help meet holiday demand and its next-day shipping commitment without overcrowding its warehouses or running out of products. The service,…

News December 4
Costco’s Minimal Communications Following Thanksgiving Site Outage: A Mistake Or A Strategy?

Costco’s Minimal Communications Following Thanksgiving Site Outage: A Mistake Or A Strategy?

Costco’s e-Commerce site went down for more than 16 hours on Thanksgiving Day, impacting an estimated 2.65 million customers who were trying to access the web site and creating sales…

Executive Viewpoints December 4

Shoppers Don’t See ‘Black Friday’ Or ‘Cyber Monday’ — They See A Weekend Of Deals

Cyber Monday sales hit $9.4 billion this year, up 19.7% from 2018, topping the $7.4 billion sold on Black Friday, according to data from Adobe Analytics. However, Cyber Monday is…

Features December 4
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Upgrade Your Marketing For A Better Consumer Experience

Consumer promotions and engagement (CPE) tactics, such as displays, coupons, gifts or other incentives designed to influence a purchase decision at the POS, represent a significantly underutilized weapon in the…

Executive Viewpoints December 4

Brown Thomas, Arnotts Empower Store Associates To Personalize Shopping Journeys

Venerable Irish retailers Brown Thomas and Arnotts, both part of Selfridges Group, will equip their store associates with a clienteling solution designed to provide 360-degree views of customers’ preferences and…

News December 3

Report: Lord + Taylor To Open Holiday Pop-Up In NYC

Lord + Taylor will return to New York City with a holiday pop-up, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The 2,400-square-foot store is scheduled to open in mid-December…

News December 3

Glossier Pops Up In Seven Nordstrom Stores

Glossier is entering its first retail partnership, opening temporary shops in seven Nordstrom stores, including the new Nordstrom flagship location in Manhattan, from Dec. 3 through Feb. 16, 2020. The…

News December 3

Accel Robotics Raises $30 Million To Fund Manufacturing And Deployment Expansion

Accel Robotics, an AI and computer vision solution provider focused on technology for checkout-free stores, has raised $30 million in a Series A round of funding led by SoftBank, with…

News December 3

Plan On Paying Tax On More Gifts This Season

(Pictured: Left: Dustin Jensen, Right: Robert Peters) Since June of 2018, the tax world has been saturated with speculation and news about the landmark ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court…

Executive Viewpoints December 3
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