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‘Total’ DTC Success Happens Across 3 Stages: Acquisition, Sales And Engagement

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) is becoming quite the hot buzzword as merchants seek to bring more control of supply chain operations in-house. Traditionally, DTC brands were manufacturers or suppliers that sold products…

Features November 15
Jonathan Rende, PagerDuty

The Evolving Retail Front Line(s): How To Train For The Biggest Shopping Day Of The Year

By Jonathan Rende, PagerDuty It’s official: Cyber Monday is now the biggest online shopping day of the year. Many companies rely on and plan for it to contribute significantly to…

Executive Viewpoints November 15
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How Retailers Can Become Resilient To Costly Outages

Earlier this year, Target had a major database outage as a result of an error made during regular retail information system (RIS) maintenance. During the outage, Target was unable to…

Executive Viewpoints November 15

Ternua Integrates Social Commerce Photos Into Online Store

Ternua, a Spanish sustainable outdoor apparel brand, has partnered with visual commerce solution provider Photoslurp to collect shoppers’ social content and integrate it into the retailer’s online store. This lets…

News November 14

Walmart Posts 41% Online Sales Growth In Q3 As Grocery Investments Pay Off

Walmart is headed into the holidays with a jolly outlook after posting Q3 online sales growth of 41% and a better-than-expected 3.2% growth rate in U.S. same-store sales. The company…

News November 14

SheerID Raises $64 Million In Latest Funding Round

Identity marketing solution provider SheerID has raised $64 million in an equity round led by CVC Growth Partners. The new investment will allow SheerID to expand its platform to multiple…

News November 14

TechStyle Enhances Communication And Personalization With Cloud Platform

TechStyle Fashion Group has deployed the Genesys Cloud at 11 of its locations around the world to enhance its personalization capabilities. The Genesys Cloud’s smart data layer and public APIs…

News November 14
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Your Ultimate Guide To Guideshops

From brick-and-mortar to e-Commerce to omnichannel, retail is constantly reinventing itself in the face of ever-changing technology, trends and customer expectations. Today, we’ll take an in-depth look at a retail…

Executive Viewpoints November 14

Does Rash Of Retail CEO Departures Signal New Requirements For Leaders?

The sudden departure announcements (two on the same day, Oct. 22) of three high-profile retail CEOs — Nike’s Mark Parker, Under Armour’s Kevin Plank and Gap’s Art Peck — highlight…

News November 14
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