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True Fit Partners With Snaps For Personalized Conversational Commerce

True Fit has integrated Snaps, a conversational AI platform, to help brands build relationships with consumers through conversational marketing and commerce. The platform lets retailers harness automated conversations to acquire…

News March 21

ARC Helps Retailers Access Analytics And Knowledge Base To Meet Business Goals

The Paciello Group has launched the Accessibility Resource Center (ARC), an accessibility platform designed to let retail managers and teams access analytics, issue reports, eLearning modules, a knowledge base of…

News March 20

IKEA Scouts Potential Mexico Locations, Introduces NYC ‘City Center’ Store

IKEA is scouting three cities in Mexico to determine where it will place its first store locations in the country, according to a Reuters report. The home furnishings retailer is…

News March 20

DSW Rebrands As Designer Brands, Plans Private Label Offerings

DSW will rebrand itself as Designer Brands, effective April 2, as part of a three-year strategic growth plan. The initiative includes introducing private label products for both DSW and The…

News March 20

New Jersey Joins Philly With Statewide Cashless Store Ban

Cashless retailing represents one of the most promising innovations in retail’s quest to reduce friction, but the technology is facing pushback from some governments. New Jersey made it mandatory for…

News March 20

Can Retailers Hold Their Own In The Battle Of DTC Vs. Private Label?

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands such as Dollar Shave Club, Casper and Glossier have taken retail by storm in recent years — in fact, $3 billion in venture funding has gone to…

Executive Viewpoints March 20
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Identity Theft Can Even Make Shopping Stressful

As online and mobile shopping continues to gain in popularity, identity thieves have more opportunities than ever to steal sensitive financial information from unsuspecting consumers. Customers expect retailers to take…

Executive Viewpoints March 20

Glossier Valuation Reaches $1.2 Billion After $100 Million Funding Round

Glossier has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round led by Sequoia Capital, with the direct-to-consumer beauty company now valued at $1.2 billion, according to a Wall Street…

News March 19

Conversocial Acquires Chatbot Platform

Conversocial, a digital customer experience platform, is acquiring Assist, an enterprise chatbot platform, to improve its ability to offer scalable, conversational customer experiences to retailers and brands. Terms of the…

News March 19
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