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What ‘Black Friday In July’ Taught Retailers This Holiday Season

Amazon Prime Day — or “Black Friday in July” — offered several lessons for retailers to not only help them plan for this crucial shopping season, but also set themselves…

Executive Viewpoints November 27

Rancourt, Gravity Blanket Add Installment Payment Option

Rancourt & Co., apremium leather shoe crafter, and Gravity Blanket, an online seller of weighted blanket and sleep products, are the latest brands to introduce an installment payment option through…

News November 26

7-Eleven Adds Alipay And WeChat Pay In 35 Canadian Stores

7-Eleven will provide Alipay and WeChat Pay mobile payment services to Chinese customers traveling in Canada, making it the first convenience store to accept these platforms in the market. Alipay…

News November 26

GameStop Will Sell Spring Mobile Division For $700 Million

GameStop is taking its biggest step toward exiting mobile phone and services sales, selling its Spring Mobile division to Prime Communications L.P. for approximately $700 million. Spring Mobile owns and…

News November 26

3 Things That Ultimately Make Marketplaces Succeed And Fail

By Ryan Elich, Jazva Building a successful online marketplace forces you to think carefully about the products and services that today’s consumers want. With hundreds of competitors out there, you…

Executive Viewpoints November 26

Can Your Store’s Cell Signal Handle The Shopping Rush?

By Broc Jenkins, Wilson Electronics LLC Despite what you may have heard, in-store shopping is far from dead. In fact, a recent study predicts that the number of people shopping…

Executive Viewpoints November 26
0aaaBen Harris Decibel

Three Best Practices For Digital Customer Experience Success

Product, placement, price and promotion may have been the holy grail of marketing, but in the digital era, customer experience now tops the list. It is critical for all types…

Executive Viewpoints November 26

56% Of ‘Growth CMOs’ Prioritize Data Analysis Ahead Of Brand Building, Storytelling

The tools that are prized by the modern Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) continue to change as marketing becomes ever more technologically oriented. More than half (56%) of “growth CMOs” prioritize…

News November 26

IKEA Will Cut 7,500 Redundant Positions But Forecasts 4,000 Net New Jobs

IKEA Group plans to eliminate 7,500 jobs globally that the company says will become redundant over the next three years. The eliminated positions mainly include administrative staff in central support…

News November 21
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