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How The Top 500 E-Tailers Collect Email Sign-Ups
By Joe Montgomery, 250ok According to a recent eMarketer survey, 44% of respondents plan to increase spending on email marketing programs this year. Email has proven itself as a profitable…
Executive Viewpoints March 9
Walgreens Appoints Global CFO
Walgreens Boots Alliance has appointed James Kehoe, who most recently served as CFO and board director of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, as EVP and Global CFO, effective June 1. Kehoe…
News March 8Abercrombie & Fitch To Close 60 Stores As Online Becomes ‘Largest Storefront’
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. will close 60 U.S. stores in 2018 when their leases expire, but the retailer’s Q4 and full year earnings report reveals strong underlying fundamentals. The retailer saw…
News March 8
With Crowdsourcing, Betabrand Takes 3D Printed Heels From Design To Presale In 5 Days
Betabrand, an e-Commerce fashion retailer that crowdfunds and crowdsources ideas for its apparel designs, launched the “On-Your-Mark Heel Project” with one question in mind: “Can we create the next great pair of…
News March 8
First Insight Introduces ElastiCast Pricing Optimization Platform
First Insight has released ElastiCast, a solution designed to enable retailers to forecast price elasticity of new products to determine optimal prices and increase margins. By collecting consumer data and…
News March 8
Manthan Launches In-Store Personalization Platform
Manthan has debuted an in-store personalization solution for retailers powered by the TargetOne marketing engine. Retailers can send notifications and personalized offers tailored to customers’ interests and preferences, either before…
News March 8
2018 Will Be A Retail Tipping Point
2018 is going to be a tipping point in the retail world, one that will see winners exploit new omnichannel strategies, where marketing will be reinvented (again) to exploit the…
Executive Viewpoints March 8
Zara To Deploy Click-And-Collect Robots In Stores
Zara has long been known as a fast fashion leader, but the retailer has been slow in one area: fulfilling buy online/pick up in-store (BOPIS) orders. The bottlenecks are a…
News March 7Amazon Cuts Prime Prices For Medicaid Recipients To $5.99/Month
Amazon will offer a low-cost version of its Prime membership program to qualifying recipients of Medicaid. The program will trim the cost of Prime down from $10.99 per month to…
News March 7
