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Geoblink Unveils Location Intelligence Platform

Geoblink offers a geospatial business intelligence platform aimed at businesses heavily dependent on location data. The platform is designed to help retailers find new stores for openings, analyzing their store…

News June 6

Sealed Air Releases Inflatable Packaging Solution

Sealed Air has released the Fill-Air FLOW system, an inflatable packaging solution designed to provide a space-saving, cost-saving and environmentally friendly alternative to the use of polystyrene “peanuts” as cushioning…

News June 6

Tapping Into Next-Gen Talent: How Retailers Can Engage Gen Z Hourly Employees

Look out Millennials — there’s a new generation of digital natives invading the workforce. Dubbed Generation Z, this post-Millennial cohort is the first of its kind to grow up surrounded…

Executive Viewpoints June 6

Will Walmart’s Innovation Strategies Pay Off?

By Debbie Hauss, Editor-in-Chief I admit it: I am not a regular Walmart shopper. Part of the reason is there literally are no Walmart stores near my home in New…

Executive Viewpoints June 6

Longtime J.Crew CEO Mickey Drexler Steps Down

Nearly two weeks after admitting that he underestimated the role technology would play in retail in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Millard “Mickey” Drexler is leaving his longtime…

News June 5

Online Retailers Teach Personalization, Mobile & Convenience To Brick-And-Mortar Competitors

Recent headlines in both the trade and mainstream press have been full of variations on the same theme: Brick-And-Mortar Retail Is Dying! And these headlines are not just clickbait.  There…

Features June 5

GoECart Rebrands As Pulse Commerce

GoECart, an enterprise order and inventory management platform designed for mid-market merchants, is rebranding itself as Pulse Commerce. The company chose the name to reflect its role in delivering a…

News June 5

Gymboree Misses $171 Million Interest Payment…Bankruptcy Next?

Children’s apparel retailer Gymboree is expected to file for bankruptcy in the coming weeks after missing a $171 million interest payment due June 1. As of June 2, Gymboree has…

News June 5

Tech-Savvy Shoppers Desire Targeted Mobile Notifications, 3D Printing

Today’s consumers are putting a lot of faith in technology. A majority of shoppers — 68% — have confidence that technological advances will lead to increased safety of their personal…

News June 5
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