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The Facebook Retail Reinvention

By Debbie Hauss, Editor-in-Chief A few years ago retailers were lamenting their decisions to try to use Facebook as a commerce channel. A Business Insider article made the statement clearly:…

Executive Viewpoints March 14

Deep Space, Retail’s Next Frontier

I want to take you into deep space. That’s where brick-and-mortar retailers are headed if they want to survive and thrive in today’s highly competitive marketplace. Deep space is an…

Executive Viewpoints March 14

Zebra Unveils SmartSense For Retail Asset Visibility Platform

Zebra Technologies has released the SmartSense for Retail asset visibility solution, which combines UHF RFID, video and micro-location capabilities to identify and track the journey and location of merchandise, associates…

News March 14

Manthan Releases Updated Retail Analytics Platform

Manthan has unveiled the latest release of its flagship product, Retail Analytics. The release enables omnichannel retailers to leverage analytics to optimize their merchandising, operational and sales strategies across their…

News March 14

6 Steps To Maximize Sales In A Mobile-First Retail Environment

Today, more than half of all searches take place on a mobile phone, and nearly one in four consumers does research on a mobile device while shopping in-store. Consumer expectations…

News March 14

66% Of Retailers Say Current Systems Don’t Enhance Last-Mile CX

Despite efforts to improve the last mile of the customer experience (CX), retailers still are far from optimizing it: 66% of retail supply chain executives say that their existing systems do…

News March 14

Chase Acquires MCX Technology For Its Digital Wallet

The long strange trip of the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a retailer-led consortium that was supposed to provide an alternative to traditional payment cards, has taken yet another turn. JPMorgan…

News March 13

Gordmans, Gander Mountain Catch The Bankruptcy Bug

Bankruptcies continue to plague the retail landscape, with Gordmans and Gander Mountain the latest merchants to voluntarily file for Chapter 11. While “all Gordmans stores are operating as usual without…

News March 13

Standing Out Where It Matters: Local Marketing on the Internet

By Mohannad El-Barachi, SweetIQ Shopping happens much differently today than it did 10 or even five years ago. When was the last time you used the yellow pages to look…

Executive Viewpoints March 13
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