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WebLinc Expands Leadership Team With Two New VPs
E-Commerce platform provider WebLinc has appointed Pat Ferdig as its new VP of Channel Alliances and Channel Relations, and also announced the hiring of Bill Tarbell as VP of Marketing.…
News October 11Payroc Acquires iTransact Group To Expand Payments Business
Payroc, a merchant services and payment processing company, has acquired the assets of The iTransact Group, LLC, a payment gateway and merchant account provider. With the transaction, Payroc will be…
News October 11Amazon’s Next Venture: Convenience Stores?
After establishing its first brick-and-mortar store and rolling out a nationwide pop-up presence, Amazon may be tackling another physical store concept: the convenience store. The e-Commerce giant may build small…
News October 11Verizon Lays Off Retail Employees As Cost-Cutting Measure
Verizon has laid off employees within its U.S. stores as part of a restructuring within its retail department. The job cuts stem from Verizon’s decision to combine two of its…
News October 11How To Turn Personalization Into A Real Strategic Asset
In retail, we like to throw terms around like they’re magical words. “Personalization” was the term of the moment during the Shop.org Digital Summit (#ShopOrg16) in Dallas last week. But…
Editor's Perspective October 11Container Store Co-Founder: 5 Ways To Make Sustainability Practical
By Adam Blair, Executive Editor When people think about shrinking their carbon footprint, the image that comes to mind is going “off the grid”: raise (or kill) your own food,…
Executive Viewpoints October 11How “Smart Sneakers” Are Creating A New Baseline For Customer Experience
“Smart” products are everywhere, it seems. Tennis shoes are no longer just shoes; today they track fitness levels or alert you when their sole is wearing thin. Your standard refrigerator…
Executive Viewpoints October 11Machine Learning And Artificial Intelligence: Creating A Retail Innovation Boom
Artificial intelligence (AI), boosted by machine learning, is feeding off the massive data available across the retail industry to transform everything from manufacturing to marketing. Amazon uses AI to make…
Executive Viewpoints October 11ShopAdvisor Unveils Enhancements To Proximity Marketing Platform
ShopAdvisor has added new features to its Product Intelligence, Context Intelligence and Shopper Intelligence modules, as well as its appNET network and retail partner program. The new version of the…
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