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Assessing The Successes And #Fails Of Amazon Prime Day 2016
After much buzz, Amazon’s second annual Prime Day has come and gone; and while shoppers eagerly await their purchase arrivals, the company may be popping champagne bottles. Whether or not…
Features July 13Burberry’s Sales Fall Despite Growth At Home
Even as some UK retailers have avoided the Brexit pinch, luxury retailer Burberry reported that its Q1 same-store retail sales fell 3%, as problems in Hong Kong and mainland Europe…
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Roundy’s Long-Time CEO Bob Mariano To Retire In September
Bob Mariano, a nearly 50-year veteran within the grocery industry, will be retiring from his post as CEO of Roundy’s effective Sep. 1, 2016. Mariano will continue to serve as…
News July 13UK Startup Bridges Store And Mobile With Real-Time Inventory Data
Although all Brexit-related news continues to stay top-of-mind for UK retailers and consumers, one startup is going full speed ahead to ensure that local stores throughout the nation can continue…
News July 13As Amazon Phases Out List Prices, Will Others Follow?
As Prime Day came and went, Amazon once again found a way to dominate the retail (and economic) headlines of the week. But one bit of news regarding the company…
Executive Viewpoints July 13Brazil’s Drogaria Araujo Prescribes Itself Optimization and Analytics Services
Drogaria Araujo, a drugstore chain with more than 160 stores in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, has selected Revionics Price Suite, Revionics Promotion Suite and Analytics Services to improve…
News July 13Dixons Carphone Group Adopts Cloud Technology for Seamless Integration, Scalability
London-based telecommunications retail and services company, Dixons Carphone Group is migrating to an IBM hybrid cloud to integrate two distinct infrastructures, post-merger, and enable easy scaling to better manage the peaks…
News July 13Travis Perkins Selects Infor To Improve Customer and Employee Experience
Travis Perkins, a UK-based retailer of building materials and home improvement tools, has partnered with cloud-based enterprise solutions platform provider Infor. The retailer selected Infor CloudSuite to deliver a variety…
News July 12Online Apparel Retailer Asos Defies Brexit Woes
At least one UK-based retailer is bucking the trend of retail gloom from the country’s Brexit: online apparel seller Asos. For the four months that ended June 30, 2016, Asos’…
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