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Heckler Design And POS Portal Partner To Accelerate Mobile POS Adoption

Retailers across categories are embracing mobile POS (mPOS) to improve the in-store customer experience. While some businesses rely on mobile devices to decrease speed checkout times, others are taking an…

News December 1

This Holiday Season, Engage And Win With Your “New CMO”

By Donna Pahel, EPiServer Today’s connected customers are always on, especially social media, and are not afraid to let their opinions be heard. Consumers are faced with virtually an infinite…

Executive Viewpoints December 1

Threadflip Re-Launches Site, App To Streamline Consignment Experience

Approximately four months after securing $13 million in Series B funding to ramp up its Concierge Full Service business model, Threadflip has unveiled a new shopping portal designed to improve…

Features December 1

Customers In Control: The New Gatekeepers Of The Online Shopping Experience

By Doug Heise, CoreMedia   As customers take greater control over how, when and where they buy, they’re displacing brands and retail stores as the gatekeepers of the shopping experience.…

Executive Viewpoints December 1

How SMBs Are Dealing With Anchor Store Exits This Holiday Season

By Jeff Edelman, McGladrey LLP    With large anchor retail stores such as Sears and JCPenney exiting larger malls, what does this mean for small to mid-size retailers for the…

Executive Viewpoints November 28

Feel Thankful For Great Holiday Content!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! This year, we’re incredibly thankful that you’ve turned to the Retail TouchPoints Tumblr, web site and newsletter as a go-to source for the latest industry trends and…

Executive Viewpoints November 27

Consumers Get In The Holiday Spirit By Sharing Their #WorstGifts

Did you know that consumers returned one third of their online holiday purchases in 2013? That’s what The Wall Street Journal found.  This forces shoppers to venture back to the…

Executive Viewpoints November 27

27% Of Holiday Shoppers Will Visit Retail Stores On Thanksgiving Day

Brick-and-mortar stores such as Walmart, Kmart, Target, Best Buy and Sears are opening their doors to the public on Thanksgiving Day, and consumers appear to be taking advantage of this…

News November 26

Sears Extends “Reserve It” Service To Shop Your Way Members

Some consumers may believe shopping online is more convenient, but it can be challenging to purchase apparel online because of the inability to try on items. Sears has created a…

Features November 26
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