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DICK’S Sporting Goods Improves Customer Engagement, Satisfaction With New Mobile App

Over the past few years, DICK’S Sporting Goods has seen a significant uptick in mobile traffic and sales. To keep mobile-savvy shoppers engaged and satisfied, the sporting goods retailer has…

Features October 15

Is Amazon Venturing Into Brick-And-Mortar?

It was only a matter of time before unnamed sources started buzzing about Amazon diving into the brick-and-mortar scene.  Although Amazon has confirmed it will be opening pop-up kiosks in…

Executive Viewpoints October 15

EarthLink Unveils PCI Compliance Solutions Suite

EarthLink Holdings Corp., an online services and cloud solutions provider for multi-location businesses, has launched the PCI Compliance Solutions suite designed to help retailers achieve and maintain PCI DSS 3.0…

News October 14

Stephen Dubner Teaches Retailers How To Think Like Freaks

What do retail, hot dog eating contests and the end of the world have in common? A lot, apparently. Well, at least to Stephen Dubner, journalist and co-author of the Freakonomics series…

Executive Viewpoints October 14

Kmart Investigates Payment System Breach

Kmart is investigating a store payment data system breach, according to President and Chief Member Officer Alasdair James. On Oct. 9, 2014, the Kmart IT team determined that the payment…

News October 14

How To Get To Omnichannel…Fast

As consumers, we’ve been experiencing omnichannel retail in our everyday lives.  Retailers know that today’s shopper uses all channels available to them, including multiple channels for a single purchase.  Consumers…

Executive Viewpoints October 14

Retailers And Suppliers Optimize Merchandise Planning With Market6 Vantage Suite

Retailers and suppliers need to consistently collaborate and share information to drive customer satisfaction, loyalty and sales. Retail analytics provider Market6 has released Market6 Vantage, a suite of applications designed…

News October 14

CPG And Retail M&A Activity Reaches Highest-Valued First Half Since 2007

CPG and retail mergers and acquisitions (M&A) increased 3.3% in the first half of 2014 to $140.7 billion, marking the highest-valued first half of activity since 2008 ($147.7 billion), according…

News October 14

BoldChat Extends Live Chat To Mobile Devices

Now that mobile consumers can access their favorite retailers with just the tap of a screen, they have higher expectations of their shopping experiences. To adhere to these expectations and…

News October 14
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