Retail TouchPoints

Social Advocacy Summit: Retail And Facebook Execs Discuss Shift To Converged Marketing

The continued influence of social media has encouraged many retailers to rethink their marketing strategies. Facebook is one “tech titan” significantly altering how brands develop and share marketing messages and…

The Container Store Improves Financial Planning And Forecasting

Manually collecting, updating and analyzing financial data has many retailers struggling with inefficient and costly planning processes. Best-in-class merchants such as The Container Store, however, are harnessing the power of…

Richard Mader Joins Starmount Board Of Directors

Richard Mader, President of Mader International Consulting and former Executive Director of the Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS), has joined the Starmount board of directors. “I am delighted to…

Successful luxury brands excel at creating exceptional experiences that make shoppers feel special and inclined to pay more. Another key focus for luxury brands is developing loyal, long-term customers. For…

TouchPoints TV: Erik Bratt, Tealium

  Erik Bratt, VP of Marketing, Tealium Tag management solutions are emerging in the retail technology space. Designed to help retailers accumulate and condense solutions integrated into e-Commerce sites, these…

Finish Line Selects Oracle Retail Solutions

Finish Line, an omnichannel retailer of athletic apparel, will leverage retail solutions from Oracle to help optimize cross-channel operations, localize offerings and improve the customer experience across 640 stores and…

Mid-Market Top 5 Software Priorities For 2013

Retail executives continually seek to bridge the gap between business leadership and technology adoption. Current priorities include: improving inventory efficiencies with RFID; embracing mobile engagement, leveraging localization and personalization; and…

The Shopper Marketing Expo: Executives From Walgreens And Family Dollar Share Insights

Thousands of brand marketers, retail executives and other industry professionals in search of shopper marketing excellence attended the annual Shopper Marketing Expo, presented by the Path 2 Purchase Institute (P2Pi),…

Sears Expands Teradata Solutions

Sears Holdings has upgraded its big data analytic capabilities with the Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse Platform 6690, a new hybrid storage-based platform designed for expanded configuration flexibility and balance…