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Taking place June 4-6, 2024, in Chicago, the Retail Innovation Conference & Expo is the must-attend event for retail execs to dig into cutting-edge topics and trends.

Retail Innovation Conference & Expo 2024: The Latest News on Sessions, Speakers & Experiences

Are you ready to explore the evolved customer journey? The Retail TouchPoints team is on site in Chicago reporting on all the news breaking before, during and after the Retail…

Features June 5
Century 21 is dipping its toes a bit deeper into ecommerce with TikTok Shop.

Century 21 Continues Ecommerce Expansion with TikTok Shop Debut

Century 21 has expanded its partnership with livestream shopping app ShopShops to bring the iconic New York City retailer to TikTok Shop. The partners have been working together since 2018…

News June 4
Ebay is expanding its consignment service to jewelry, watches and footwear.

Ebay Expands Consignment Service to Jewelry, Watches and Footwear

Ebay is continuing to expand its consignment service, which will now include fine jewelry, luxury watches and footwear. The service, already available for handbags and luxury apparel, allows casual sellers…

News June 4
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5 Questions to Ask Before Using Big Tech’s Gen AI Advertising Tools

Much has been made about the “AI arms race” between countries (primarily the U.S. and China), but in America a similarly heated contest is unfolding among the major tech companies.…

Features June 4

Walmart Debuts Self-Service Module for Delivering Digital Shopper Insights

Walmart Data Ventures has introduced Digital Landscapes, a self-service module designed to reveal insights into the digital behaviors of Walmart shoppers online — particularly those behaviors that precede the consumer’s…

News June 4

What a TikTok Ban Could Mean for U.S. Businesses and Sellers

Years of ongoing concerns about national security and data privacy have led Congress to pass a measure that would ban the widely popular Chinese-owned app TikTok in the U.S. The…

Executive Viewpoints June 4

Walmart Expands InHome Delivery Option to 10 Million More Households

Households in the greater Philadelphia area as well as Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis and San Bernardino, Calif. will now have access to Walmart InHome, the retailer’s top-shelf delivery service. The expansion…

News June 3

JD Sports Drops ‘Sports’ from its Name, Deploys AI-Powered Search

JD Sports will implement the AI Search solution from Algolia as it seeks to modernize its online presence and stores based on an omnichannel, composable approach. Adoption of the solution…

News June 3

Dollar General Voids Self-Checkout at 12,000 Stores, Citing Shrink

What a difference two years make: Dollar General was enthusiastic enough about self-checkout in June 2022 that it announced trialing 100% self-checkout at 200 stores. Now, the discount retailer has…

News June 3
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