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Beyond Discounts: The New Rules for Today’s Top Loyalty Programs

Your brand likely enjoyed robust sales on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But the discounts that helped you attract bargain hunters during the busiest days of the year won’t help…

Executive Viewpoints December 19

Making the Marketplace Model Work for You

Featuring: Adrien Nussenbaum, Co-founder and CEO, Mirakl Mirakl has helped hundreds of brands and retailers launch their own marketplaces. As a result, Adrien Nussenbaum and his team have a pretty…

Podcasts December 19
AWS, Microsoft and Meta have teamed up to challenge Google Maps dominance.

AWS, Meta, Microsoft Join Forces to Challenge Google’s Mapping Dominance

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Meta, Microsoft and mapping and location solution TomTom are the founding members of a new collaborative effort to develop a set of shared, open and interoperable…

News December 16

Expanding the ‘Digital Closet’: Warner Music Group Invests in DressX

Warner Music Group (WMG) will partner with and invest in digital fashion retailer DressX, gaining a platform for select WMG artists to design their own virtual fashion lines. These artists…

News December 16
Meijer Partners with Uber to Expand On-Demand Grocery Delivery Across Midwest

Meijer Partners with Uber to Expand On-Demand Grocery Delivery Across Midwest

Meijer is expanding on-demand delivery offerings through a partnership with Uber and Uber Eats at nearly 250 of the retailer’s locations across Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. Customers…

News December 16
Lowe's unveils new tech to prevent retail theft.

Lowe’s Employs RFID, Blockchain to Combat Retail Theft

Lowe’s has unveiled a new solution, developed in its Innovation Labs division, designed to combat retail theft in way that is invisible to customers through the use of RFID chips…

News December 16
Wish will focus on bringing shipping costs down as turnaround efforts continue.

Next Phase of Wish Turnaround to Focus on Reducing Shipping Costs

As discount shopping app Wish continues its comeback effort, parent company ContextLogic outlined its plans for 2023 at a summit for its merchants — including a major overhaul of the…

News December 16

Retail Sales Drop 0.6% in November, but NRF Expects Flat Return Rate Despite Higher Sales

Retail sales fell 0.6% in November 2022 compared to the previous month, though they were up 6.5% from November 2021, according to Commerce Department data. The decline occurred despite muted…

News December 16
Google's former chief evangelist shares the secret to ecommerce profitability.

Google’s Former Chief Evangelist Shares the Secret to Ecommerce Profitability

It’s hard to turn a profit in ecommerce, and for a long time that didn’t matter. But as ecommerce has become a more prominent contributor to retailers’ bottom lines, and…

Features December 16
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