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Beyond Trends: Applied Color Science Anchors Personalized Retail Experiences

Color isn’t what we think it is. The idea that many designers believe colors such as green or blue are able to evoke some sort of hyper-specific emotion in any…

Executive Viewpoints July 13
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With All Eyes on Stores, How Are Retailers Investing? 

We are witnessing a great awakening of the store. Sure, some industry pundits have used sensationalist headlines to remark on the “retail apocalypse,” but new research confirms that brands and…

Features July 12
Peloton Shifts to Third-Party Manufacturing in Effort to Simplify Supply Chain

Peloton Shifts to Third-Party Manufacturing in Effort to Simplify Supply Chain

Peloton is taking steps to curtail its costs and create a more efficient supply chain by ending all of its owned manufacturing operations. Taiwan-based manufacturer Rexon Industrial Corp. will become…

News July 12
Dollar General CEO to Retire, COO Named as Successor

Dollar General CEO to Retire, COO Named as Successor

Amid a year of expansion, Dollar General’s CEO Todd Vasos has decided to retire from the role he has held since June 2015, effective Nov. 1, 2022. Current COO Jeffery…

News July 12
Over the next two years Sephora will roll out a new ecommerce experience with the help of commercetools.

Sephora Aims for ‘MACH Speed’ with New Commerce Platform

Sephora is preparing for the next evolution of its ecommerce ecosystem through a new partnership with SaaS commerce platform commercetools. commercetools’ MACH-based technology (Microservices-based, API-first, Cloud-native and Headless) will give…

News July 12
Amazon has upgraded its dash cart and plans to roll out the new design at Whole Foods

Upgraded Amazon Smart Carts are Rolling into Whole Foods

Amazon has unveiled a new and improved version of its smart shopping cart — called the Dash Cart — and plans to roll out the carts at select Whole Foods…

News July 12

Gap CEO Out, New Old Navy CEO Hired as Retailer Prepares for Difficult Quarter

Gap President and CEO Sonia Syngal will depart the company after a brief transition and Executive Chairman of the Board Bob Martin will take on the Interim President and CEO…

News July 12
Walmart's debut of AR try-on for furniture is one of several moves AR moves the retail giant has made recently.

Why Walmart is Doubling Down on Augmented Reality

Augmented reality tech is nothing new — in fact, it’s been around since 1968 (surprising, right?). And yet, it’s only in recent years that AR has begun to reach its…

Features July 12

Content Governance: The Savior of Ecommerce Giants

Quitting online shopping may be tougher than taking a break from our smartphones. Hundreds of millions of people visit ecommerce websites every day, a number that only escalates during major shopping…

Executive Viewpoints July 12
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