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Address Labor Shortages by Creating Attractive Retail Career Paths

Labor shortages in industries that had previously relied on multiple job seekers — even for low-paying jobs — have been one of retail’s biggest challenges in 2021. It’s not just…

Features December 31

The Future of Retail Takes a Digital Shift to Omnichannel Marketing

Finally, the once-static world of retail marketing is transforming. One by one, retailers are finding that their marketing models — co-op driven, lacking in transparency, and largely traditional in form…

Executive Viewpoints December 31

Does Customer Age Matter for Fraud Prevention?

In 2020, consumers spent approximately $630 billion on online shopping, and merchants lost $12 billion to  fraud. Federal data indicates that impostor scams and ecommerce  fraud topped the list. Account takeover fraud, which…

Executive Viewpoints December 30

Convenience and Reliability Trump Speed in Digital Grocery, and Here’s How to Deliver Them

Reliability is an important aspect of any ecommerce transaction — no one likes shipping delays or out-of-stock messages — but digital grocery is where this consideration becomes truly paramount. Food…

Features December 30

Ad Optimization Platform Quartile Acquires Sidecar

Quartile, which provides advertising optimization services to ecommerce marketplace sellers, has purchased performance marketing solution provider Sidecar. Quartile expects that the acquisition will double its amount of advertising spend under…

News December 29

What Brands Can Learn From D2C Trendsetters

D2C as a business model has always been around. We’ve seen it from the street sellers to the door-to-door salespeople who knew us by name and preferences. In current times,…

Executive Viewpoints December 29

What Interior Design Will Look Like in 2022: Personalization, Nature and Augmented Reality

As with most industries, the pandemic accelerated processes that were well underway in the interior design sphere during the past few years. Thanks to the latest technological developments, the warehouse-first…

Executive Viewpoints December 29

4 Imperatives for Impactful Store Design

The pandemic has changed the in-store experience, possibly forever. After spending months with home delivery and curbside pickup as the norm, shoppers have developed a greater taste for convenience than…

Features December 29

Hit Hard by the Pandemic, Most Minority Business Owners Optimistic About the Future

In May 2020, McKinsey issued a report stating while the COVID-19 pandemic was shaking up small businesses across the board, it was disproportionately affecting minority-owned small businesses. Reasons cited were…

Executive Viewpoints December 28
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