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WSJ Report: Department Store Will be Amazon’s Next Brick-and-Mortar Venture
Amazon is continuing its advance into brick-and-mortar with plans for a series of large-footprint department store-style locations, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited people familiar with the matter.…
News August 19
Want to Know the Holiday Season’s Top Trends? Look at Back-to-School for Insight
Back-to-school surveys across the retail sector point to a strong season, spurred by pent-up consumer demand. Deloitte indicated that parents’ projected spend was up 16% year over year, from $529 per child to $612. Although this total amount does…
Features August 19
Surefront Enables Cloud-Based Collaboration for Product Lifecycle Management
Surefront has rolled out a product lifecycle management (PLM) platform that allows brands to develop products with all communications and data in a single collaborative space. The solution is designed…
News August 19
Rakuten’s Xparcel Expedited Determines the Most Efficient Last Mile Route
Rakuten Super Logistics (RSL) has launched Xparcel Expedited, a shipping solution designed to provide two- to five-day transit times with lower costs. The service is aimed at small- to mid-size…
News August 19
Brick-and-Mortar no More? How Personalization and Supply Chain Automation are Driving Retail Resurgence
COVID-19 has fundamentally disrupted retail as we know it. With re-masking and a potential fourth wave coming, we aren’t out of the woods yet, and it’s important to recognize how…
Executive Viewpoints August 19
Walmart, Target Maintain Upward Omnichannel Trajectory in Q2 2021
Walmart and Target both posted strong Q2 results, with both retailers continuing to capitalize on the ongoing ecommerce surge while maintaining solid brick-and-mortar growth. The biggest standout was Target’s same-day…
News August 18
Implement Customer Engagements Hubs Now and Reap the Benefits Later
As we continue to see the short- and long-term effects of the pandemic, many retailers have resorted to shuttering their businesses, unable to survive in such a volatile environment. For…
Executive Viewpoints August 18
Trippy Surrealism: Superette Unveils a Fun-Filled Cannabis Playground in Canada
Bodegas, diners, mini-marts, delis — even subway newsstands — have served as design influences for cannabis purveyor Superette, which touts itself as the “technicolor antithesis of sterile cannabis retail.” Creating…
Features August 18
Store Design Strategies for an Accelerating, Unpredictable Future of Retail
As change takes place at ever faster rates, speed and agility become king. Retailers know that instead of being ahead of the curve, they need to be IN the curve,…
Executive Viewpoints August 17
