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Walmart Tech Services

Walmart Rolls Out Geek Squad-Style Tech Support Service Nationally

Walmart is taking a swipe at Best Buy with the rollout of its new Tech Services offering, which includes 24/7 remote support, device repair and setup services, both in stores…

News August 20

5 Reasons Why Your Business Should Focus on Customer Data

There’s no doubt that digital innovation is revolutionizing the retail landscape — just imagine that today, the average person produces some 1.7 MB of data every second. Leaving an information…

Executive Viewpoints August 20

Four Steps to Know when Testing Enterprise Apps

Thanks to the trending demands of consumers and the acceleration by COVID, retail brands are rushing to improve their ecommerce experience. Easy shopping, purchasing and returns are essential and competitive…

Executive Viewpoints August 20

Toys ‘R’ Us to Return in 2022 With 400 Shops Inside Macy’s Stores

Toys ‘R’ Us will make its latest attempted return to brick-and-mortar with 400 store-in-store shops at Macy’s locations and online at macys.com/toysrus, slated to roll out in 2022. Toys ‘R’…

News August 19
Amazon Department Stores

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
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