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Chain Retailers Seeing More Than Retail Energy Savings in Outsourcing Energy Efficiency Management

For owners and franchisees of multi store chain retail outlets, the news is increasingly real and positive. Not only are they achieving energy efficiency, they’re impressing their customers, too. What…

Executive Viewpoints July 9

Contextual Advertising is the Happy Medium Between Behavioral and Retailer Media

Without a doubt, behavioral targeting is one of the most common tactics that marketers use to reach their target shoppers. However, it also has limitations, particularly in grocery. Shopper marketers…

Executive Viewpoints July 9

Economist is ‘Optimistic, but With an Asterisk’ About Post-Pandemic Retail

The retail industry has been through dramatic changes in the past year-plus, and the disruptions are far from over even as we move into a post-COVID economy. While many analysts…

Features July 9

Glossier Raises $80 Million to Fuel Global Digital and Physical Growth

Glossier has raised $80 million in Series E funding in a round led by Lone Pine Capital, along with participation from existing investors Forerunner Ventures, Index Ventures, IVP, Sequoia Capital…

News July 8
Authentic Brands Group IPO

Authentic Brands, Owner of Forever 21 and JCPenney, Files for IPO

Authentic Brands Group (ABG) — which has made a name for itself by scooping up bankrupt retail brands such as Forever 21, JCPenney, Aéropostale and Brooks Brothers and bringing them…

News July 8
Westfield Afterpay

Westfield Mall Owner Partners with Afterpay to Promote BNPL Option for Retail Tenants’ Shoppers

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), owner of Westfield shopping centers in the U.S., has entered a multi-year national partnership with buy now, pay later solution Afterpay to support retailers in offering flexible payment…

News July 8

Salsify Creates Program to Help Administrators Make the Most of the Platform

Commerce experience management platform Salsify has launched its Syndication Certification program. The program aims to equip Salsify implementation partners and administrator-level customers with the right tools to lead their teams…

News July 8

Long Distance Loyalty : How Retailers can Build and Grow Customer Relationships at Pickup and Delivery

In the wake of COVID-19, low-contact shopping behaviors such as ecommerce and delivery were accelerated and widely adopted, as goods bought online in 2020 globally grew by 24%. To keep…

Executive Viewpoints July 8

Retailers’ Big Opportunity? ‘Create New Shoppers,’ Advises Kantar SVP

Arguably, no event has disrupted the context of our everyday lives than COVID-19, and while easing regulations have inspired U.S. consumers to return to some version of normalcy, global sentiment…

Features July 8
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