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NCR Adds Grocery Ecommerce to its POS Platform with Acquisition of Freshop
End-to-end retail solutions provider NCR has acquired grocery ecommerce solution provider Freshop. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition will add ecommerce functionality to NCR’s core POS…
News February 19
Target, Lowe’s, Sephora, Foot Locker Among Retailers Boosting Black Brands
Retailers across multiple verticals are taking concrete steps to diversify their merchandise mixes with products produced by women, Black people and other people of color. Some companies are using the…
Features February 19
3 Tips for Integrating Free Shipping into Your Ecommerce Experience
You’d be forgiven for thinking that shipping is relatively low on consumers’ priority lists. Their primary concern is the actual physical product, then the browsing experience, and then shipping represents…
Executive Viewpoints February 19
The Top 10 Corporate Obstacles Facing Innovation Managers and How to Address Them
At IdeaScale’s most recent Open Nation conference, Erwin Godoy, Director of New Concepts at Freddie Mac, talked about the emerging role of the innovation manager. He said, “You think you…
Executive Viewpoints February 19
Work World Enlists Retail Site Selection Tools to Double Footprint
Workwear and safety equipment retailer Work World is deploying a suite of tools from SiteSeer Technologies to select new retail sites as it doubles its footprint over the next three…
News February 19
Crocs Deploys Customer and Merchandise Solutions Chainwide
At its 350+ stores in 11 countries, Crocs has implemented customer engagement and merchandise management solutions for POS, merchandising, audit and operations management and analytics. The Aptos cloud-based retail platform…
News February 18
Wholesale Marketplace Abound Raises $22.9M in Series A Funding
Abound, a curated wholesale marketplace designed to connect small business owners and independent brands in the U.S. and UK, has closed a $22.9 million Series A financing round led by…
News February 18
Walmart Generates 69% Online Sales Growth in Q4, Plans Wage Increases for 425,000 Workers
Walmart reported 69% online sales growth and an 8.6% same-store sales bump in the U.S. during Q4 2021, which ended Jan 31, 2021. Total revenue for the full fiscal 2021…
News February 18
As ‘Appointment Retailing’ Use Cases Expand, More Brands See Value
Count appointment-based selling as another existing trend that was supercharged by COVID-19. Retailers such as Best Buy and Apple were two of the first to implement the model at scale,…
Features February 18
