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Holiday Shopping in the New Normal

The holiday shopping season seems to get bigger every year. The introduction of ecommerce has allowed consumers to shop the big sales from the comfort of their own home, avoiding…

Executive Viewpoints October 8

Shipt to Add 100,000 Shoppers for Holiday Season

In anticipation of an ecommerce-heavy holiday season, Shipt plans to add an additional 100,000 shoppers, bringing the company’s personal shopper base to more than 300,000. The personal shopping and delivery…

News October 7

Carrefour Taps Customer Insights Platform to Improve Collaboration With Suppliers

Carrefour will harness a new customer insight program created by Majid al Futtaim, a shopping mall and retail operator in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and dunnhumby. The software…

News October 7

Advertising for Black Friday Will Look Different This Year: What Advertisers Need to Know

With COVID-19 forcing businesses to reinvent operations to meet changing consumer behaviors, companies have had to quickly evolve to a radically new normal — especially retailers. In the past month…

Executive Viewpoints October 7

Hudson Uses COVID Shutdown to Shave 5 Months off Transaction Platform Deployment

At the beginning of 2020, Hudson kicked off its deployment of the Flooid platform to provide a new backbone for all transactions across its 1,010 travel convenience stores and specialty…

Features October 7

Stash & Co. Introduces AI-Powered Cannabis Recommendation Engine

Stash & Co., a Canadian cannabis retailer, has launched AI Budtender — software that can offer shoppers recommendations based on recreational parameters such as desired taste, effect and potency. The…

News October 6

ShopperTrak Forecasts 25% Drop in Brick-and-Mortar Holiday Traffic

In-store traffic during the six biggest weeks of the holiday season will be down 22% to 25% compared to 2019, according to ShopperTrak data from Sensormatic Solutions. The company expects…

News October 6
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Macy’s Invests in Flexible Payment Solution Provider

Macy’s has partnered with global payment and shopping service Klarna to offer its ecommerce customers flexible payment options. The five-year partnership will allow Macy’s online customers to pay in four…

News October 6

Frans Johansson: How Diversity Drives Innovation and Attracts Top Talent

As CEO of The Medici Group, Frans Johansson spends his days consulting with business leaders on the value of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I), and how they support business differentiation and…

News October 6
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