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Context, Education And Entertainment Drive Experiential Retail Success

As consumers purchase more goods online, traditional retailers are struggling with the integration of digital and brick-and-mortar commerce. But 66% of U.S. consumers…

Exclusive Survey Preview: Impact Of New Retail Roles

More than 66% of retailers recently surveyed have added significant new executive roles in the last three years, and another 9% are…

Are Same-Store Sales Still A Meaningful Metric?

With brick-and-mortar retailers declaring bankruptcy at an alarming pace in 2017, some industry observers have been questioning one of retail’s most commonly…

Payless Catches Bankruptcy Bug: Is Retail Doomed?

It’s become a depressingly familiar headline in 2017: [RETAILER NAME HERE] Declares Bankruptcy, Closes [XX] Stores. The Payless Chapter 11 filing on…

CCSeries Webinars: Making The Shopper Experience Friction-Free

Did you miss the Retail TouchPoints Connected Consumer Series webinars, broadcast March 27-30? (Perhaps you were part of the throng that descended…

‘Patent Trolls’ Exact A High Price For Retail Innovation

Technology’s takeover of the shopping experience has brought many benefits to both retailers and customers — along with one very big drawback….

6 Ways E-Commerce Has Matured In 20 Years

E-Commerce technology such as real-time inventory management, customer reviews and personalized product recommendations have increased their market penetration by more than 50%…

Shoptalk Insights: Global Commerce, VR, Pop-Up Retail

In its second year, Shoptalk did not disappoint. More than 5,500 attendees from 40+ countries swarmed the Aria in Las Vegas, March…

Will 2017 Be The Year Of E-Grocery?

The grocery retail vertical is in the midst of disruption — and we’re not just talking about Amazon Go. New research from…

70% Of Retailers Ready To Adopt IoT Platforms

Nearly 70% of retail decision-makers are ready to make changes needed to adopt the Internet of Things (IoT), and 65% plan to…

Holiday Sales Struggles Again Plague Department Stores

Although the NRF reported that overall holiday retail sales increased 4% in 2016, traditional retailers, predictably, did not share equally in the…

Tapping Community To Connect Digital Strategies

Kelly Stickel launched Remodista to focus on retail disruption. By using Community as a business model, Remodista is working to “build, foster…

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