physical retail

Shortages, Inflation Spur New Mix of Paper and Digital Couponing
Shortages, Inflation Spur New Mix of Paper and Digital Couponing
April 05, 2022  |  Retail

If you ever watched an episode of the reality TV show “Extreme Couponing,” you know that coupon clipping is serious business for price-conscious consumers and...

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Amazon to Shutter Physical Bookstores, Focus on Grocery Opportunities
Amazon to Shutter Physical Bookstores, Focus on Grocery Opportunities
March 02, 2022  |  Amazon

Amazon will be closing its physical bookstores, including “Amazon 4-Star” locations and mall pop-up locations, narrowing its brick-and-mortar locations to focus on groceries, Bloomberg wrote...

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AMZN vs WMT Weekly: Retailers Should Study Target’s Superior Curbside Innovation
AMZN vs WMT Weekly: Retailers Should Study Target’s Superior Curbside Innovation
February 25, 2022  |  Retail

When it comes to retail industry news, Amazon and Walmart are typically tagged as titans, giants or leaders in the space.  But this week, that...

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Wayfair Expects eCommerce Slowdown as Consumers Return to Stores
Wayfair Expects eCommerce Slowdown as Consumers Return to Stores
February 24, 2022  |  eCommerce

Major online furniture retailer Wayfair is grappling with the simultaneous challenges of inflation and the end of COVID-related lockdowns, both of which are leading customers...

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Today in Retail: Murky Future for eCommerce POS Companies; Ralph Lauren’s Retail Reinvention
Today in Retail: Murky Future for eCommerce POS Companies; Ralph Lauren’s Retail Reinvention
February 03, 2022  |  Retail

Today in retail, Estee Lauder’s online growth is helping the company sustain itself as brick-and-mortar stores reopen, while point-of-sale (POS) and eCommerce software platform Lightspeed...

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Platforms Bring New Brands, Better Retail Economics to Main Street
Platforms Bring New Brands, Better Retail Economics to Main Street
February 03, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Walk down America’s premier shopping boulevards and you’ll likely notice a lot of empty storefronts. The pandemic shut down a lot of those, but opening...

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Retailers Use Digital Blueprints to Reinvent the Physical Store Experience
Retailers Use Digital Blueprints to Reinvent the Physical Store Experience
January 31, 2022  |  Retail

Not long ago — call it two years — eCommerce and digital were being used primarily to inform consumers’ in-store journeys, but that has flipped....

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Amazon Opening Fashion Store with Digital Fitting Rooms
Amazon Opening Fashion Store with Digital Fitting Rooms
January 20, 2022  |  Amazon Commerce

Amazon is launching a physical store for fashion that enables people to shop digitally, try selections on in real life (IRL), and get suggestions based...

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Visa Sees the Cloud as Cornerstone of Retail’s Digital Transformation
Visa Sees the Cloud as Cornerstone of Retail’s Digital Transformation
January 20, 2022  |  Retail

Commerce is everywhere. Consumers navigate brick-and mortar stores with confidence, wielding phones and wearables and even paying right in the aisles when we find what...

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