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Five Reasons Catalogs are Making a Comeback With DTC Brands
Trevor Testwuide is the CEO and co-founder of Measured. Views are the author's own.
The Sears Roebuck catalog was direct to consumer before DTC was an...
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Can Amazon ever compete on quality?
Top-drawer, lovely, unique, stunning — even genuine — don't seem like the adjectives that push shoppers to Amazon to buy something. "Inexpensive" and "fast" almost certainly are, though,...
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Google Mobile First Index – Zero Desktop Content March 2021
Google’s John Mueller provided new information about the new Mobile First Index. The big news is that desktop only sites will be completely dropped...
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Evaluating the viability of AI in the workplace
It's becoming increasingly important for organizational leaders to consider the potential impact of artificial intelligence on company culture. Recent research estimates that one in...
Walmart launches voice-activated grocery shopping
Walmart has partnered with Google to allow customers to voice order groceries from their Google Assistant enabled devices including Google Home, iPhones and Android...
Amazon to invest $40M in new robotics hub
Amazon on Wednesday announced plans to invest $40 million in a new 350,000-square-foot robotics innovation hub in Westborough, Massachusetts, slated to open in 2021.The new facility,...
Instagram Reels to have a shopping feature soon
Instagram Reels will soon be adding a shopping feature in India. The new feature was announced in October as something the company had in the...
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Caleres to close 133 Naturalizer stores in shift to digital
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Shoe seller Caleres plans to close 133 stores under its Naturalizer women's footwear brand by the end of fiscal 2020 and pivot to a digital...
Urban Outfitters announces disappointing holiday sales, group CEO departure
Urban Outfitters, Inc. reported total company net sales for the two months ended December 31, 2020, decreased 8.4 percent over the same period last...
Senreve appoints chief operating officer and new board members
Luxury handbag brand Senreve has named Jenny Oh as its new chief operating officer, effective November 11, alongside the appointment of two new board...
Walmart rolls out new baby registry experience
Walmart on Thursday announced plans to upgrade its baby registry process, which will feature a chatbot to create a more personalized experience for users...
5 retailers winning despite the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic disrupted virtually every segment of the retail industry and created an incomparable sense of uncertainty.
Between dealing with both supply and demand...
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What’s hot in retail technology investments right now?
1. M&S
Hermes UK has announced that Marks & Spencer is its first retail partner to use its new video technology – Hermes Play.
This allows...
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Will Self-Checkout Ever Win Over Its Critics?
Self-checkout stations show little signs of slowing their expansion across retail, yet critics only appear to be getting louder.
In a recent article in The Atlantic,...
American Express expands small business perks as it reportedly falls under federal investigation
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Days before The Wall Street Journal reported federal investigators were looking into American Express' sales to business owners, the company introduced more incentives...
Digital Shift Leads Mastercard To Take Contactless Payments To The Cloud
If the sky’s the limit for contactless payments, which the pandemic has certainly shown, and if the technology is deployed across mobile devices ......
