Walgreens Boots Alliance’s heavy focus on digitalization to save up to $600M
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As Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) continues its "digitalization" efforts, the company stands to reduce annual IT cash spend by between $500 million and $600...
Gartner: 5G will drive 100M people to shop in AR by next year
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The rollout of high-speed 5G mobile service is set to drive growth of augmented reality shopping to 100 million consumers by next year, researcher Gartner...
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...
Cashless bans could hinder Amazon Go expansion
San Francisco lawmakers are considering a proposal to ban cashless stores, including Amazon Go, reports CNBC. New Jersey and Philadelphia have enacted similar bans.The drafters...
What Lies Ahead in the Future of Omnichannel?
The importance of omnichannel operations is well established, and that is driving customer expectations higher than ever. In 2020, Gartner estimated that 60% of B2C...
The Best Brands On TikTok In 2020: A Quick Guide
TikTok has become a major player in a brand’s social media success.
We saw a large sway of brands jumping on the TikTok hype in 2019,...
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...
5 forces that stripped apparel sales in the last decade
Editor's Note: This story is part of a package on direct-to-consumer brands. Find the rest of the stories here.
In 2020, bankruptcy courts have been crowded...
20 Popular Pinterest Accounts for Marketing Inspiration
At its September 2023 Investor Day, Pinterest stated more than half of its users view the platform as a place to shop, and buyable items saved to...
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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 ......
