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JULY 21, 2020

To bolster its financial status and let it better compete in a difficult retail climate, Tailored Brands plans to make changes that will lead to a reduction of roughly 20 percent of its corporate positions by the conclusion of fiscal Q2. The company, whose brands include Jos. and Canadian retail locations.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

That influx of users new to digital paths and processes has created pressure in the market for brands to leverage video content. Offering up information with personalized examples really helps drive the point home and creates a much better context for information to the viewer,” Atzmon said.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

But the challenge for retailers now is deciding what to do next, Amazon Pay Chief Marketing Officer Kelly Wenzel told Karen Webster in a recent conversation. Wenzel told Webster that what retailers need to think about is those things that actually aren’t going to change in an environment where it feels like everything is changing.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

As 2020 unfolds, the retail business has been dramatically altered. But with consumer spending holding steady, it’s important for retailers to grasp the opportunity to create innovative ways to get, keep and grow customers. And retailers that deploy experiential tactics drive repeat purchases at rates nearly twice those who don’t.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Retailers are facing a personalization paradox. Fifty-three percent of consumers want retailers to respect their anonymity in 2020; at the same time 61 percent want more personalization in marketing, messaging and promotions. The rub here is that personalization depends on consumers giving personal information.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

With the expanded success of ecommerce in the last twelve months, brands have more opportunities than ever to engage in digital channels with their consumers and stand out from the competition. It seems that businesses and customers truly are at a new inflection point with this technology and opportunities are available for brands.

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MARCH 18, 2020

In normal times consumers look for three things from a retailer: price, product and location. In fact, a pre-crisis PwC report showed that 14 percent of respondents said trust in a brand is the number one reason (other than price) why they shop at a retailer. Fake reviews can be devastating to a brand.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

One of this year’s favorites so far, according to reports in The New York Times, has been fake retail and product apps popping up in the Apple App Store of late. We’re seeing a barrage of fake apps,” said Chris Mason, chief executive of Branding Brand. It’s important that brands monitor how their name is being used.”.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

Today, she noted, things are quite good, as she is the rare internet celebrity who has turned a social brand into a bankable retail venture. Even after a year or two, it was still difficult, because a lot of brands and businesses didn’t understand digital marketing.

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MARCH 25, 2019

To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. The number of Kentucky Fried Chicken locations to adopt kiosks by 2020 is 5,000.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Consumers want information in the digital-first economy – actually, they wanted it yesterday. And if they don’t get that information, they’ll be off to the nearest competitor. Although it’s hardly a new concept, conversational commerce is seeing a pandemic-driven surge as a result of this informational urgency.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

To reach digitally native consumers who are willing to buy bulky items without the traditional brick-and-mortar experience, direct-to-consumer (D2C) furniture retailers are adopting millennial-friendly business models. For starters, these retailers are turning to simple web interfaces that present information in a clear way.

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MAY 5, 2020

Retail reopening events continued to draw light foot traffic on Monday, as Florida joined Texas in allowing non-essential stores to reopen. percent of consumers shop for retail goods online more often than they did on March 6, the first day of our study, and that continues to climb — up 10.5 percent from 35.5

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JULY 28, 2017

Over the last few years, chatbots have taken the retail space by storm, helping to automate several key aspects of customer service. With 100,000 branded chatbots and growing on Facebook Messenger alone, it doesn’t appear that chatbots have any intention of going away any time soon. Are they helping or hindering?

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

Benetton Group , an Italian fashion company, is teaming once more with retail market intelligence firm EDITED as an "essential platform" for its future three-year roadmap, according to a Wednesday (Dec. 16) announcement. “As

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

Small menswear brands, even some that are considered to be medium or large, might face a challenge when it comes to marketing: How do they get in front of consumers? The idea is that brands don’t have to worry about competition or incentives to drive people to purchase their products. The Brand Experience.

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JUNE 5, 2019

It’s not enough to just be a retailer these days, it seems. The retail chain reportedly has been in discussions with Triad Retail Media , the retail advertiser owned by WPP PLC, to acquire it. Brands are expected to spend more on video ads this year, as the medium becomes more and more common on smartphones.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Retail is getting more visual, and that stands to be the case for locally-focused merchants as they compete for attention and consumer dollars with the likes of Amazon and Walmart. Indeed, augmented reality is among the tools that local retailers look ready to adopt for further use. Contextualizing Commerce.

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MARCH 30, 2020

Consumers shopping in droves via eCommerce channels is hardly a piece of breaking news — for the better part of a decade, that has been obvious to anyone watching the retail space. They are, Fiserv Senior Vice President of Retail Solutions John Nicola told Karen Webster in a recent conversation — and in great numbers.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Many retail or consumer goods businesses have had to switch from traditional, in-person shopping experiences to digital buying. In the midst of the pandemic, it is paramount to provide your customers with the most safest and convenient way to shop with your brand. Offering a loyalty program to your customers is necessary.

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MARCH 17, 2020

is shuttering its brick-and-mortar retail locations for two weeks in the United States and Canada, with the inclusion of Nordstrom Rack stores, to restrict the proliferation of the coronavirus, the company said in an announcement. L Brands, Inc. , L Brands Inc. L Brands Inc. Nordstrom Inc. Nordstrom, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Amid great technological change, health and beauty retailers are developing strategies to drive innovation. In some cases, retailers are using social media tools such as Instagram to post promotions and product tutorials — or interact openly with consumers about their offerings. More than six in 10 health and beauty firms — or 61.7

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APRIL 6, 2020

Brands Inc. , the owner of KFC, has reportedly informed landlords in South Africa that it is withholding rent. Are among retailers throughout the globe who are seeking flexibility from landlords over a time they bring in little or no sales, which makes for a challenging situation for real estate companies and financial institutions.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Real estate trends for retailers are back in the news this week, as the pandemic-driven brick-and-mortar market starts to produce new business models and a fair amount of stability. The new business model involves leasing options for the retail sector. retail portfolio valued at $5.9 Example: One of the U.K.’s which owns 32.5

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JANUARY 17, 2020

Amazon’s relationships with big brands on their platform is looking quite a bit less healthy than it once was, while Walmart has seen grocery services lose some ground in terms of consumer appreciation, according to a recently released ranking. Big News of the Week: Another Big Brand Break-Up. Another one bites the dust. online spend.

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MARCH 12, 2020

Today a customer may walk into a retail location in the midst of a pandemic. In fact, experiential retail does not sleep during a pandemic or any other external event. First, retailers need the right mindset,” he said. “In Only then can retailers use technology properly, to yield time well spent.”. How to do that?

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JANUARY 21, 2020

And nowhere is that aphorism better illustrated over the last decade than with the statistic that more than 90 percent of all retail sales took place at brick and mortar stores. It gave retailers the illusion that digital was the retail cart driven by the physical store horse. The answer, she noted, is complex.

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MARCH 17, 2020

eCommerce’s rise has only made designing retail showrooms more complex, however. Digital brands lack brick-and-mortar stores’ advantages — customers cannot feel fabric textures or see electronics’ resolution qualities. Merchants need to bridge this gap as digital connectivity pushes the retail world’s boundaries.

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APRIL 29, 2020

New developments are focusing on supply chain, government activity and infrastructure to improve the customer experience as post-pandemic retail finds its legs. Retailers that sign up for the new program will receive discounts of up to 40 percent on FedEx Ground and 50 percent on FedEx Express services.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

It’s going to be a very vocal year when it comes to retail. Via the new pair-up, the voice AI user can make simple voice queries to ask for the name of a dish, type of cuisine, ingredients needed for a recipe, nutrition information and more. And in retailer news, there is an increasing push to integrate Alexa into the purchase path.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The company’s last earnings statement had the usual information. Instead, Canada Goose went for experiential retail, a strategy that has become more important as consumers want to do things when they buy things. Experiential Retail Expands. And retailers are hearing the same mandate. Then there’s Spavia.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Dutch retailer Ahold Delhaize — owner of grocery behemoths Giant and Stop & Shop — has acquired a majority stake in supermarket delivery startup FreshDirect amid an online shopping surge propelled by COVID-19. “We He added that the deal is “an important milestone in the continued growth of FreshDirect.”.

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JUNE 14, 2019

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology is carrying more weight in retail these days, helping merchants to innovate and win over consumers, and even serving to tie together web, mobile and in-store experiences as part of the focus on omnichannel commerce. That’s where RFID technology can also help with retail. Treasure Hunt.

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MARCH 11, 2020

With personal interactions under scrutiny due to the COVID-19 disruption, it’s a good time for retailers to take stock of their mobile and online commerce capabilities and technologies. The company announced this week that it has signed high-end fashion retailer Anine Bing. The first is Perfect.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

The logistics company said that ShopRunner’s functions complement and grow its eCommerce portfolio and are anticipated to “create increased value for brands, merchants and consumers,” according to an announcement. FedEx Corp. said on Monday (Dec. 28) that it has finished its purchase of ShopRunner , which had been announced in the past.

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MARCH 4, 2020

That’s one of the conclusions drawn from a new report on customer loyalty from Merkle, and it holds some clues for retailers looking to improve the recency and frequency of customer visits and purchases. “To Consumers are wary of excessive data collection and prefer that brands use information specific to the program.

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APRIL 13, 2020

At some point after the COVID-19 crisis passes, retailers will need to reckon with artificial intelligence (AI). But if data is the new oil for retail competition, AI is the jet fuel. And if the retail comeback from COVID-19 contains order and purchase spikes, ignoring AI could come at a price. to increase sales.

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