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Before the pandemic, the fitting for the bride and bridesmaids was a happy social event at a bridal shop, maybe over a shared bottle of prosecco. The David’s Bridal application was built by Vertebrae , a tech company that specializes in bringing real-world applications to retailing. Nothing counters disruption like another disruption.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Amazon Go stores in Seattle are reportedly being equipped with Amazon One palm-reading scanners, while automotive brands are taking control of digital purchasing platforms. Plus, fashion-based small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are getting a new marketplace option. Amazon Expands Palm Biometrics In Seattle .

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Corporate buyers can pay more rapidly online with credit cards, benefitting sellers, and enjoy easy access to detailed, searchable information to guide their purchasing decisions. Some online sellers eschew online marketplaces in favor of more tailored digital sales experiences, turning to eCommerce system providers for help.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

However, online sales bounced up 21.6 Events like a Cyber Monday or a Black Friday to get the consumer by bringing some excitement — as a merchant, you are always looking for that,” he said. But most of the changes that have come to retail as of the holiday 2020 shopping season aren’t temporary — and aren’t going to go backward.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

online shopping day ever. In retail investments, small business digital platform GoSite landed funding in a Series B round. And in omnicommerce, consumers keep ordering groceries online in far bigger numbers than they ever did prior to the pandemic as they spend more time at home. . online shopping day ever.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Businesses hold many events, covering everything from trade shows and board meetings to client dinners and fundraisers. This demand is evidenced by the $5 billion the United States’ B2B and B2C events and party planning space generated in 2019. Its offerings thus need to be accessible for event planners nationwide.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Cox Automotive has released its Complete Retail online experience, and Pinterest is introducing an augmented reality (AR) try-on tool to help users with testing and comparing eye shadow. Cox Automotive Launches End-To-End Car Retail Experience. which is based in Georgia.

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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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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Retailers are trying to make themselves as ready as possible, given the highly unpredictable nature of the COVID-19 era’s commerce environment. “I holiday shopping has seemingly started earlier and earlier each year, Thanksgiving weekend has traditionally remained its gravitational center, serving as the season’s massive kick-off event.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

Chuck Huang, founder and CEO of Citcon , explores how the pandemic has prompted retailers to capitalize on the surge in demand for contactless, digital payments. "As Progressive retailers have paved the way for this with email collection at registers, enabling them to connect their customers’ behavior in-store with them online.

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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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JUNE 19, 2020

China’s biggest online shopping event since COVID-19 put fear into the Asian economy netted $136.5 the global technology company specializing in retail, and JD.com Inc., the global technology company specializing in retail, and JD.com Inc., The 18-day event delivered $136.5 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.,

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Incumbent retail banks who have not yet developed a progressive digital strategy face significant cost pressures in the coming years, according to industry panellists in an online event today. “Look at Facebook, Google, Amazon and so on who have been constantly updating.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A rebound in retail sales in the United States has resulted in a quicker than expected resurgence in shipping demand, with Maersk now expecting EBITDA to weigh in between $8 billion and $8.5 Shipping giant Maersk is predicting a better 2021 in a move that bodes well for the battered but now recovering global economy.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

13 and 14, consumer perception of the event as a holiday shopping kickoff remains to be seen. New research from Retail Me Not suggests it could be the official gateway to fourth quarter sales. In a survey of 3,000 shoppers, the online fashion retailer says Prime Day is expected to be the No.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

While the retail industry waits for Amazon to officially announce Prime Day, some other events are starting to take their places on the calendar. 16) that its branded Way Day 2020 event will kick off next Friday, Sept. On the more general side of the retail ledger, a proposed “Mirror Day” on Oct. 10 is gaining traction.

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APRIL 27, 2020

The pressure on cash-strapped retailers is intense and potentially consequential. At stake are the early returns on some issues that will determine the nature of consumer behavior and spending patterns, which are the lifeblood of retail for any season. Larger retailers may need to look at reformatting as a reinvention strategy.

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JULY 30, 2020

Data: 50K: Minimum number of users who attended the Shopify Reunite virtual event. 30%: Share of Gen Z consumers opting for online-only bank accounts. 182M: Number of global buyers on eBay’s platform. 41.4%: Portion of credit union execs who believe challenger banks will be a significant competitive threat in the near future.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Fall is here, a fact made obvious if not by the weather than by the rapid proliferation of pumpkin spice-flavored products, the legion of cottage core enthusiasts knitting scarves and mounting excitement among the Apple fanboys and girls for the big annual product release event scheduled kick of virtually on Tuesday (Sept.

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JUNE 29, 2020

Those apps do more than act as the top of the funnel for the company’s retail division – they also generate data about user experience and product and service preference. It has changed so many dynamics so quickly that retailers who think they will just saunter into a “ new normal ” are mistaken.

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JULY 22, 2020

The retail industry is facing its first sales event of the pandemic with the coming of back-to-school sales. The projections were led by the National Retail Federation (NRF) this week, as it foresees record sales for back to school. Second, are retailers removing friction from the buying process? billion, up from $26.2

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

InTime is one of the biggest retail chains in China, with department stores as well as eCommerce sites. In the current climate, about 20 percent of sales are online. . The streams were facilitated by thousands of retail sales employees who signed on as hosts. The annual invitation-only conference on Nov. billion in 2019.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Start creating more customer data to feed the algorithm and then you too can join the artificial intelligence (AI) retail revolution. Retailers can engage with an “AI lite” strategy that produces lookalike customer data and a level of predictive analytics. But the present and future of AI in retail is much richer. Not so fast.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Obviously, consumers are looking to buy everyday goods online as opposed to going inside a store, [and] we effectively have seen two to three years of eCommerce growth in a matter of three or four months. That’s a massive shift.”. The first phase of responding to COVID-19 was largely an all-hands-on-deck drive toward digitization, Abele said.

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APRIL 27, 2020

Dozens of retailers, from Dick’s Sporting Goods to Walmart , have added contactless shopping services, and it’s caught on. The number of orders placed online and picked up at stores surged 208 percent between April 1 and April 20 compared to a year ago, according to Adobe Analytics, CNBC reported. Last week, Texas Gov.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

Online marketplaces are connecting retailers, consumers and nonprofits amid the pandemic. In marketing, Amazon and Walmart are busy getting ready for what could be the largest shopping week of the year, with Prime Day and other events approaching. consumers stating that security is important when shopping online.

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MARCH 29, 2020

Call it the retail gap that eCommerce can only partly fill. But eCommerce can only go part way, not the whole distance, in offsetting a devastating hit to retail as we have known it. have temporarily shut their doors, and more than 90 “non-essential” nationwide retailers have temporarily gone dark. But only 25.4

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

It only seems fitting that a global pandemic would catalyze a global shift toward online shopping. Alibaba Chief Marketing Officer Chris Tung said the key to successful events like Singles’ Day, which cranked out $74 billion in sales this year, is to make shopping fun. Asia and China.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

The retailer will start the promotions through the web on November 4 and new promotions will follow in retail locations on Nov. Then, another event will start on the web on Nov. 11 and a sales event in retail locations will occur on Nov. 25 and have new promotions in retail locations on Nov.

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JULY 2, 2020

No exact date has been given, but Business Insider reported that Amazon told one retailer to expect the event to be held around Oct. A definitive date will be announced as we get closer to the event.” The Seattle-based online behemoth already twice rescheduled the event from a previously planned July date.

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MARCH 12, 2020

But right now, most firms that enable commerce are struggling to enable it across the IoT, narrow channels, defined as either online or offline. Turns out that throwing a bunch of sensors at the retail experience is not nearly enough.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

For retailers, the fourth quarter of 2020 is likely to see a media blitz that will make other years pale in comparison. Unspent budget from big box retailers will be let loose as early as Oct. There are many critical aspects to SMB retail media strategy but two stand out this year: when to advertise and where to advertise.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) has some advice for holiday shoppers who prefer brick-and-mortar stores to online shopping: avoid crowds. The CDC suggested shopping online rather than in person on Black Friday or the days that follow. On Monday (Sept. Amazon confirmed it will have its Prime Day deals on Oct.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In today’s top retail news, Spiceology aims to shake up the D2C realm, and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face decisions of how — or whether — to compete with Amazon’s October Prime Day event. 13 and 14 in this year of unpredictable and unprecedented retail happenings. Spiceology Shakes Up The D2C Status Quo.

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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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APRIL 13, 2020

In what appears to be an unprecedented move, an industry trade association is stepping in to help restart a retail community hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be a series of virtual market weeks to help businesses connect with customers at a time when in-person events are impossible to hold. 17 to 23 and Sept.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

It could be argued that for the retail industry to pull off a 3 percent uptick for holiday sales this year was an astonishing feat. Three percent is a healthy number, as Sadove said, but it is more of a testament to the retail industry’s marketing than it is an indication of consumer spending health. percent unemployment rate.

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