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Amazon Appoints Insider as CEO of Worldwide Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Prior to joining Amazon, Herrington served as CEO of KeepMedia and VP of Marketing at online grocery retailer Webvan. Felton has worked for nearly 18 years in Amazon’s retail and operations finance leadership. Another company veteran, John Felton, will now lead the company’s operations.

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CIO Q&A: Lessons and Priorities from Aldo Group’s Companywide Digital Transformation

Retail TouchPoints

Most importantly, they are supporting the business as it aims to evolve to a “more unified and data-driven approach to retail.” Agility in a dynamic market: Another key challenge is ensuring agility in our technology strategy. This involves personalized product recommendations, marketing messages and customer service.

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How Indian brands could benefit from Walmart’s ambitious export goals

Inside Retail

Just to recap, Walmart first entered the Indian market in 2007 with the wholesale ‘cash and carry’ business, Bharti Retail. Then, in 2018, Walmart acquired a 77 per cent stake in Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce firm, for US$16 billion. They are very mature in the Indian market with a strong foundation.

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Top 10 Trends Driving Retail Growth

Retail TouchPoints

Just Walk Out” technology, first introduced by Amazon Go in 2018, is now being delivered by a variety of tech companies (Zippin, Trigo, Grabango) at retailers as diverse as Tesco, Aldi, Giant Eagle and more. Consumers find the experience of buying online and picking up at store to be easy, convenient and a time saver.

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The 5 Best Digital Marketing Strategies for Retail Businesses

Retail Next

Decision-makers for retail businesses must think in a digital mindset. These tips will help you incorporate digital marketing strategies into your brick-and-mortar operations and increase your bottom line. Embrace Omnichannel Marketing. A whopping 73 percent of retail consumers use multiple channels to shop.

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What You Need to Know About Flipkart’s Strategy

Indigo 9 Digital

By Tricia McKinnon India has the fourth largest eCommerce market in the Asia Pacific region behind China (#1), Japan (#2) and South Korea (#3). But India’s retail eCommerce sales are growing quickly, up 27% last year to reach $67 billion and by the end of next year India’s retail eCommerce sales are expected to surpass $100 billion.

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Amazon names new head for global stores

Mass Relators

“John has been at Amazon for nearly 18 years, spending 12 years in Retail and Operations finance leadership roles,” Jassy said. It’s worth remembering that Amazon currently only represents about 1% of the worldwide retail market segment share, and 85% of that worldwide market segment share still resides in physical stores.