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Back-to-class shopping expected to reach record levels

Mass Relators

WASHINGTON – Consumers are expected to spend record amounts for both back-to-school and back-to-college shopping this year, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Back-to-class shopping is one of the most important consumer shopping occasions of the year.

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BTS spending expected to exceed $41 billion

Mass Relators

WASHINGTON — Consumers are expected to spend record sums this year on back-to-school and back-to-college shopping, according to the annual survey from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Back-to-class shopping is one of the most important consumer shopping occasions of the year.

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How FTD Uses UX Analysis to Weed Out Friction Points in the Shopper Journey

Retail TouchPoints

The Mercury POS component had originally been launched in 2003 , and hadn’t been updated for approximately 10 years, noted Powell. FullStory will tell you that your problem is in navigation or in the shopping cart, but also what are surfacing as revenue opportunities. Discovering the ‘Unknown Unknowns’.

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Terry White’s journey to becoming “Australia’s favourite chemist”

Inside Retail

A big part of that is there are a lot of people now shopping in pharmacy who would not have considered shopping there pre-Covid. NM: I finished uni expecting to be an accountant and next thing you know, I’m working with a German grocery retailer that I’d never heard of. It is a great result for the pharmacies.

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The Benefits & Cons of Selling on Amazon, 10 Factors to Consider

Indigo 9 Digital

More than 200 million people shop on Amazon each month. If there was a mall where most customers shop, think of the biggest mall in any city, wouldn’t a retailer want to be located there? The Children’s Place started selling on Amazon back in 2003. The good news…. Well at least everyone is in the same boat.