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How Aussie footwear brand Alias Mae stays on trend in a fast-moving market

Inside Retail

Tom Kirkhope founded the Australian fashion footwear brand Alias Mae in 2011. Drawing on his family background in footwear, and his own experience in the industry, having started working in Chinese footwear manufacturing in 2011, he launched Alias Mae as a wholesale business. Our major wholesale accounts are managed in-house.

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How Verizon Personalizes CX, from Engagement to Post Purchase

Retail TouchPoints

We began offering the option for customers to go online to make an appointment for a store visit in 2010, debuted the MyVerizon app in 2011 and began offering BOPIS (buy online, pick up in-store) in 2016. It’s used not just to support shopping but also to provide a unified mobile and home experience.

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The challenges and opportunities facing retailers in the metaverse

365 Retail

But for retailers to be successful within it, they must create virtual experiences that go beyond gimmicks, and truly add value to people’s lives. Perhaps the most thrilling aspect of the metaverse for retailers is the potential for transformative customer experiences. Unlimited possibilities. Building the foundations.

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Still Teammates: from Softball to Cisco

Cisco Retail

That’s right, we’re now on team Cisco working in Sales, Marketing and Customer Experience ! While I was in college, my father worked for Cisco as a Regional Sales Manager and never passed up an opportunity to introduce me to his co-workers (especially the successful female Account Managers on his team).

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NRF 2021: High-Level Insights from Lowe’s, Chewy, Alibaba and Wayfair

Retail TouchPoints

Customer Experience: Chewy “innovated extensively” in order to adapt to consumer demand and broader market conditions. “We However, this was only one of several investments Moschino made to move closer to customers online: the brand also experimented with digital showrooms and augmented reality (AR).

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Starbucks’ Digital Strategy, Why it Outperforms

Indigo 9 Digital

Starbucks foresaw the transition to mobile ordering long before others in the industry and is reaping the benefits with its digital sales accounting for about a quarter of all sales. Then it began offering in app mobile payments in 2011. Starbucks is a company that has long known that the future of retail is tied to technology.

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Nordstrom Leaves Canada, 9 Reasons Why

Indigo 9 Digital

Luxury consignment shop TheRealReal which is mostly online launched in 2011 and brought in $1.2 Why should a brand sell wholesale when it can sell directly to its customers? This has resulted in many luxury brands lessening their reliance on wholesale accounts like Nordstrom. Last year Farfetch brought in $4.1

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