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David’s Bridal Shakes up Leadership Team with New COO and CFO

Retail TouchPoints

Viall will retain ownership of merchandising and product development functions and assume responsibility for the supply chain; and Kelly Cook, who joined David’s Bridal in 2019 as EVP, Chief Marketing and IT Officer, has been promoted to President of Brand, Technology and Finance.

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Gartner Hype Cycle for Retail Technologies 2018

Retalon

Retail CIOs can leverage the Hype Cycle to: Advise the business areas on how to cut through market hype in order to best prioritize retail technology investments and. Customer-Centric Merchandising and Marketing. The post Gartner Hype Cycle for Retail Technologies 2018 appeared first on Retalon. In this report: Analysis.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Agility in a dynamic market: Another key challenge is ensuring agility in our technology strategy. The retail market is highly dynamic, with changing customer expectations, emerging technologies and evolving business models. This involves personalized product recommendations, marketing messages and customer service.

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4 Tips for Staying Ahead of Retail Competitors

Retail TouchPoints

As M+A activity continues, convenience retailers are experiencing increased pressure to maintain market share. During 2020, the industry also saw some of its largest mergers in addition to witnessing dozens of smaller chains exit the market because of changing industry conditions. despite less than desirable market conditions.

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Mango Advances in Digital Transformation with Launch of Lisa, Its In-House Conversational AI Platform

365 Retail

The focus is on digitising key elements of the industry’s life cycle, including customer interactions, store operations, inventory management, and product development. The company has trained over a hundred designers and graphic artists, resulting in more than twenty AI-co-created garments currently in the market.

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Why inventory needs to be local

Inside Retail

Retailers are now investing significant resources into logistics, deploying the latest inventory management systems, automating warehouses and hiring hundreds of hardworking staff in an effort to pick, pack and ship online orders as quickly as possible. The rise of e-commerce has had a major impact on retail supply chains.

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Laying the Operational Foundation for Autonomous Stores

Retail TouchPoints

This change is necessary to provide the real-time data that powers the robots and automation tools that are central to retailers’ inventory management. The goal of operational preparation processes is to set retailers up for rollout at scale, and across diverse markets, store sizes and formats.