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Sally Beauty Preps for Post-Pandemic Beauty Boom with New AI-Powered Pricing Solution

Retail TouchPoints

The solution also will help Sally Beauty create more effective promotions through enhanced targeting and develop profitable markdown plans. The beauty retailer will use the AI-powered solution to identify competitive price levels while still maximizing revenue and profit performance.

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Target, Macy’s and Dollar Tree Prep for a Tough Year Despite Holiday Success

Retail TouchPoints

While the 2022 holiday season was an overall success , the specter of a potential recession was clearly looming over the retail industry in the final months of the year. That pressure can be felt in the Q4 2022 results and fiscal 2023 outlooks released by a multitude of retailers this week.

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What’s in-store for 2022? How the store will evolve in the age of digital acceleration

Retail Focus

Similarly, with real-time integration between the digital shelf and the retailer’s online offer, consistency of pricing, product spec and promotion can be consistently managed more dynamically to improve CX and drive conversions. The post What’s in-store for 2022?

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Millennials lead the way on price sensitivity as the UK ‘cost of living crunch’ bites

Retail Focus

The UK’s cost of living squeeze is making Millennials and younger demographics more sensitive to pricing and promotions, the latest research from antuit.ai , the leader in SaaS Artificial Intelligence (AI) demand forecasting solutions, reveals. Original research of over 2,000 UK shoppers by antuit.ai

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How Retailers Can Minimize Returns: Focus on Convenience, Communication and Personalization

Retail TouchPoints

These include not just costly shipping and processing fees but also the extra promotions or liquidations needed to move excess inventory. When it’s out of season, they have to do markdowns, so it starts a vicious cycle. of returns in 2022 were fraudulent, costing the retail industry $84.9 billion annually.

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Jump Start 2022 Holiday Preparations

Independent Retailer

A Helium 10 report also found that the shopping excitement will be high for Halloween 2022, as well as Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Annual forecasts for 2022 from The National Retail Federation and Reuters both predict year-over-year growth for retail and online sales. Top Findings and Predictions. Consumers throughout the U.S.

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AI Company Retalon Wins Retail CIO Radar 2022 Award in Two Categories: Supply Chain and Merchandising Technology

Retalon

Retalon, a Toronto-based retail AI company, has been recognized for advancing retail technology in supply chain and merchandising in 2022. “Retail CIO Radar 2022 helps CIOs and Retail business leaders to stay on top of the latest innovations. Retail Today considered nearly 7,000 nominees for these awards.