Wed.Aug 05, 2020

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Using VR To Understand Consumers In A Post-COVID-19 World

Retail TouchPoints

Eye tracking is a common way for retailers to research buying behavior, but until recently eye trackers have been extremely limited in scope. They can only track eye movements on 2D surfaces such as videos and images. This is leaving retailers in the dark when it comes to truly understanding customers. Recently, the support of eye tracking by virtual reality (VR) headsets has made a new dimension accessible for data collection.

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e.fundamentals report highlights tectonic-sized shift in consumer shopping behaviour following Coronavirus Pandemic

Retail Technology Review

e.fundamentals, the digital shelf analytics provider, has revealed the results of a comprehensive and exclusive new survey in partnership with YouGov. Commissioned to uncover how the coronavirus outbreak has changed the way shoppers purchase grocery products, the e.fundamentals / YouGov UK Shopper Insights Report 2020 was designed to find quantifiable evidence to explain widely observed consumer shopping trends in the British grocery market. .

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Retail’s Great Awakening: Snapshots Of Global Retail Response To COVID-19

Retail TouchPoints

There is a real-time global awakening in the retail and restaurant sectors today. Retailers and restaurants are acting with urgency to rapidly transform their businesses, from supply chain updating to training their frontline employees and more. While there have been marked differences from country to country in the response to COVID-19, a common global experience for retailers and restaurants was that they were taxed to the limit of their supply chains’ capacity, then needed to quickly implemen

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The Internet of Robotic Things: How IoT and robotics are evolving to benefit the supply chain

Retail Technology Review

The Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) is a rapidly evolving technology. In just a few decades, industrial robots have become commonplace in factory settings across the world, and they only continue to gain popularity for their productivity and profitability.

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Innovation Fest: Summer of AI

Join Bloomreach at Innovation Fest: Summer 2024, a virtual event, to explore the future of personalized marketing and merchandising! Along with the company’s top product experts, CEO Raj De Datta will provide an exclusive look at the company’s latest AI innovations reshaping the omnichannel experience. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to connect with fellow industry leaders and explore the latest trends in retail technology.

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Home Depot To Open 3 DCs In Georgia

Retail TouchPoints

The three distribution centers (DCs) Home Depot will open over the next 18 months in Georgia are being designed and built to serve the different needs of in-store customers, online shoppers, do-it-yourself (DIY) consumers, professional contractors (Pros) and institutional or business customers. The 657,600-square-foot distribution center. set to open early next year in Locust Grove, GA, will focus on providing fast replenishment for stores in the Southeast.

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12 Critical Retail Industry Performance Metrics (2020)

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Most Important KPIs for the Retail Industry in 2020. Navigating changing consumer tastes and the evolving technology landscape has always made retail a challenging industry. Today, it is more important than ever for retailers to have a tight grip on the state of their business. Only with the right retail industry performance metrics can they answer questions like: Do they have the right product mix?