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3 Hidden Traps for Retailers this Holiday Season

Retail TouchPoints

Building Flexibility in Forecasting for Variable Advertising Costs TV advertising is still the most common form of advertising in the U.S., Advertising was already likely to be up 5.6% this year (excluding political advertising) to $360 billion – and those high prices could spell disaster. The list continues.

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Hy-Vee RMN Deploys Carrot Ads Solution; Instacart Extends Ad Placements to Smart Carts

Retail TouchPoints

This new integration will give Hy-Vee RedMedia access both to Instacarts ad technology and its CPG advertising ecosystem, which delivers advertiser demand from more than 7,000 brands. For Hy-Vee RedMedia advertisers, the Carrot Ads capabilities will be available later in 2025. More details below.)

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Social Commerce Revolution: How Payments Innovation Transformed the Digital Shopping Experience

Retail TouchPoints

Distance and concerns like shipping complexity become an afterthought, and platforms are increasingly setting a high bar for reputable merchants that can fulfill products in a timely manner. She also held business and finance-focused roles at Netflix and LinkedIn, and has additional experience in technology investment banking.

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Transitioning from Franchise Employee to Successful Franchise Owner

Small Biz Trends

Financial Management is Key: Develop a comprehensive budget, understand ongoing royalty fees, and explore financing options to ensure financial stability as a franchise owner. Franchise Marketing : You benefit from national advertising campaigns and franchise marketing strategies that enhance local awareness.

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Macy’s Leaders Answer 6 Big Questions About the Company’s Future at NRF

Retail TouchPoints

Whether that’s the algorithmic side of where to fulfill products from so that we have fewer split shipments, or making sure that we are putting the right depth, size and color basis from a geography between digital and physical so that we don’t take as many markdowns because we put the wrong product in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Amazon aims to speed up delivery to 4K rural communities by end of year

Retail Dive

Early results from the 1,000-plus smaller cities, towns and rural communities already enjoying the faster fulfillment have been “very positive,” Amazon said Tuesday. At the end of last year, Tractor Supply said it was upgrading its fulfillment to include more bulky items. By Daphne Howland • Feb. © 2025 TechTarget, Inc.

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Kohl’s brings back summer sale coinciding with Prime Day

Retail Dive

In January, the retailer said it would shut down 27 underperforming stores and one e-commerce fulfillment center in San Bernardino, California. In its most recent quarter, the department store reported Q1 net sales fell 4.1% with comps down 3.9%. Last November, Kohl’s replaced former CEO Tom Kingsbury with Michaels veteran Ashley Buchanan.