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From Product Descriptions to SEO: How Retailers are Putting Generative AI to Use

Retail TouchPoints

“My advocacy to my team always has been that a lot of these things — 3D, VR, AR — are really cool, but they might die on the vine, and they’re not typically applicable to retailers right away except in small ways,” said Rohan Deuskar, Founder and CEO of the visual merchandising solution Stylitics in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Jewelry Sales Increased Sharply in July, Survey Finds

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grew for the 11 th consecutive month in July, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse , which measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment. Mastercard SpendingPulse reports on national retail sales across all payment types in select markets around the world. Advertisement. compared to July 2020.

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

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These innovations were the sparks that led to the inception of the visual merchandising and store design industries. And while these megastores were in their seminal stages, nobody quite knew what to do with them and the unending mountain of merchandise sitting under their roofs. The term “customer friendly” did not apply.

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How Michael Ford pulled Greenlit Brands back from the brink

Inside Retail

Our view and the view of our merchants is that 2023 is probably when we will see it stabilise. When I’ve seen advertisements recently for Freedom, they do have a very fashion feel to them. You can see that reflected in our advertising, be it on television or other media. Kate Hopwood understands it, Blaine Callard gets it.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 271 – Amazon Q2 2021 Recap

Retail Geek

3:36] Visually is more impressive and it’s more important it’s a more pleasant environment to stand in. Packaging and visual merchandising that makes them easy to recognize and differentiate so. Um and you know it’s usually a cluttered mess and so this store. It just it doesn’t seem like they’ve. [6:00]

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These Were the Top 10 Retail Stories of 2021

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Effective in the third quarter, Andy Jassy, formerly CEO of Amazon Web Services, stepped up to replace Bezos. Of course, automated distribution and extended delivery services are fine, but what’s actually getting delivered? It even invested in DroneUp, a drone services and data collection service. Advertisement.