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Ron Johnson’s Enjoy Technology Files for Bankruptcy, Set to be Sold

Retail TouchPoints

Back in 2016, Ron Johnson was asked in a fireside chat at Shoptalk about the biggest mistake he had ever made. Six years later, Johnson might answer that question differently — his “commerce-at-home” startup Enjoy Technology filed for bankruptcy on June 29, 2022, after a series of setbacks including staffing shortages and dwindling liquidity.

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Utilizing the External Data Boom for Digital Shelf Optimization

Retail TouchPoints

Publications about marketing often invoke the comparison of a digital shelf with a physical one. It can constantly and immediately change the way it is arranged to beat other shelves at capturing the customer’s attention. However, this isn’t enough even if the company is operating in a local market only.

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Key Disaster Preparedness Takeaways for Retailers from an Eventful Summer

Retail TouchPoints

Recently, Hurricane Idalia caused 350,000 outages in Florida and Georgia, while Hurricane Ophelia brought damage that left at least 140,000 people without power across Virginia and parts of North Carolina. Ed Spears is a technical marketing manager in Eaton ’s Critical Power and Digital Infrastructure Division in Raleigh, N.C.

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Crypto Payments Adoption in FinTech: How Do Retailers Fit in?

Retail TouchPoints

Although there’s no such solution available right now in the market, the industry is working furiously to make it a reality in the near future. Do you ever think about the customer instincts at checkout? Expect the need for a crypto manager. The same applies to the futuristic role of a Crypto Manager.

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How NTI and Cisco Networking Academy are preparing Egypt for the IT jobs of the future

Cisco Retail

But a challenge accompanies that, as there is an excess supply of young labor-market entrants with high education levels. For its efforts in workforce development and improvement in Egypt, Cisco Networking Academy partner, the National Telecommunication Institute (NTI), is a deserving winner of a Be the Bridge award.

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Strategies for Retailers to Weather the Storm this Hurricane Season

Retail TouchPoints

According to the Uptime Institute’s 2022 Outage Analysis, more than 60% of outages reported in the time covered resulted in at least $100,000 in total losses, up from 39% in 2019. Remote monitoring services for power management devices can empower retailers to better understand equipment health and replace components before they fail.

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“Primed for disruption”: Cargo Crew founder talks acquisition, growth plans

Inside Retail

As part of the arrangement, Glow obtained 51 per cent ownership of Cargo Crew, with the brand retaining full management control. Its new partnership with Glow Capital Partners is set to further accelerate its growth into new markets. The partnership with Glow Capital is the next natural step for our business,” Rodgers said. “We

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