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Does Procurement Play a Role in Retail Recovery?

Retail TouchPoints

For most types of consumer retail stores, the pandemic scared regulars away, diminished traffic from visitors, altered consumer preferences, snapped formerly reliable supply chains and required dramatic shifts in the way stores serve their clientele. But that’s only part of the story.

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A Retailer’s Guide to Preparing Your Warehouse for Ecommerce Success

Retail TouchPoints

Those businesses clinging to rudimentary paper-based processes and a belief system that “we’ve always been able to make money doing things this way, why do we need to change?” Inertia and not knowing where to start when it comes to implementing ecommerce into their warehouse operations are holding back many merchants.

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5 tips every footwear store owner should know

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Take time with the fitting process. Shoe sizes are an area where merchants have a lot of room to innovate. Taking time with the fitting process shows you are willing to find the best shoe for them. Customers nowadays shop across various channels; therefore, merchants must sell and communicate with customers across all of them.