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How Retail Tech Solutions Address Stadium Concessions Gripes

Retail TouchPoints

The retail technology revolution has brought forth many new innovations such as palm scanning and AI chatbots over the last few years, all of which have sought to meet the same goal: improving the customer experience. Last year, it implemented several self-checkout stations for its market concessions.

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Can Nearshoring Prevent the Next Supply Chain Crisis?

Retail TouchPoints

That increases the need for [domestic] storage locations, including warehouses and retail stores that are close to where your markets are. Goldsby: Well, the best return is the one that doesn’t happen, but you can’t stiff-arm customers — providing a bad customer experience is not a good idea.

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Dollar General Hit with $1M More in OSHA Fines, Bringing Total Since 2017 to $15M

Retail TouchPoints

The location also had boxes and merchandise stored in an unsafe manner, exposing workers to struck-by hazards. OSHA’s investigation in Columbus, Ga. found Dollar General’s Victory Drive location also exposed workers to fire and entrapment hazards by locking an emergency exit door.

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NRF: Retail Sales Rose 17.7% YoY in March as Recovery Accelerated

Retail TouchPoints

Results in other categories included: Sporting goods stores: Up 23.5% YoY; Furniture and home furnishings stores: Up 5.9% YoY; Building materials and garden supply stores: Up 12.1% YoY; Online and other non-store sales: Up 6% month-over-month, up 30.7% YoY; Electronics and appliance stores: Up 10.5%

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Latest CAMP Location Showcases the Art of Child’s Play

Retail TouchPoints

In today’s tech-driven world, retail leaders are focused on using online media and marketing to drive customer engagement. To stand out and scale in an increasingly competitive environment, marketing and CX leaders believe that having a comprehensive digital strategy is key. This floor is meant to be completely open, free play.

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Meet the rising star of the week, Jade Cameron, LSKD

Inside Retail

This is where I started to develop my passion for being customer-focused. But also something not many people know is from this job, I had a sneaky passion and love for merchandising stores! I try to bring this to life as much as I can to have the biggest impact on our customer experience. She is customer-obsessed.

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Saving Shoppers from the Sea of Sameness

Retail TouchPoints

As you walk through the mattress store, all you see is what seems like miles of white bedding and seemingly identical products. You feel your head begin to pound as you try to assimilate the barrage of messaging throughout the store. Unfortunately, similar customer experiences are everywhere.