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Breaking Barriers: How Brick-and-Mortar Retailers can Deliver Exceptional Customer Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

People have been saying “Retail is dead” for several years now. Comparable store sales increased 9%, and the company’s gross margin increased to 58.8%. No, retail isn’t dead. Bad retail is dead. For example, your sales data can tell you what day of the week and time of day stores see the heaviest foot traffic.

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The Future of Retail in the New Era of Risk

Retail Prophet

The result is slow turns, deep markdowns, write-offs, and heaps of dead stock in warehouses, much of which eventually becomes landfill. The myopic focus on low price has lead to an epidemic of markdowns and dead stock. Sprinkle in some accounting for seasonality and you’ve got inventory management 101.