Thu.Sep 23, 2021

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Amid Current Hiring Crunch, Diversity has Become Even More Critical to Retail Success

Retail TouchPoints

Diversity and hiring are both huge areas of focus for retailers at the moment, and now the two are converging as jobseekers find themselves with the upper hand in a tight labor market. As employers across the business spectrum try to woo workers with wage hikes and perks, many jobseekers are using more personal metrics, such as their own ethical and sociopolitical alignment, to choose their future employers.

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Value of inner city logistics hubs to soar as e-commerce grows: CBRE

Inside Retail

Sydney alone will need to increase its overall logistics footprint by at least 720,000 sqm over the next four years in order to keep up with the rising relevance of online shopping, according to a new report from property firm CBRE. The business’ Sydney Industry and Logistics Land Supply report forecasted that a lack of industrial space in the inner city, coupled with increasing e-commerce use, will drive a major change to how retailers operate logistically.

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SKUx Helps Retailers Simplify Promotional Offers

Retail TouchPoints

Fintech company SKUx has launched SKUPay, a platform designed to transform coupons, rebates or promotional offers into serialized single-use offers. These offers can be delivered through virtually any channel, and be monitored and managed in near-real time to optimize campaign results and control costs. The offers are powered by the SKUx platform, which makes them fully trackable and redeemable only once, with the goal of eliminating fraud and misredemption.

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Sustainability in retail: trend or necessity?

Tokinomo

Grocery stores and other retail shops focused on hygiene and safety during the Pandemic, which was expected. However, sustainability in retail remains a key priority for customers. How can retailers adapt and offer sustainable alternatives if they have more pressing problems, like the supply chain ?

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Smart Tools & Strong Teams: A People-First Approach to AI in Sales

Speaker: Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy

AI isn’t replacing salespeople—it’s empowering them. The most forward-thinking sales organizations are using AI to enhance human performance rather than eliminate it. From coaching and messaging to prospecting and pipeline accountability, artificial intelligence is giving managers and SDRs the new tools they need to work smarter, sell better, and close more.

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Chewy, Five Below, McDonald’s CEOs to be Honored by NRF Foundation

Retail TouchPoints

NRF Foundation has named the retail leaders to be included on The List of People Shaping Retail’s Future 2022. These executives, who will be acknowledged at the NRF Foundation Honors in New York City in January 2022, are: Joel Anderson, President and CEO, Five Below ; Chris Kempczinski, President and CEO, McDonald’s Corporation ; Neela Montgomery, CVS Health EVP and President, CVS Pharmacy; Sumit Singh, CEO, Chewy ; and Julie Wainwright, Founder and CEO, The RealReal.

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Gamified and global: How Wish aims to compete with Amazon

Inside Retail

San Francisco-based mobile shopping app Wish has kicked off a campaign to dramatically increase the number of merchants on its platform from countries other than China. It has hired people in Australia, Brazil and Europe to make contact with local brands, slashed its commission rate to attract new sign-ups and promised significant exposure through its internal advertising machine.

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Target giving more hours to current associates, reducing seasonal hires for the holidays

Retail Wire

Target said it plans to focus on providing five million more hours to its current employees throughout the holiday season and reduce the number of new hires it brings on. “We have worked to provide our team members with more consistent schedules, which means more consistent paychecks and a more consistent way to manage their life,” said Melissa Kremer, Target’s chief human resources officer. “Additionally, we are offering more hours to team members who want them and conti

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VIDEO: How streetwear unicorn StockX keeps one step ahead of customers

Inside Retail

Resale streetwear and lifestyle platform StockX is one of the hottest retailers at the moment, where customers can purchase exclusive, authenticated products from sneakers to handbags from sellers or its DropX model concept. The Detroit-based platform first launched in 2016 as an online marketplace and now sells into more than 200 countries and territories.

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Tommy Hilfiger upsizes at London Designer Outlet

Retail Focus

Fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger is set to significantly upsize in London Designer Outlet following the success of its pop-up store at the outlet one year after it opened its doors. Throughout the pandemic, London Designer Outlet has welcomed a number of new brands, many of which signed their deals over the past 18 months, including Radley, Lyle & Scott, NICCE and Police.

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Mitigating Dynamic Application Risks with Secure Firewall Application Detectors

Cisco Retail

As part of our strategy to enhance application awareness for SecOps practitioners, our new Secure Firewall Application Detectors portal, [link] , provides the latest and most comprehensive application risk information available in the cybersecurity space. This advance is important because today’s applications are not static. In fact, applications are continuously evolving as new technologies and services emerge.

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AI In The Aisles: The Executives Guide To Better In-Store Experiences

Speaker: Steve Worthy, MBA

The rapid rise of AI-powered displays, touchless technology, and sensory marketing is reshaping the future of in-store engagement. Yet for many retail executives, the real challenge is not identifying new tools - it is knowing which signals to trust, which inputs to prioritize, and how to architect decisions that elevate in-store leadership rather than dilute it.

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Why raising minimum wage is no longer enough to draw in retail workers

Retail Dive

Workers are not responding to these cues as they traditionally have. Why? Most retailers are using an outdated hiring playbook, write Alvarez and Marsal's David Ritter and Conor Gaffney.

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The Cisco DNA Expansion Pack is replacing Cisco DNA Premier in Switching and Wireless

Cisco Retail

What is the Cisco DNA Expansion Pack? The Cisco DNA Expansion Pack is a more flexible way to purchase Cisco ISE, Cisco DNA Spaces, Secure Network Analytics (Stealthwatch), ThousandEyes and other licenses, appliances, and services all in one convenient “point and click” ordering menu. Just as you look forward to the latest expansion pack for your favorite video game to help you level up and get the most out of your investment, the Cisco DNA Expansion Pack will enhance your Cisco DNA solutions exp

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Target announces plans to hire 100K seasonal workers

Retail Dive

The retailer is planning to make fewer hires this holiday but it is offering existing staff an additional 5 million hours and a more flexible schedule.

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Vestiaire Collective raises US$210 million as orders surge

Inside Retail

Pre-loved fashion online platform Vestiaire Collective has raised US$210 million during its latest financing round, bringing its value to US$1.7 billion. Backed by SoftBank Vision Fund 2i and Generation Investment Management, the round is joined by existing shareholders, including Bpifrance, Conde Nast and Eurazeo. Vestiaire Collective said the funds will allow it to further accelerate towards its long-term strategic objectives, which includes global expansion plan and proprietary technology enh

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New Research-Backed Strategies to Empower Managers as Culture & Engagement Leaders

Speaker: Beth Sunshine, SVP, Up Your Culture

When culture isn’t consistently lived out across the organization, engagement suffers—and it often starts with a disconnect at the top. In this session, Beth Sunshine, SVP of Up Your Culture at The Center for Sales Strategy, will reveal how HR and executive leaders can close the gap between vision and execution by equipping frontline and mid-level managers to become culture carriers.

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Companies add software bots to automate office functions

Retail Wire

Walgreens Boots Alliance is among a growing number of companies deploying software bots to manage tasks across a wide variety of business disciplines including finance, human resources and logistics. Up to 40 percent of companies have increased their use of bots and other automation since the beginning of the pandemic, according to International Data Corp.

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Bottles to bears: The Aussie toy company making Walmart more sustainable

Inside Retail

An Australian toy company is shaking up the category with an eco-friendly range of plush toys which will launch at Walmart in the US next month. Resoftables is a range of soft plush toys constructed entirely from household plastic waste and packaged in recycled cardboard. Each 9” Resoftables toy is made from approximately four recycled plastic bottles, and thanks to the innovative production process, it’s soft and cuddly for young children.

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Apple giving retail associates a bonus of up to $1K

Retail Wire

Apple is giving retail employees who joined the company prior to March 31, a one-time bonus of $1,000. Those who joined the company after that date will receive bonuses from $200 to $500, depending on when they were hired.

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Nominations for the 2022 Top 50 People in E-Commerce closing soon

Inside Retail

Inside Retail is accepting nominations for the 2022 Top 50 People in E-Commerce, an annual report recognising the best and brightest in online retail. We’re looking for talented and inspiring leaders who have driven success and innovation in their business as well as had a positive impact on the broader community. If you know someone who fits this description — or if it sounds like you — be sure to nominate them by September 30 so they can be considered for next year’s list. .

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Breaking The Commerce Bottleneck: Your SAP Exit Plan Starts Now

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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AI in the Sky: NVIDIA GPUs Help Researchers Remove Clouds from Satellite Images

Nvidia

Satellite images can be a fantastic civil engineering tool — at least when clouds don’t get in the way. . Now researchers at Osaka University have shown how to use GPU-accelerated deep learning to remove these clouds. . The scientists from the university’s Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering used a “generative adversarial network” or GAN. . “By training the generative network to ‘fool’ the discriminative network into thinking an

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Factory Buys: case study of the importance of online review

Inside Retail

With the rise of online shopping thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, it’s plain to see just how important it is for consumers to trust where they are buying from. The current state of the world has placed less of a reliance on viewing and testing products in store. With this comes an inherent risk to consumers, and many questions, including: How can I trust that I am buying a good product from a reputable source?

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Boosted Commerce hires former Goop exec as CTO

Retail Dive

Juan Paul Ramirez's experience with DTC, marketplaces and marketing tech will help the company acquire and grow digitally native brands.

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In my opinion: FMCG prices are going to keep on rising. It’s time for supply change

Retail Times

By Justin Floyd, CEO of RedCloud.

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Humans + Agents = Rethinking Enterprise Commerce with AI

AI agents already analyze trends, draft content, and trigger actions across leading commerce platforms. Yet most organizations still rely on workflows built for human‑only teams, losing speed, margin, and customer loyalty. Humans + Agents: Rethinking Enterprise Commerce in the Age of AI Collaboration shows how to close that gap. In one concise read you’ll see where agent gains surface first, how early adopters prove ROI, and which lean controls keep innovation moving without risking data or bran

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Walmart simplifies shopping for eco-friendly and healthy products

Retail Dive

The retailer has created an online shopping destination called Built for Better that includes items with independent certifications.

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Top 5 Ecommerce Trends for 2022

Independent Retailer

by Brad Shorr. COVID lockdowns accelerated the shift from brick-and-mortar to online shopping. With rising demand, competition to attract and keep ecommerce customers will heat up in 2022. Since online growth is expected to continue to rise in the coming year, here are five trends that all ecommerce operations should prepare for now: 1. Omnichannel Marketing.

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FedEx diverts packages as labor shortage bites into service levels

Retail Dive

The need for labor will only become more pressing as the carrier braces for peak season.

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Shoppers are looking for lower prices, says data

Talking Retail

Convenience shoppers are already becoming more budget conscious, suggest latest figures from Lumina Intelligence. The analyst’s latest data, which covers the four weeks to 25 July, indicate that the average amount spent per week by convenience store shoppers fell 1% to £23.27. During the same period the number of items per basket remained stable, which.

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5 Tips for a Winning Category Management Strategy in 2025

Category Management is a cornerstone of a successful retail strategy. While it promotes collaboration between manufacturers and retailers to optimize category performance, challenges persist in its effective implementation due to hurdles in communication and collaboration across teams and partners, and more. In this guide, we outline five essential strategies for success in 2025 that will touch on all the essential pieces of a successful strategy and implementation.

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Roku unveils Shopify integration in quest to secure more SMB ad dollars

Retail Dive

The partnership signals another step in the growth of streaming TV ads as well as the convergence between commerce and content.

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My Skyrocketing Career Growth at Cisco!

Cisco Retail

A lot can happen when you’re working hard and having fun, and I can attest to that being true at Cisco. In just four years’ time, my career as a Cisco network engineer has skyrocketed! Not only have I received two promotions, but I was selected twice to speak at Cisco Live, awarded Restricted Stock Units (RSU) two times, selected as a sponsee for the Multiplier Effect Sponsorship program and as a Career Guide, and transitioned from Consulting Engineer to Product Manager.

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Brilliant Earth halves number of shares, lowers price in IPO

Retail Dive

"We're holding on to our shares because we think there's so much tremendous long-term value," CEO Beth Gerstein said in an interview ahead of the opening bell Thursday.

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Sanicat unveils new design on sustainable packaging

Talking Retail

Cat litter brand Sanicat has rolled out a new pack design to give shoppers “clearer and greener choices when shopping for petcare products”. The new design will run across the brand’s core products, including Sanicat Classic, Sanicat Clumping and Sanicat Plant-Based. The packs are made from FSC certified paper, which the brand said has already. This story continues at Sanicat unveils new design on sustainable packaging.

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Cut Costs & Complexity: Smarter Fulfillment for Home, Furniture & DIY Brands

Late deliveries. Split shipments. Spiraling freight costs. For home, furniture, and DIY brands, fulfillment has never been more complex—or more critical. This report outlines how a smarter, AI-ready order management system (OMS) helps you reduce shipping costs, streamline project-based fulfillment, and ensure accurate inventory across every channel.