Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2022

The past two years have shown us that assuming things will change is a safe bet. But as consumers, businesses and markets settle into something like a new routine, what changes will commerce experience in the year ahead? We expect to see some pandemic-era commerce developments continue with some new twists, and we’re watching some emerging commerce trends that may go strong beyond 2022 — all with the goal of creating richer, more engaging customer experiences and stronger bonds between customers

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2022

Australian households spent $62.3 billion buying physical goods online last year, according to data published by Australia Post today. The Inside Australian Shopping Report says online purchases have almost doubled pre-pandemic levels recording a 12.3 per cent increase compared to the previous period. Four in five Australian households shopped online last year across a broad range of retailers and categories.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2022

JCPenney is celebrating its 120 th anniversary with a fresh campaign centered on retail’s return: “Shopping is Back!” The department store retailer has updated its branding in stores and online in addition to offering an anniversary discount of 30% storewide and, for reward members, an additional $10 in bonus rewards for every $50 spent through April 12.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2022

Hair and beauty retailer AMR Hair & Beauty has launched a new shop in Belconnen, Canberra, which it claims is the largest beauty store in town. . First launched in Sydney in 2004 on a B2B platform, the company expanded into B2C and introduced its online store as well as its first Melbourne shop last year. . According to AMR Hair & Beauty, the brand aims to bring quality and affordable hair and beauty products to consumers and trade customers in the ACT as the demand is growing.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2022

Nutritional supplements retailer The Vitamin Shoppe is broadening its online product assortment through a new partnership with dropship and marketplace platform Logicbroker. The Vitamin Shoppe customers will now be able to shop a range of new product categories such as exercise equipment and accessories on VitaminShoppe.com that will be supplied by a network of dropship partners via the Logicbroker platform.

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Intelligence Node

APRIL 4, 2022

Content Summary : What is a value-based pricing strategy? Two Common myths about consumer value-based pricing strategy Myth: Brand value should dictate pricing when using a value-based pricing strategy Myth: The post Setting the Record Straight about Value-based Pricing Strategy appeared first on Blog.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2022

Reading the recent Top 50 People in E-Commerce report from Inside Retail , a few things really impressed me. It was fantastic to read about how innovative Australian e-commerce retailers are, and how resilient they have been over a very challenging 12 months. Beyond that, I was also impressed by the range of organisations for which the Top 50 worked.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2022

Nordstrom has promoted Ken Worzel to Chief Customer Officer and Jamie Nordstrom to the post of Chief Stores Officer, while Scott Meden, Chief Marketing Officer, and Geevy Thomas, President, prepare to retire. Aligning with Nordstrom’s Closer to You concept of cultivating a convenient and interconnected experience across both stores and digital platforms, the new appointments centralize customer strategy under Worzel, while store operations for Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack are consolidated under

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Cisco Retail

APRIL 4, 2022

Co-Author Anuj Dharap, Software Engineer. Wi-Fi 6 Release 1 brought a host of technologies (DL/UL OFDMA, DL HE MU-MIMO, 1024-QAM, HE TX Beamforming, and Target Wake Time) which enabled greater throughputs, lower latency, and greater reliability and spectral efficiency in the existing 2.4/5 GHz networks. With Wi-Fi 6E , Wi-Fi entered a new era – expanding the use of Wi-Fi 6 into the clean 6 GHz band – opening 1200 MHz of spectrum unbridled by legacy devices and constraints.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2022

Catch MD, Pete Sauerborn, is to step down as the company is set to move from under Wesfarmers’ Kmart Group to join the data and digital division, Wesfarmers OneDigital, this July. Sauerborn will leave the business on June 30 after two years leading the company. Meanwhile, the company will be looking for a new MD, who will report to Nicole Sheffield, head of Wesfarmers OneDigital.

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Cisco Retail

APRIL 4, 2022

The challenge. In cyber security, we all know what alert fatigue is, and we know there is no silver bullet to get out of it. In our previous incarnation, our product was guilty as well. Who wants to go through 20,000 alerts one by one? And this was just from one product. Building a detection engine. This article is part of a series in which we will explore several features, principles, and the background behind what we consider to be the building blocks of a security detection engine within an e

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2022

Leading makeup brand MAC Cosmetics recently announced another collaboration with the Keith Haring Foundation in support of National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on 10 April. The partnership will feature three digital art non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of varying price, rarity, and utility, catapulting the cosmetics brand into the metaverse with purpose.

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Retail Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

Employees at Amazon.com’s largest warehouse in Staten Island, NY, voted in favor of joining the Amazon Labor Union. The warehouse becomes the first of over a thousand such facilities in the U.S. to be represented by a union. A second warehouse in Staten Island is getting ready to vote on union representation. Amazon said it was disappointed with the results and is determining whether it will file objections against the National Labor Relations Board, which conducted the vote.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2022

Alcohol retailer Dan Murphy’s is looking to improve its wine offering with the launch of a new subscription service called Dan Picked. Launched last month, the curated service delivers a half dozen wines from various styles, such as ‘Big Bold Reds’, or ‘Offbeat Mixtape’, every two months, and offers customers a convenient way to find new styles and trends in the wine space.

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Retail Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

Starbucks announced a $20 billion stock buyback plan three weeks ago. That plan has been put on hold by interim CEO Howard Schultz who said that doing so would “allow us to invest more into our people and our stores — the only way to create long-term value for all stakeholders.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2022

Less than five years ago, many consumers wouldn’t have heard of buy now pay later (BNPL). In fact, if you had told most people that it was a way of buying items without immediate funds and the staggering credit card debt, many may not have believed that such a thing existed. . But in this current climate, 16 million Australians aged 14 and over (75.5 per cent) are now aware of BNPL services, overtaking traditional online payment platforms like Paypal, Visa and Western Union, according to Roy Mor

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Retail Dive

APRIL 4, 2022

The Chinese fast-fashion retailer leverages social media to entice younger shoppers with super-low prices and speedy turnover of styles.

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Fast Fashion Fashion 119

Retail Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

Tiger Woods was seen wearing a pair of FootJoy Premier Series-Packard golf shoes instead of Nike, the brand that he has worn since turning professional in 1996. Neither Nike or Acushnet, which owns FootJoy, provided a comment on the development.

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ATS 100

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Retail Dive

APRIL 4, 2022

The rapidly expanding company is cutting hundreds of positions as it faces sector-wide challenges and realigns as a global business.

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Retail Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

The Research and Development Tax Credit is the largest incentive available to the agricultural industry to increase production. Russia’s unprovoked war on Ukraine threatens to destabilize global food supplies and an expansion of the credit could help farmers optimize their processes and operations to help fill the breach.

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Retail Dive

APRIL 4, 2022

Amazon Prime customers can get notice of a deal up to 24 hours in advance, as the tech becomes "more proactive on your behalf.

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Retail Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

Workers at Starbucks’ flagship Reserve Roastery store in Manhattan have voted to be represented by Starbucks Workers United. The store is the tenth to vote for the union. The vote among the staff was 46 to 36 in favor of the union.

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Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

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Retail Dive

APRIL 4, 2022

The specialty pet retailer introduced new store formats, inked partnerships with major retailers and leaned hard into health and wellness services. But it hasn't always been a smooth ride.

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Retail Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

Macellum Advisors has sent a letter to Kohl’s board of directors urging the retailer to be more transparent about its sale process and the bids it has received from outside parties. Kohl’s has receive preliminary interest from more than 20 parties but has not set a date to accept final bids.

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Retail Dive

APRIL 4, 2022

Plans for Walmart Connect include tests of on-site units like video, as the company aims to become a top-10 advertising platform.

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Cisco Retail

APRIL 4, 2022

Digital transformation is fueling what is often called the fourth industrial revolution. To compete effectively, manufacturers must switch from static to dynamic operations by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, robotics, cloud computing, supply chain technology, and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). To do so, manufacturers need workers capable of using these technologies—but there is a critical shortage of these skillsets.

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Retail Dive

APRIL 4, 2022

In addition to the program, which features perks like exclusive access to products and events, the home organization retailer debuted a new mobile app.

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A1 Retail

APRIL 4, 2022

NEXT store also now incorporates Mamas & Papas concession. Adjoining Victoria’s Secret unit also welcomes first shoppers . Atria Watford, a UK retail and leisure destination owned by property company SGS, is pleased to announce that its new NEXT store, incorporating a Mamas & Papas concession, has opened its doors. The store is spread over three floors and combines the brand’s home, beauty and fashion offerings under one roof in a UK first.

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Fashion ATS Management 98

Retail Dive

APRIL 4, 2022

As buzz accelerates around the metaverse, brands should look to their consumer communities for inspiration.and activation.

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Consumer 105

Nvidia

APRIL 4, 2022

Editor’s note: This post is a part of our Meet the Omnivore series, which features individual creators and developers who use NVIDIA Omniverse to accelerate their 3D workflows and create virtual worlds. Pekka Varis’s artistry has come a long way from his early days as a self-styled “punk activist” who spray painted during the “old school days of hip hop in Finland.”.

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