Fri.Jul 29, 2022

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B Corp TOMS Honored in Community Category as ‘Best For The World’

Retail TouchPoints

The B Lab network at B Corp has named TOMS as a Best For The World: Community award winner, with the footwear and lifestyle company ranking among the highest verified scores in the sustainability nonprofit’s B Impact Assessment. These awards highlight the work of global Certified B Corporations with verified B Impact Scores that rank in the top 5% within the categories of community, customers, environment, governance and workers for their B Impact Assessment.

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How a trip to the bathroom inspired Pottery Barn’s inclusive furniture line

Inside Retail

When Tommy Hilfiger launched an adaptive fashion range in 2017 , it brought global attention to a widespread problem: the lack of functional and stylish clothing options for people with disabilities. And it inspired other fashion brands to reconsider their offerings. Now, Pottery Barn is on track to do the same with furniture and homewares. Last week, the US-based retailer launched The Accessible Home, a new collection of inclusive products designed to meet the needs of people who are injured, l

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‘Shopper Promiscuity’ Forcing Brands to Completely Reimagine How they Connect with Consumers 

Retail TouchPoints

By now we’ve all heard the news that brand loyalty is in decline. But Rebecca Brooks, CEO of market research consultancy Alter Agents , sees it differently — in her view, “shopper promiscuity” on the rise. “People think about promiscuity in a sexual context, but what we really mean here is an openness, a willingness to try something new ,” said Brooks in a session at the Retail Innovation Conference & Expo (RICE) earlier this year.

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Quick Start: Prep Your Dev Environment for Kubernetes

Cisco Retail

Getting started on a new platform, especially containers and Kubernetes, can appear overwhelming. But with the right setup and tools, you’re much more likely to get ramped up quickly. Let’s take a look at a good lineup of tools to install on your developer environment to get started with Kubernetes. All of the tools used listed here are tested and run Windows 10 Pro, MacOS Monterey, and Ubuntu 20.04.

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A Roadmap For Modernization: How To Break Free From Your Monolith Before July 31, 2026

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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Hugo Boss Debuts Virtual Fitting Room Tech in 3 European Markets

Retail TouchPoints

Luxury fashion house Hugo Boss has rolled out digital dressing room technology from Reactive Reality across its websites in Germany, the UK and France. With the integration of Reactive Reality’s AR-based solution PICTOFiT, Hugo Boss customers can now create personalized mannequins that match their exact body measurements, then browse products and try on different combinations in a virtual dressing room.

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Amazon leans on non-retail business as e-commerce sales fall for the second straight quarter

Retail Dive

Revenue from advertising and fees rose, as inflation pushed up grocery store sales. But net loss reached an “eyewatering” $2 billion.

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In the News: ARPA and Amazon Offering Grants of Up To $25,000

Small Biz Trends

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), as well as Amazon, have several grant opportunities to help small businesses. As always, grants want to address specific issues and in some cases, they can get quite specific. This includes needing to relocate due to local construction. And this highlights why it is so important to apply for grants that apply to your situation.

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With the Peak Shopping Season Approaching, It’s Time to Think About Observability

Retail TouchPoints

It’s summer, and that means ecommerce businesses are once again gearing up for the peak selling periods of back-to-school and the holidays. As in years past, they are making sure their infrastructure is ready to cater to temporary spikes in demand by adding the proper computing resources. But there’s another key principle that needs focusing on, which is quickly gaining in significance — and that is observability, or an organization’s ability to analyze, manage and make sense of the huge volumes

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Hurry Up and Get These Small Business Grants Before They Expire in August

Small Biz Trends

As businesses emerge from the slow summer season, it may be the perfect time to evaluate your needs and consider small business grants. This additional funding can help businesses meet various goals, from hiring staff to creating innovative new offerings. Small Business Grants with an August 2022 Deadline. There are several grant opportunities available in August 2022.

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Why Experience, Story and Video Are Key Sales Drivers in Chinese Cross-Border Commerce

Retail TouchPoints

Chinese cross-border commerce has been a hot topic, and it’s becoming potentially even hotter as major retailers prepare for potential cost-cutting by U.S. shoppers — 67% of China’s cross-border shoppers plan to spend more in 2022 than 2021, according to Pattern ’s China Cross-Border Shopper Report 2022. While overall growth in China may be slowing down, it’s still rising faster than in the U.S., and the country remains a major opportunity for retailers that are able to appeal to its consumers.

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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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How Asos is helping to stamp out modern slavery in Mauritius

Inside Retail

There are an estimated 50,000 skilled migrant workers in Mauritius, employed mainly in the garment and textile industry. About 35 per cent of them are from Bangladesh. The IndustriALL Global Union states that when migrant workers are recruited to work in Mauritius, they are often told that they will earn a lot of money by recruiting agents in their countries of origin, which include India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, and others.

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Reports: Massachusetts Trader Joe’s Store Unionizes; Two More Still Pursuing Elections

Retail TouchPoints

Associates at the Hadley, Mass. Trader Joe’s have reportedly become the first workers in the chain to unionize, according to CNBC , The New York Times and other media reports. The location, about 80 miles west of Boston, is one of three Trader Joe’s stores to initiate unionization efforts. Employees at the Hadley location filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board in early June 2022, stating that it had support from more than 50% of the store’s workers.

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Trucking CEOs see high prices on the road ahead

Retail Wire

The chief executives of U.S. trucking companies see many of the supply chain issues that have affected the retail industry improving but are not expecting that rates to transport goods will drop significantly over the rest of the year. “You’ll see rates hold up for the remainder of the year. Our cost increases are real. Our customers understand that,” Derek Leathers, CEO of Werner Enterprise, said.

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Olympia Sports is shutting down its stores

Retail Dive

Owned by private equity firm CriticalPoint Capital, the Maine-based retailer is holding closing sales at all locations.

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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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Hershey says it will not have enough candy for Halloween

Retail Wire

Hershey said that it will not be able to meet the consumer demand for its regular and Halloween-themed candies this year. Demand for candy, which took off when the pandemic began, has remained strong even as a sort of pre-pandemic normality has returned.

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Macy’s, Nike, Target call on Senate to pass the Respect for Marriage Act

Retail Dive

Over 170 companies signed a letter in support of the bill, stating that inclusive practices “lead to more productive and engaged employees.

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Hybrid Cloud Operations in the New Era of Digital Payment Applications

Cisco Retail

This is the third blog in a series on financial services where I investigate a few challenges of managing hybrid cloud operations in the payment application development arena. In the first blog , I explored new trends in traditional banking. In the second blog I focused on some of the challenges insurance companies face while navigating their digital transformations.

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Instagram hits pause on some planned changes

Retail Wire

Instagram said it was not moving ahead with some updates to the social media site after receiving criticism from a wide variety of celebrities and ordinary users over the changes. “We recognize that changes to the app can be an adjustment, and while we believe that Instagram needs to evolve as the world changes, we want to take the time to make sure we get this right,” Meta said in a statement.

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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.

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The Weekly Closeout: Lululemon launches its third shoe and Williams Sonoma’s president resigns

Retail Dive

The new Chargefeel cross-training shoe comes in 14 colorways, and Ryan Ross will be replaced by former Chief Marketing Officer Felix Carbullido.

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Popular Online Negotiation Courses

Small Biz Trends

Every day every one negotiates knowingly or unknowingly. In politics, negotiation is the instrument that settles terms of agreements and disputes between parties. In everyday life, it can facilitate arguments within the household and among the neighbors. And in businesses, it is one of the most important skills as it will shape the outcome of your meetings and deals.

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What Is a QPU?

Nvidia

Just as GPUs and DPUs enable accelerated computing today, they’re also helping a new kind of chip, the QPU, boot up the promise of quantum computing. In your hand, a quantum processing unit might look and feel very similar to a graphics or a data processing unit. They’re all typically chips, or modules with multiple chips, but under the hood the QPU is a very different beast.

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David’s Bridal weds TikTok videos with commerce to drive click-throughs

Retail Dive

The bridal retailer has seen a click-through rate that’s twice the average benchmark while reaching more than 16 million viewers.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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Insurance dives into the omnichannel opportunity 

Mulesoft

The search for insurance begins online. More than 69 percent of insurance shoppers ran a search before making an appointment with a broker and more than 50 percent of searches are on a mobile device. Consumers are increasingly comfortable with online insurance, so companies need to move away from sales and marketing only in a […]. The post Insurance dives into the omnichannel opportunity first appeared on MuleSoft Blog.

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Grove Collaborative aims to curb plastic waste in campaign with Drew Barrymore, Sir Richard Branson

Retail Dive

The DTC company wants to combat the narrative that there’s nothing consumers can do about plastic waste.

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Ethereum Weekly Trend Reveals a Steady Path to a Rebound

Small Biz Trends

Ethereum’s current price has reached $1,619.21 , up from Wednesday’s $1,500 showing signs of a rebound. In addition, the cryptocurrency saw a boost with Wednesday’s announcement by the Federal Reserve on raising the interest rate by 75 basis points. Ethereum soared more than 11.15% in just 24 hours on that move. Ethereum Weekly Trend – July 28, 2022.

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Anthropologie launches denim recycling program

Retail Dive

The company said customers are invited to recycle any type of denim apparel item as long as it's made of 90% cotton or greater.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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There can’t be RPA success without RPA governance 

Mulesoft

Ambitious RPA initiatives often end up as isolated pilots in scattered business silos, and the dream of cross-organizational process automation remains a distant memory. This is not necessarily due to the technology used; rather, it’s due to a lack of governance. How do you manage individual RPA projects and how do you manage RPA enterprise-wide? […].

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A World Class Packaging Team, Built for You

Retail Focus

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A reflection on the Accelerator for Healthcare’s past and future

Mulesoft

For the first time in over two years, MuleSoft CONNECT was hosted live in-person this past June. Being able to meet face-to-face with our customers, colleagues, and partners took the experience to the next level, so we couldn’t help but reflect upon the incredible progress our organization has made to support our customers’ top integration […].

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Discover A Better Way Of Redefining Company

Retail Focus

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SEO vs. PPC: Which Strategy Is Best for Your Business?

When it comes to driving traffic and growing your online presence, businesses often ask: SEO or PPC—what’s the better choice? This guide breaks down the key differences between search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, highlighting their pros, cons, and best use cases. Whether you’re looking for long-term organic growth or immediate visibility through paid ads, we’ll help you determine which strategy—or combination of both—is right for your business.