Retail Focus
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Following another year of turbulence, it’s no surprise there is still a great deal of uncertainty in the retail industry. Supply chain issues and pandemic-related shortages continue to impact retailers worldwide, while the ever-accelerating shift to online shopping has left gaps in the high street – with House of Fraser the latest big name to announce it is closing its Oxford Street store in January. .
Retail TouchPoints
DECEMBER 10, 2021
The pandemic has been a challenging time for shopping centers, and even as vaccination rates climb and shoppers return to old habits, retailers are finding that many of their shopping preferences have permanently shifted. As the new year approaches, retailers need to think about what their expansion plans will look like and how their stores can best serve customers.
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Retail Focus
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Icon Outlet at The O2 is celebrating the achievement of three milestones, with its latest store launches, strong performance and the appointment of new leasing director, Louisa Dalgleish. Leading the news is the opening of Clarins, the French cosmetics and beauty brand. The 1,500 sq ft boutique stocks a wide range of the brand’s skincare and make up products for women and men.
Retail TouchPoints
DECEMBER 10, 2021
This is not your parents’ beauty industry. Transformed by both the steady wave of ecommerce and the sudden shock of the pandemic — two forces that chipped away at brick-and-mortar’s dominance in the space — sales of beauty products are moving away from storefronts to websites. In fact, by 2023, online sales are projected to make up nearly half of all sales in the industry.
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Adopting MACH technology means more than implementing new platforms. This type of digital change affects your organization at every level and requires a thoughtful approach to navigate challenges that crop up. The Get MACH Ready report, co-authored by MACH Alliance member Scott Canney in collaboration with Orium, commercetools, and Contentstack, will provide you with strategies to prepare your organization for a digital transformation.
Retail Focus
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Railpen, the investment manager for the £35bn Railways Pension Scheme, has announced Police, the Italian fashion accessories brand, has opened a new location in Caledonia Park, Scotland’s premier designer village. Adjacent to Hugo BOSS and Radley, Police’s new 1,500 sq ft store features Police’s full range of lifestyle and apparel products. This includes its latest collaborations, such as the Police x Lewis Hamilton eyewear range, designed in partnership with the F1 racing driver.
Retail Wire
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert has said that there is “a special place in hell” for companies that are not actively seeking to turn back climate change. “Our biggest contribution has not been the money we’ve given away. It’s not individual issues that we’ve advocated for. It’s not scaling grass-roots environmental activism through different levels of support,” he said. “It’s operating from the bowels of business and proving that businesses can exist to do more than maximize the wea
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Retail Wire
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Lululemon acquired Mirror, the tech fitness brand, in 2020 for $500 million as consumers were looking to move their workouts to their homes from gyms in response to the health dangers caused by COVID-19. Now, however, more consumers are going back to gyms and there are a growing list of competitors going after the same market as Mirror. Lululemon has just slashed its annual sales outlook for Mirror to between $125 million and $130 million.
Cisco Retail
DECEMBER 10, 2021
It’s a great holiday season for Cisco UCS X-Series – receives TWO awards from CRN! The CRN Tech Innovators Awards are meant to “.showcase offerings that bring significant advances in technology as well as partner growth opportunities…” 1 In November, Cisco won the Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure award. It recognizes the need for transforming both your operating model while preparing your infrastructure for future technologies.
Retail Wire
DECEMBER 10, 2021
The U.S. inflation rate in November was 6.8 percent, the highest monthly number since 1982. Rising costs have forced a wide number of retailers to increase prices. Dollar Tree, for example, has upped its top price point from $1 to $1.25.
Cisco Retail
DECEMBER 10, 2021
As developers, we are all waking up to find a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) in the Apache Log4j library. If exploited, the vulnerability allows attackers to gain full control of affected servers and your application. Like many developers, you’re probably scrambling to figure out what systems are affected and how to fix or patch this vulnerability.
Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali
Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.
Retail Wire
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Jewel-Osco has opened a micro-fullfilment center in a suburb outside of Chicago to expedite online grocery deliveries to customers within 20 miles of the warehouse. “This MFC [micro-fulfillment center] carries approximately 6,500 items, which will cover about 60 percent of what you’d normally see in an online order,” said Mike Withers, president of Jewel-Osco.
Cisco Retail
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Multi-region cloud deployments create complexity. The combination of a hybrid cloud migration and the long-term needs of a hybrid workforce are shining a spotlight on the need for consistently secure, high quality access to on-demand compute resources. Requirements for low latency across geographically distributed workloads, resiliency, and compliance with data privacy regulations are driving organizations towards multi-region deployments in the cloud.
Retail Wire
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Tyson Foods will spend about $1.3 billion to automate parts of its production lines over the next three years. “Its very simple approach here is to take away the more difficult, higher turnover jobs,” said CEO Donnie King, who added that workers displaced by robots will be moved into other roles.
Retail Dive
DECEMBER 10, 2021
The athleisure brand's recent tech acquisition, Mirror, is becoming a "distraction." But the retailer's core business is stretching its muscles.
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Understanding the intricate world of Point-of-Sale (POS) technology is a common challenge for tech buyers. When it comes to defining the functions of Point-of-Sale systems, the communications have yet to be standardized–—until now. Forrester’s new report, Demystifying The Technical Functions of POS Solutions, breaks through the noise and provides business leaders with the information and tools they need to evaluate the features of POS systems.
Retail Wire
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Rent the Runway CEO Jenn Hyman thinks her company’s “capital-light” approach will help keep costs and eventually move the company from the red to the black. “The unit economics of our business are strong,” said Ms. Hyman. “We’re seeing incredible resiliency in the model. And I think the tailwinds that have built our business — which is really the focus on making more environmentally conscious choices, less focus on ownership and more on spending your money on experiences and ac
Cisco Retail
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Kaleido Intelligence recently released their competitive research report, Kaleido Connectivity Vendor Hub H2 2021: Competitive Analysis , which compares the performance of the top IoT cellular connectivity vendors and how they are enabling Service Providers to expand use cases and lines of business. Kaleido Intelligence acknowledges some key challenges in the market, including “custom device and application requirements, long lead times, regulatory hurdles as well as a lack of interoperable plat
Retail Wire
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Marvin Ellison is one of only three Black execs leading Fortune 500 companies. “I think it screams missed opportunity,” he said. “I don’t believe I am one of the three most talented Black executives in America. There are plenty of uniquely talented individuals out there that simply need an opportunity to demonstrate their leadership ability and their ability to make a contribution to their company or to their industry.
Retail Dive
DECEMBER 10, 2021
But industry-wide challenges like increased freight costs and inflation put pressure on the online pet retailer's gross margin in the third quarter.
Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney
Digital transformation in retail is so much more than new technology. You need to get your whole organization, from entry-level workers to executives, on board with the new tech, new skills, and culture changes that digital transformation brings. Leading this mindset shift can be a daunting task… but that’s where this webinar comes in! Join our panel of experts as they guide you through the challenges of digital transformation, preparing you to avoid common mistakes and make the most of incredib
Retail Wire
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Barnes & Noble is allowing Amazon.com to place pop-up ads on its site that promote a lower price than what it is charging for the same titles. What’s up with that?
Retail Dive
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Additionally, 77% of shoppers worry they will have issues purchasing gifts online this year, according to a report by Intercom.
Cisco Retail
DECEMBER 10, 2021
We’ve entered a new era – one in which we’ve all had to change the way we think about and do our work each and every day. Organizations seek to balance work expectations and re-examine policies in response to their employees’ needs and changing workstyles. Amidst factors like the war for talent, cost management, and the blurring of the workday, employees are asserting their preferences while organizations evaluate whether to return to the office, continue remote work, or go hybrid.
Retail Dive
DECEMBER 10, 2021
The program aims to help the retailer's private brand suppliers, particularly smaller and mid-size ones, make their operations more sustainable.
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Did you know—74% of IT leaders are looking to improve their tech stack to offer better personalization? It’s impossible to ignore the importance of personalization, but it comes with challenges. How do you do it with a tight budget? What about customer privacy and the use of data? The Personalization Playbook is packed with research and insights from Orium, Talon.One, and Bloomreach and gives IT leaders answers to these tough questions, helping them shape 2024 strategies for personalization.
Cisco Retail
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Welcome to our blog series on the people behind Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Cisco. Each blog in this series will highlight a different Cisco employee who works closely with CSR initiatives across the company. As technology continues to advance, it opens new opportunities for communication and innovation. But at the same time, there is an increased risk of technology being used in ways that harm human rights.
Retail Dive
DECEMBER 10, 2021
A study by Square attributes an uptick in gift card sales to supply chain problems that threaten to prevent items from arriving on time.
VMS
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Selfridges (London) may be trading owners in a $5.3 billion sale, reports Forbes. The Thai-based Chirathivat family is planning to purchase the company from the Westons, the Canadian family currently in ownership of the storied London retailer. The Chirathivat family owns the international company Central Group, which will not be completing the deal – the family will reportedly be purchasing Selfridges directly.
Retail Dive
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Millions of dollars worth of stolen goods are being sold online by hard-to-identify third-party sellers, according to the Buy Safe America Coalition.
Speaker: Shaunna Bruton - Associate Director of Product Strategy at Orium | Sam Panzer - Director of Industry Strategy at Talon.One | Frank Passantino - Director of Product Management at Bloomreach
More and more, customers are expecting a better personalized CX. But can retailers actually deliver? Data from McKinsey shows that companies that excel in personalization increase their revenue by 40%, but despite these numbers, retailers struggle to implement customer personalization strategies. So what are the potential solutions? Join us to gain a better understanding of the current retail landscape and learn what you can do to translate personalization strategies into practical implementatio
VMS
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Walmart (Bentonville, Ark.) has announced its plan to open a semi-automated fulfillment center in Lebanon, Tennessee, according to a company press release. It will be roughly 925,000 square feet and employ up to 300 full-time workers. The facility will combine Artificial Intelligence (AI) software, automated robots and associates working together to ship orders.
Retail Dive
DECEMBER 10, 2021
An apparel collection from the department store and magazine will drop early next year, while Pacsun for All expands on the retailer's recent offerings.
Talking Retail
DECEMBER 10, 2021
A Nisa Local serving the University of York has more than doubled the number of its self-service checkouts to improve safety in the pandemic as well as speed up service. It was only last year that the store had four self-service checkout machines installed but it has now added a further five after seeing the. This story continues at Nisa university store doubles self-service checkouts for speed and safety.
LS Retail
DECEMBER 10, 2021
©iStock/Michall_Petrov-96 Content marketing for December 2021 should be useful, informative, or entertaining, and it should help a business attract, engage, and retain an audience of customers and prospects. Here are a couple of ideas – from industry forecasts, holiday how-to articles, to New Year’s resolutions.
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Are you considering moving away from a monolith platform and over to composable architecture? Join experts from Google Cloud, GroupBy, and Orium as they discuss the benefits of moving to a modular digital experience platform. In this masterclass, uncover key indicators that show your brand is ready for a modular DXP, and learn how to lay the foundation for composable commerce.
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