Retail TouchPoints
AUGUST 18, 2022
Even as the pace of the economy slows, there remain, on average, two open positions for every job seeker. As recently as April, there were more than 1.1 million unfilled retail jobs in the United States. Moreover, Gartner, Inc. predicts voluntary workplace turnover will jump nearly 20% this year, from a pre-pandemic annual average of 31.9 million employees quitting their jobs to 37.4 million quitting in 2022.
Inside Retail
AUGUST 18, 2022
Queensland’s large format retail centre Homeworld Helensvale has sold for $265 million to a private investor, marking Australia’s second largest and Queensland’s largest transaction on record for such a centre. Located in the northern suburbs of the Gold Coast, Homeworld Helensvale spans 36,000sqm of lettable area and has a diverse mix of health and medical, retail, lifestyle, dining and daily needs tenants.
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Retail TouchPoints
AUGUST 18, 2022
An Amazon warehouse in Castleton, N.Y. is the latest of the ecommerce giant’s to seek unionization, according to the National Labor Relations Board. The Amazon Labor Union, which led one successful and one unsuccessful unionization push at Staten Island, N.Y. warehouses earlier in 2022, filed the petition. The union would represent approximately 400 workers at the Castleton warehouse, including many associates who worked an average of four hours or more per week during the 13 weeks immediately p
Inside Retail
AUGUST 18, 2022
Frasers Group is set to acquire Australian-based fashion marketplace MySale, launching a bid for the 71.3 per cent of the company’s share it does not already own. The offer values the shares not already held by Frasers at around $23.47 million. Founded in 2007, MySale currently operates retail websites in four markets – Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia – with its sites Oz/Sale, NZ/Sale, My/Sale and Sing/Sale.
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.
Retail TouchPoints
AUGUST 18, 2022
One year after Kohl’s and Sephora launched their Sephora at Kohl’s shop-in-shop collaboration, the retailers plan to roll out the successful concept to all 1,100 Kohl’s locations. Currently available in 600 Kohl’s stores across the U.S., the partnership is projected to reach $2 billion in annual sales by 2025. Kohl’s reports that customers who shop the Sephora space are shopping across the store, with approximately half adding at least one additional category to their purchases.
Retail Wire
AUGUST 18, 2022
A new rule by the Food and Drug Administration allows hearing aids to be sold over-the-counter with no prescription needed. “The FDA estimates this rule will save consumers on the order of about $1,400 per individual hearing aid or over $2,800 per pair,” Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council.
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Cisco Retail
AUGUST 18, 2022
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Retail TouchPoints
AUGUST 18, 2022
SKUx has launched the Buyer (X)ccelerator, with the goal of helping retailers capture first-party data based on how consumers engage with offers. The system is designed to quantify and optimize campaign results using near real-time data to enable precise personalization and retargeting, while marketers retain all insights and PII data for future marketing initiatives.
Retail Dive
AUGUST 18, 2022
The new 33-piece Brilliance collection has diamonds made with renewable energy, and includes 100% recycled silver and gold.
Retail TouchPoints
AUGUST 18, 2022
Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. tumbled after it was revealed that activist investor Ryan Cohen — who owns approximately 11.8% of the retailer through his firm RC Ventures — might be planning to sell his entire stake in the company. Cohen — who is also the Chairman of GameStop and Founder of Chewy.com — first revealed his sizeable stake in the company in March 2022, when he sent a letter to then-CEO Mark Tritton expressing concern about the company’s performance and urging the sale of buybu
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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
Cisco Retail
AUGUST 18, 2022
Overview. In this episode of our ongoing DNA Center Automation Series , our focus moves to Rest-APIs and using postman to automate the network. We will change our focus from templating to automation through Postman, a great tool to examine RESTful APIs in a single user interface. This is a Self-Paced Standalone Lab, where we will build upon the foundational knowledge acquired in the previous labs.
Retail TouchPoints
AUGUST 18, 2022
Once reserved for an ultra-affluent clientele with disposable income to spend on shopping trips in the world’s most fashionable cities, the luxury category is undergoing a significant transformation. As younger consumers gain greater spending power, once notoriously inaccessible brands are now expanding from exclusive boutiques into virtual worlds and experiences.
Mulesoft
AUGUST 18, 2022
Finger on the Pulse is a series where we explore the major trends shaping business technology. In each post, you’ll learn from one of our key partners and their perspective on an industry trend through the lens of their unique business. Our last post, Simplifying money movement to open new growth opportunities, explored how to […]. The post Rediscovering the power of data first appeared on MuleSoft Blog.
Small Biz Trends
AUGUST 18, 2022
? In this episode of Small Biz in :15 On Location, we traveled to Austin, Texas, for ZohoDay 2022 to talk to Zoho Vice President of Marketing and Customer Experience Praval Singh. In this episode, Shawn Hessinger, the Chief Editor of Small Biz Trends, sits down and talks to Praval to find out all about managing your social presence with Zoho Social.
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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.
Cisco Retail
AUGUST 18, 2022
Are you looking to be a jack of all trades with your Utility network? Look no further! With the new Cisco SD-WAN capabilities that combine IoT features with enterprise networks it is now easier than ever to extend your carpeted space to the outdoors and rugged indoor environments, and make it one large, cohesive, and easy to manage network! IoT Utility customers are beginning to realize the value of managing the WAN network using a decentralized controller-based model.
Small Biz Trends
AUGUST 18, 2022
If you’re looking for a business with a lot of opportunity and growth potential, you might want to consider a commercial cleaning franchise. With our list of cleaning services franchise opportunities to choose from, you’re sure to find one that fits your interests and abilities. And with the right preparation and marketing, you can turn your cleaning services franchise into a successful business.
Inside Retail
AUGUST 18, 2022
From $300 bucket hats to $900 sneakers and $700 t-shirts, the high-flying luxury sector is fretting over the appetite among financially stretched Gen Z consumers for such “aspirational” purchases. Executives are troubled in particular by a hit to young Chinese shoppers, not only because mainland China has been a major driver of the industry’s growth in recent years, but also because high end consumers in the world’s second-largest economy are a decade younger than the glo
Retail Wire
AUGUST 18, 2022
When Apple Pay was first introduced in 2016, 10 percent of iPhone owners used it to pay for purchases. Today that number is up to around 75 percent of those with an iPhone. Apple says 90 percent of retailers in the U.S. now accept Apple Pay.
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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.
Inside Retail
AUGUST 18, 2022
Volatile trading conditions and supply chain disruptions have impacted footwear retailer Accent Group’s full-year trading results. The company owns and operates retail businesses such as Platypus, The Athlete’s Foot, Subtype, The Trybe, HypeDC, Pivot and 4 Workers, and distributes global brands including Dr Martens, Skechers, Vans and Merrell. For the year ended on June 26, group sales increased 13.8 per cent to $1.27 billion however EBITDA fell 11.8 per cent to $213.6 million.
Retail Wire
AUGUST 18, 2022
Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond fell 18 percent in premarket trading after Ryan Cohen’s RC Ventures said it would dump its entire stake in the retailer. RC plans to sell 9.45 million shares, which account for about 10 percent of the retailer’s total shares.
Inside Retail
AUGUST 18, 2022
Australian luxury pearl brand Kailis has been creating beautiful pieces for customers since the Kailis family became involved in pearl farming in the 1970s in Western Australia. Here, we chat with general manager Tanya Tindal about the evolution of the fine jewellery industry and her plans for the business. Inside Retail : Kailis has a rich heritage based in Western Australia.
Retail Dive
AUGUST 18, 2022
Layoffs aren’t easy, but some companies are making big mistakes in communicating corporate changes to staff.
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.
Inside Retail
AUGUST 18, 2022
Korean streetwear brand Acmé de la vie (ADLV) is continuing its international expansion, with the opening of its third store in Australia this week. Located at Westfield Chastwood on Sydney’s North Shore, it will be followed by another in November this year, this time at Sydney Central Plaza in the CBD. By 2025, the brand plans to have 12 stores in the country.
Cisco Retail
AUGUST 18, 2022
Join Kevin Swiber, API Lifecycle and Platform Strategist at Postman, on September 8th, 2022 at 10:00am Pacific Time for How to Manage Complexity Across the API Lifecycle , a live online event hosted by the Cisco Developer Relations team! If you’re developing with APIs – and who isn’t? – then you need a tool to test how the APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) you want to use actually work.
Inside Retail
AUGUST 18, 2022
Showpo has commenced a new trial today, using artificial intelligence to generate automated and inclusive ad creative using 3D models. The new advertising trial is in partnership with Meta, which Showpo founder Jane Lu tells SmartCompany is inline with the digital retailers aim to provide customers with an efficient and innovative shopping experience.
Small Biz Trends
AUGUST 18, 2022
Today, it’s easier than ever to start a business without a physical location. In fact, there are many business models that can be run completely online. Whether you’re looking to save costs or travel the world while running your own career, here are some top online business ideas to consider. The Online Business Market in 2022. More and more industries are shifting to fully online models.
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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.
Inside Retail
AUGUST 18, 2022
Italian denim brand Replay is gearing up to enter the New Zealand market, as it looks to capitalise on the brand awareness it has built from sponsoring the All Blacks rugby team for the past two years. The brand is opening its first New Zealand store at Sylvia Park, an upscale shopping centre outside of Auckland, and launching a local e-commerce site in October.
Retail Dive
AUGUST 18, 2022
With some relief at the pump for consumers in July, retail sales held steady against inflation. But the rest of the year could be tough as the holidays approach.
Inside Retail
AUGUST 18, 2022
We have a quick chat with Tania Liu, CEO of leathergoods brand The Daily Edited about her business heroes and whose bag she’d love to look inside. Describe your ideal start to a work day. Morning meditation and a short run with my running group (I recently joined a women’s running group and I love the camaraderie and encouragement). If your team described you as a leader, what would they say?
Small Biz Trends
AUGUST 18, 2022
Starting a business brings with it great opportunities as well as challenges. Capitalizing on these opportunities means understanding these challenges. And the best way of doing this is by taking online business courses for entrepreneurs. Taking these courses will allow you to control the necessary knowledge and skills you need to maximize the results of your effort.
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