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How Woodman’s Markets is Harnessing In-Store ‘Anti-COVID Robots’

Retail TouchPoints

In-store robots aren’t just tools that can check for mislabeled products or clean messes in a timely manner. They also provide an answer to some of the challenges created by the pandemic, as executives from Woodman’s Markets and Badger Technologies discussed during a session titled The Rise Of Robotics In Retail at the 2020 Retail Innovation Conference.

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UK Retail’s ‘Golden Quarter’

Nelson Blackley

(Please note that some of the content of this post has previously been published in my comments over the past three days to both Retail Assist and the Nottingham Post ). Whatever happens over the coming three months, this ‘Golden Quarter’ for UK retail is going to be completely different, and for all sorts of reasons. The new restrictions for much of England introduced from today (Wednesday 14 October) don’t directly impact the ability of all retailers to continue trade (as most have been doing

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Retail TouchPoints Announces Winners of 2020 Retail Innovator Awards

Retail TouchPoints

As part of the virtual Retail Innovation Conference, Retail TouchPoints presented the winners of the 2020 Retail Innovator Awards (RIA) last night on a livestream celebration across its social platforms. In its seventh year, the RIA recognizes individual retail executives who are breaking through barriers and overcoming challenges to bring innovation to their organizations and the entire retail industry.

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Online retailers risk alienating older generations amid a rush to digitise during COVID

Retail Technology Review

The shift towards online shopping risks alienating older consumers in the event of another lockdown, according to research by global commerce agency 5874 Commerce.

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Get MACH Ready: Preparing Your Business for Digital Transformation

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.

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Fabletics Exec Reveals Key Strategies Behind 150% YoY Pinterest Growth

Retail TouchPoints

Advertising on Pinterest has provided a dramatic success story for Fabletics , including 150% year-over-year growth in 2019, but it wasn’t an overnight success. The subscription activewear retailer had to adjust its strategies to align with the unique strengths of the Pinterest platform. “Pinterest entered our ‘game’ in 2017, and 2018 was about unlocking scale, when we worked through a lot of kinks,” said Aubrie Richey, VP, Customer Acquisition and Media at Fabletics Group.

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‘Prioritise H&S’ ahead of online Xmas sales spike, Bureau Veritas tells retailers

Retail Technology Review

With tighter coronavirus restrictions forcing increasing numbers of Christmas shoppers online this year, compliance authority Bureau Veritas is advising retailers and logistics firms to prepare for the extra health, safety and hygiene risks this rise in festive e-commerce sales will bring.

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How Brands Can Prepare for the Biggest Digital Holiday Season to Date

Retail TouchPoints

2020 has been a year marked by a series of uncertainties. Many companies have seemingly been flying blind the past several months, attempting to weather the fallout from our COVID-19 new normal and pivot their operations in response to our anticipated next normal. Many business leaders are understandably somewhat disoriented by the rapid changes we have all experienced this year.

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Walmart Splits Black Friday Promotion into Three Events Across November

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart will adapt to what is shaping up to be an extended holiday season by spreading out its Black Friday promotions across three events that will span most of November. All three sales will encompass both ecommerce and brick-and-mortar purchases, and Walmart will let shoppers collect Black Friday orders via curbside pickup for the first time. The first Black Friday Deals for Days event will begin online Nov. 4 and add new in-store deals on Nov. 7, with an emphasis on toys, electronics and hom

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Ameex AmChat Enables More Flexible Conversational Commerce

Retail TouchPoints

Ameex Technologies offers AmChat , a conversational commerce solution that aims to increase shopper engagement, conversions, personalization, retention and satisfaction while reducing bounce rates and abandonment. Ameex can also tailor the platform to assist with a retailer’s unique goals. AmChat directly leverages each ecommerce store’s data through APIs, to get the platform up and running with goal-oriented functionality almost instantly.