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How Ecommerce Tech Can Reduce the Environmental Damage it Caused in the First Place

Retail TouchPoints

It’s no surprise that ecommerce has practically taken over the global economy. Annual online sales worldwide are expected to climb to a staggering $6.5 trillion by 2023. But alongside that dizzying sales growth, we’ve also witnessed a growing consciousness about how damaging all of those online sales are to the environment, and throughout the product lifecycle, from manufacturing to delivery to eventual disposal.

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Booktopia searches for new CEO after Tony Nash steps aside

Inside Retail

Booktopia CEO Tony Nash is to step aside to take up a new position within the company focused solely on growth as the company struggles in a “volatile and unpredictable” market. Nash, the online book retailer’s co-founder, will stay on the company’s board and remain fully involved with the business. He will continue in the CEO role while the board searches for his replacement.

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Reports: ABG Files Suit Against Bolt for Failure to Deliver on One-Click Checkout Promises

Retail TouchPoints

Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has reportedly filed a lawsuit against one-click checkout service Bolt , claiming that the solution provider failed to deliver on promises in a contract related to the implementation of the technology, according to Bloomberg , The Business Journals and other media sources. ABG stated in a March 4 filing that it lost out on $150 million in sales while it integrated Bolt’s platform.

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Shopper Marketing Weekly Snacks #04

Tokinomo

Campaign scoop. Paying tribute in an annoying way. Pringles takes an irritating walk down memory lane. In its latest social media campaign, Pringles celebrated the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Spectrum ZX. In this video , the “mind popping” snack brand wanted to show how the world was before NFTs and the Metaverse. Please watch it on mute or low volume.

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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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How Rebelstork Laid the Blueprint for Responsible Resale in a New Space — Baby Gear

Retail TouchPoints

The resale space is heating up fast but there is still plenty of space for retailers to establish their own niche. Case in point: Rebelstork , a used baby gear marketplace that has operated in Canada for several years and recently entered the U.S. The company was founded to simultaneously fulfill a consumer need and do good in the world by giving a second chance to traditionally short-lived baby gear, and it handles everything from pickups to confirming the quality of items prior to selling.

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Woolworths sales soar 10 per cent despite challenges of last quarter

Inside Retail

Woolworths Group has overcome the impact of Omicron and severe flooding to post a 9.7-per-cent increase in like-for-like sales during the third quarter to $15.123 billion. . The growth rate was significantly higher than the 3.9-per-cent increase reported by archrival Coles Group last week. E-commerce sales soared 33.4 per cent year on year reaching $1.456 billion. .

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Coca-Cola opens London flagship store

Inside Retail

Coca Cola has launched its first flagship store in London, following the successful opening of similar retail stores in the US. According to the company, customers can have a chance to experience the ‘Real Magic’ of Coca Cola, purchase limited-edition collection drops, taste Coca Cola at the Beverage Bar and personalise their cans at a customisation centre.

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The Broadcast and Media Ecosystem Family Reunion: NAB Show 2022

Cisco Retail

A Family Reunion…. That’s the best way I can describe what this past week felt like as I attended the 2022 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. With approximately 55,000 attendees gathered for the event, our team at Cisco had the awesome privilege and opportunity to reconnect with our customers, partners, and industry ecosystem after a two-year hiatus.

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Mown Away: Startup Rolls Out Autonomous Lawnmower With Cutting-Edge Tech

Nvidia

Jack Morrison and Isaac Roberts, co-founders of Replica Labs, were restless two years after their 3D vision startup was acquired, seeking another adventure. Then, in 2018, when Morrison was mowing his lawn, it struck him: autonomous lawn mowers. The two, along with Davis Foster, co-founded Scythe Robotics. The company, based in Boulder, Colo., has a 40-person team working with robotics and computer vision to deliver what it believes to be the first commercial electric self-driving mower service.

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J.C. Penney is reinventing itself. Again.

Retail Dive

As the department store unveiled a marketing campaign designed to woo back customers, its owners reportedly bid on rival Kohl's.

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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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Analysis: Why rethinking demographics leads to better segmentation

Inside Retail

Segmentation is core to many marketing functions. In fact, it is one of the first things we teach in undergraduate marketing courses, as part of the segmentation-targeting-positioning (STP) process we teach as an introduction to marketing strategy. The idea is quite intuitive; it is hard to please everybody with a single product or offer so, instead, we identify groups that share common needs (segment), choose one of them to focus on (target), and then create a product or offer that would appeal

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Instacart shoppers find it harder to make a buck

Retail Wire

Instacart shoppers are finding that customers are cutting back on their orders and tips. This is causing these shoppers to look for other delivery jobs to make ends meet. Instacart claims that its order volume is growing overall but that the size of individual purchases is less than it had been before.

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Inside Bangkok’s sustainable lifestyle destination, Ecotopia

Inside Retail

Thai eco-lifestyle destination Ecotopia is like a walk-through tutorial on how to achieve a sustainable lifestyle. This very well conceived and immaculately executed concept occupies 2,000sqm on the third level of Siam Discovery, a seven-level shopping centre in downtown Bangkok. It shares the floor with two highly complementary concepts: a 700sqm space called Iconcraft that offers Thai craft products across a range of categories, and a 600sqm ODS (Objects of Desire) shop that showcases exceptio

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Inflation forces consumers to make money-saving choices

Retail Wire

Some Americans are cutting back and trading down in an effort to stretch their disposable income further in the face of rising prices. Many, however, continue to spend despite the high prices caused by inflation.

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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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Hotter, quicker, faster: Domino’s GM on what NZ customers want

Inside Retail

Domino’s has long been a leader in retail technology. The pizza chain has been a proponent of QSR delivery for decades, and has heavily invested into making itself accountable to customers: from cameras in stores showcasing a customers’ order for their approval before it has even left the store, to an aim to deliver a meal within 10 minutes of an order being made.

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Republicans Introduce Bill to Reform the SBA

Small Biz Trends

Republicans from the House Committee on Small Business recently introduced a bill called the “Improve the SBA ( Small Business Administration ) Act.” They cited fraud and mismanagement by the SBA as their reason. The SBA should not be involved in direct lending, Republicans on the committee agreed. The proposed legislation would increase oversight of the SBA and improve programs, according to language in the bill.

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‘The opportunity for augmented reality is in its infancy’: Snap APAC GM

Inside Retail

Last week, Snap unveiled a slew of new tools and features that aim to make it easy for retailers and brands to create 3D versions of their products, and enable users to ‘try on’ clothes and accessories and make purchases, without ever leaving the Snapchat app. The updates promise to help businesses create more engaging online shopping experiences, while reducing the rate of returns.

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Meet the Omnivore: 3D Artist Creates Towering Work With NVIDIA Omniverse

Nvidia

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. Edward McEvenue. Edward McEvenue grew up making claymations in LEGO towns. Now, he’s creating photorealistic animations in virtual cities, drawing on more than a decade of experience in the motion graphics industry.

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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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Swimwear label Fella opens first store, in Sydney’s Paddington

Inside Retail

Niche swimwear label Fella has opened its first own-brand store, in the hip Sydney suburb of Paddington. . Founded by Rosie Iffla and Christine Tang-Corte in 2012, the brand’s minimalistic style of swimwear has previously only been available online or via selected resellers. . Iffla and Tang-Corte created Fella after recognising a gap for ‘sleek simplicity and elevated fabrications’ in a market then dominated by big brands marketing skimpy bikinis and surf-inspired wear. .

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10 Accounting Services for Small Business

Small Biz Trends

All small businesses must track their cash flow and develop financial reports to increase profitability. However, it’s not always possible or sensible to hire an entire accounting team. Luckily, there are outsourced and online accounting services available to fill these needs for you. Here’s a guide for small businesses. What is an Accounting Service?

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Apac tipped to fuel global airport retail market recovery

Inside Retail

Asia Pacific’s airport retail market is projected to grow to US$33.8 billion by 2026, driving the global market to $63.4 billion thanks to a compound annual growth rate of 7.8 per cent. According to GlobalData, the growth will be driven by the increase in retail space and passenger numbers as cross-border travel resumes and the relaxation of lockdown and duty-free regulations.

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17 Tycoon Games to Sharpen Your Business Skills

Small Biz Trends

Have you dreamed of conquering the business world? Are you looking for ways to sharpen your entrepreneurial skills while having fun with relaxing games ? Art mimics life in many of today’s top tycoon games, and aspiring entrepreneurs can live their fantasies of running thriving organizations in a virtual environment. Whether your avatar is running a company, building rollercoasters, or even heading the mob, many of the same skills needed to win at business simulation games are also require

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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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Top features not to miss at Naturally Good 2022

Inside Retail

Australia’s most popular health and well-being trade show – the 2022 Naturally Good Expo – will be on once again from June 6-7 at Sydney’s International Convention Centre, with registration open for free entry. . Now in its eighth year, this year’s B2B expo is ramping up to be bigger and more innovative than ever with 100 per cent of the show floor about to sell out and the industry keen and ready to get back to business. .

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Amazon to get a hearing on its objections over Staten Island union vote

Retail Dive

The company complained that staff at the National Labor Relations Board in Brooklyn compromised the vote by workers to unionize.

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Crocs, General Mills and Foot Locker launch cereal clogs

Retail Wire

Crocs has developed a line of clogs inspired by General Mills’ cereal brands Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Trix, Honey Nut Cheerios and Cocoa Puffs. The shoes are being sold by Foot Locker at prices ranging from $45 to $70.

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Kohl's boosts reward benefits for card members to 7.5%

Retail Dive

The retailer tested the program in eight markets over the past year and found an increase in Kohl's Card acquisitions and overall sales.

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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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Big food wants to end cannabis-based knockoffs

Retail Wire

A dozen major food companies, including General Mills, Kellogg and PepsiCo, have called on Congress to put an end to the proliferation of cannabis-based products that mimic popular consumer packaged goods brands.

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Madison Reed raises $33M to expand store footprint

Retail Dive

The company plans to have 80 Hair Color Bar locations opened by the end of the year as it moves into new geographical markets.

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Amazon ending paid COVID-19 leave policy

Retail Wire

Amazon.com has informed employees that the company will no longer pay workers when they take extra time off due to COVID-19 infections. The new policy will allow workers diagnosed with COVID-19 to take up to five days off beyond their normal sick time.

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G-III takes full ownership of Karl Lagerfeld

Retail Dive

The move builds on a partnership launched in 2015, with plans for global growth across channels and category expansion, including jeans.

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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.