Wed.Oct 21, 2020

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Walgreens to Offer Pay-With-Points Option

Retail TouchPoints

Walgreens is launching a pay-with-points option to give customers more payment flexibility for in-store purchases. Starting in October, Walgreens customers will be given the option to pay with points at the POS after they’ve dipped, swiped or tapped their eligible card. A prompt on the card terminal will ask the shopper if they want to apply a credit, worth $10 per transaction, based on their available points.

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Fashion meets art inside Dries Van Noten's inaugural US store

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Luxury fashion label Dries Van Noten has opened its first US store in Los Angeles , which boasts interiors filled with artworks from creatives across the globe. Dries Van Noten 's LA store takes over two buildings that sit on a huge parking lot along La Cienega Boulevard. The first building is a two-floor property that has been dubbed Big House, the second, called Little House, is a 1950s-era bungalow completely shrouded by ivy.

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Product Discovery Platform Raises $40 Million in Funding and Debt

Retail TouchPoints

Syte has raised $30 million in Series C funding and an additional $10 million in debt in a round that brings the solution provider’s total funding to $71 million. The product discovery solution provider will use the funding to expand its geographic reach, with a focus on expansion in the U.S. and Asia-Pacific. The Syte platform includes features such as camera search, personalization and recommendation engines, and ecommerce search and merchandising solutions.

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How to Grow a Brand Ambassador Program at Scale

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Brand ambassadors are an excellent way for CPG companies to expand awareness and reach a wider target audience. In its most basic form, the main role of brand ambassadors is to represent, promote, and engage your brand and its product within their local communities and networks.

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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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Sam’s Club to Deploy Robots at All 600 Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Sam’s Club will roll out an additional 372 autonomous floor scrubbers this fall, a move that will put robots in every one of its nearly 600 U.S.stores. The retailer also is expanding an analytics pilot that uses the robots to examine shelves and help improve the in-store shopping experience. The robots, which are manufactured by Tennant Company and powered by Brain Corp. ’s BrainOS solution, will both keep floors clean and analyze shelves.

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By the Numbers: COVID-19’s Retail Impact So Far

Retail Eye

Today’s blog is adapted from an earlier piece posted on our the blog by partner, Ebeltoft Group, with the title “Is it a V or W-Shaped Recovery?” Click here to read the original post. It appeared in June that retail has made a remarkable V-shaped recovery – but the results released this month are suggesting […].

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By the Numbers: COVID-19’s Retail Impact So Far

Retail Eye

Today’s blog is adapted from an earlier piece posted on our the blog by partner, Ebeltoft Group, with the title “Is it a V or W-Shaped Recovery?” Click here to read the original post. It appeared in June that retail has made a remarkable V-shaped recovery – but the results released this month are suggesting […].

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‘Checkout-Free’ Solution Provider Raises $30 Million

Retail TouchPoints

AiFi has raised a total of $30 million in its latest funding round. The AI-powered solution provider will use the money to speed up deployment of its autonomous shopping offering as it builds out hundreds of new and retrofitted autonomous stores around the world. The funding came from exiting investors Qualcomm Ventures, Cervin Ventures and TransLink Capital along with new investor Plum Alley, among others.

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By the Numbers: COVID-19’s Retail Impact So Far

Retail Eye

Today’s blog is adapted from an earlier piece posted on our the blog by partner, Ebeltoft Group, with the title … Continue reading →

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How Innovative Partnerships, Business Agility and Verticalization Can Revive Brick-and-Mortar Retailing

Retail TouchPoints

Bankruptcies and store closures are, unfortunately, ongoing features of the retail ecosystem. However, COVID-19 has undoubtedly accelerated both. Many of the affected companies, such as JCPenney and Neiman Marcus , faced financial hardships before the pandemic, however, these closures reaffirmed that many legacy, store-focused businesses have failed to prioritize the in-store experience.

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & AI

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.

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Retail’s covid response: 71% of frontline retail workers say employers have taken the right actions to keep colleagues and customers safe

Retail Technology Review

Retailers’ efforts to keep employees and customers safe during the covid-19 pandemic have been recognised by frontline retail workers, the latest research from Axonify, the modern training and communication solution for frontline associates, reveals.

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ClearSale wins Comparably Awards for Best Work-Life Balance and Happiest Employees

Retail Technology Review

ClearSale, the ecommerce fraud prevention solutions provider, has been recognised with awards in two categories, Best Company for Work-Life Balance and Happiest Employees. .

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Online sales growth begins to normalise despite reimposed restrictions

Retail Technology Review

As lockdown restrictions were reintroduced throughout September, online sales returned to patterns that would be expected this time of year.

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Forrester Report: Demystifying The Technical Functions of POS Solutions

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.