Thu.Feb 25, 2021

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Why We Need to Look to the Showroom’s Past to Find Retail’s Post-COVID Future

Retail TouchPoints

“There is no such thing as a new idea,” wrote Mark Twain. “We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn, and they make new and curious combinations.”. In the post-COVID landscape (which is only just unfolding), retailers will need to adopt this view and live by it if they’re to form new ways of surviving and reaching consumers.

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What Keeps You Up at Night? 5 More CPG Experts Weigh In

RepslyBlog

2021 is shaping up to be filled with opportunities and obstacles for CPG businesses and their field teams. COVID-19 cases continue to rise, vaccination campaigns are slower than anticipated, and continued economic uncertainty looms large; but most brands are optimistic they can get back on track in the year ahead. What are the opportunities awaiting in the year ahead ?

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Walmart Further Expands Marketplace with BigCommerce Partnership

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart will enable eligible BigCommerce users to sell products on the Walmart Marketplace. The retailer also has launched an expediated review process through BigCommerce, letting merchants who use the platform become approved Walmart sellers more quickly than applying on their own. Walmart has been riding the wave of ecommerce, with channel sales up 69% in Q4 2020 alone and an estimated 120 million unique shoppers visiting Walmart.com each month.

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Make It Shoppable

Chute Gerdeman

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Navori Labs Collects Shopper Information for Better-Targeted In-Store Ad Campaigns

Retail TouchPoints

Digital signage software provider Navori Labs has launched Aquaji — AI-driven marketing analytics software designed to improve the customer experience in physical environments and enhance digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising. Aquaji counts unique visitors and gathers demographic data, length of stay, wait time and attention span KPIs, over segmented time slots spanning from hours to months, to help businesses understand consumer habits and profiles.

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Fry’s Shuts Down Operations, Shutters 31 Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Fry’s Electronics has abruptly gone out of business, closing its 31 stores and replacing the content on its website with a simple one-page statement. “After nearly 36 years in business as the one-stop-shop and online resource for high-tech professionals across nine states and 31 stores, Fry’s Electronics has made the difficult decision to shut down its operations and close its business permanently as a result of changes in the retail industry and the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic,” r

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Ideoclick Expands Advertising Expertise to Instacart, Walmart and Target

Retail TouchPoints

Ecommerce optimization platform Ideoclick has added Instacart, Walmart and Target to its portfolio of supported advertising platforms. The move aims to position Ideoclick as a single advertising management solution with a comprehensive, API-driven view of digital performance across multiple platforms. Ideoclick is designed to help retailers maximize cross-platform coordination to drive greater efficiencies and optimize sales.