Inside Retail

JUNE 21, 2021

Aussie consumers’ loyalty is primarily influenced by the price tag, however emotional connection and ethical values will become key loyalty drivers, according to a consumer research by Emarsys. . About 65 per cent of 1000 Australian consumers surveyed said they will choose other brands if a cheaper option is available. More than half of respondents said consistently low prices are the top reason for staying loyal to a retailer. .

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Nvidia

JUNE 8, 2021

Data is the new oil in today’s age of AI, but only a lucky few are sitting on a gusher. So, many are making their own fuel, one that’s both inexpensive and effective. It’s called synthetic data. What Is Synthetic Data? Synthetic data is annotated information that computer simulations or algorithms generate as an alternative to real-world data. Put another way, synthetic data is created in digital worlds rather than collected from or measured in the real world.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 21, 2021

Today, 21 June, Selfridges launches its Garden Centre, a playful response to a boom in outdoor appreciation, as part of Good Nature, Selfridges’ creative theme for 2021. Figures from the Horticultural Trades Association show that over 3 million people started gardening in 2020 as a result of more time spent at home since the first lockdown. Pictured, botanical artist Carly Rogers at Selfridges, London, UK.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2021

Walmart is responding to the unique challenges out-of-stocks create in grocery ecommerce through the application of AI. While shoppers can’t choose their own substitutes when an item in an online order is unavailable, the solution aims to predict what they would have selected to help pickers make the right choice. “For example, imagine you’re a personal shopper looking for cherry yogurt for an online grocery order,” said Srini Venkatesan, EVP, Walmart Global Tech in a statement.

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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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Dezeen

JUNE 18, 2021

Google has opened its first physical retail space in New York's Chelsea , designed by architecture studio Reddymade to include cork furniture and recycled materials. Welcoming its first visitors on 17 June 2021, Google Store occupies a ground-floor space in the former Port Authority Building – a vast art deco structure that is home to the tech company's NYC headquarters.

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Cisco Retail

JUNE 17, 2021

If there are 915,103,765 different ways to set up just six Lego® blocks , imagine the number of options you have when you set up an IT datacenter. Dependencies notwithstanding, the choices are endless. Needless to say, to create a perfectly synchronized hybrid-cloud environment, you need all the help you can get. 5 Things Lego Blocks Can Teach About Structural Engineering.

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Nvidia

JUNE 30, 2021

NVIDIA’s partners are delivering GPU-accelerated systems that train AI models faster than anyone on the planet, according to the latest MLPerf results released today. Seven companies put at least a dozen commercially available systems, the majority NVIDIA-Certified , to the test in the industry benchmarks. Dell, Fujitsu, GIGABYTE, Inspur, Lenovo, Nettrix and Supermicro joined NVIDIA to demonstrate industry-leading results training neural networks with NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs.

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Hyken

JUNE 30, 2021

Not long ago I covered six ways to handle angry customers. Often an angry customer and a difficult customer are the same. But that’s not always true. Sometimes difficult customers aren’t angry. They are just tough and demanding. That said, the techniques I cover in both of these posts can work, with a little tweak or variation depending on the situation.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2021

Due to the pandemic, the food retail sector has experienced an incomparable boost. Flexibility in both large and small commercial spaces in the food (as well as the non-food) sector is becoming an ever-more important asset. Agile store interiors allow for seasonal events, pop-ups, subletting of certain areas to third-party partners and altering the positioning of interior elements — all ways to create entertaining spaces where customers like to linger.

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Dezeen

JUNE 6, 2021

Bookshelves made from perforated aluminium and quartz stone double as partition walls in this maze-like Shanghai bookstore by local architecture studio Wutopia Lab. The 452-square-metre bookstore, which opened last month, is located at the base of a recently completed brick-red office block called Cifi Xintiandi (which translates as "The Roof") by Ateliers Jean Nouvel.

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Cisco Retail

JUNE 29, 2021

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Retail Dive

JUNE 7, 2021

Find out ways you can enhance your customer experience and improve your return on investment, by increasing customer acquisition and creating results-driven digital engagement solutions.

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Nvidia

JUNE 10, 2021

It’s time for autonomous vehicle developers to blaze new trails. . NVIDIA has agreed to acquire DeepMap, a startup dedicated to building high-definition maps for autonomous vehicles to navigate the world safely. . “The acquisition is an endorsement of DeepMap’s unique vision, technology and people,” said Ali Kani, vice president and general manager of Automotive at NVIDIA.

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Rangeme

JUNE 10, 2021

After more than ten years of serving in the military and working for the federal government, Yancy Seals found himself motivated to start something new. It was Seals’ lifelong passion for BBQ and how ingrained it was in his ways of bringing communities and families together that prompted him to put his beloved secret recipes on store shelves for consumers.

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2021

Beauty brand Lancôme has upped its experiential retail game, launching an augmented reality (AR) experience at its flagship store located on the famous Champs-Elysées in Paris. L’Oréal Group , which owns Lancôme, selected the landmark store (which saw 30,000 visitors monthly pre-COVID) for the experiential offering that blends the physical and digital worlds.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 23, 2021

A large majority of consumers (66%) expect free shipping on every purchase they make online. An even larger number (80%) expect free shipping when ordering a certain dollar amount on online products. These were some key insights of the Q2 2021 Consumer Trends Report issued by Jungle Scout. Jungle Scout, Amazon research tool providers, conducted an anonymous survey of 1,066 US consumers.

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Cisco Retail

JUNE 2, 2021

The internet is rapidly becoming a universal and economical choice to connect the widely distributed workforce, workplaces, and cloud applications that comprise the essence of the new normal enterprise. In response, ITOps is fast at work rearchitecting the enterprise WAN to adapt to increasing reliance on cloud and SaaS applications via internet connections from branches and home offices.

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Talking Retail

JUNE 23, 2021

Nisa retailers are today (23 June) introducing a new £5 frozen deal. The offer is supported by dedicated in-store POS, as well as activity on Nisa’s consumer-facing website and social media pages. The deal includes a Goodfella’s Stone Baked Pizza 452g, McCain Lightly Spiced Wedges 650g, Co-op Garlic Baguettes 2 pk, Birds Eye Wholegrain Nuggets. This story continues at Nisa retailers introduce new £5 frozen deal.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Nvidia

JUNE 1, 2021

The streaming device with the most 4K HDR content available now has even more as Apple TV joins the lineup on NVIDIA SHIELD. Starting today, SHIELD owners can stream the Apple TV app, including Apple TV+, and its impressive lineup of award-winning series, compelling dramas, groundbreaking documentaries, kids’ shows, comedies and more. The Apple TV app features Apple TV+, Apple’s video subscription service featuring Apple Originals, including series like Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, For All Manki

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Retail Dive

JUNE 3, 2021

The key is adding data into the mix — from all places and in as real time as possible — so retailers can make better, more informed decisions, writes Deloitte's Christina Bieniek.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2021

According to Coresight Research ’s Inside the World of Amazon’s Private Label Offering report, Amazon now has over 22,617 products from 111 private label brands across nearly every category — three times the number of brands they had in 2018. While Amazon states that private label represents less than 1% of its total sales, when drilling down to specific categories, the picture is much different.

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VMS

JUNE 16, 2021

Last-mile logistics company DoorDash (San Francisco) and specialty retailer PetSmart (Phoenix) have announced a partnetship to facilitate on-demand delivery of pet supplies and accessories across almost 1500 PetSmart locations in the U.S., according to a press release. “At PetSmart we understand our customers’ needs are always evolving,” said PetSmart SVP and CEO Will Smith. “We’re delighted to partner with DoorDash to provide pet parents with access to the essentia

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Advertiser: FourKites

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Cisco Retail

JUNE 8, 2021

History has been very clear that for broad industry adoption of the 800G generation, an optical pluggable form factor must be judged on: (1) Backwards compatibility with previous generation optics. (2) 100G+ electrical performance. (3) Excellent thermal power dissipation. The recent QSFP-DD MSA updates ensure all of these, but I’d like to focus on the thermal performance here.

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Talking Retail

JUNE 4, 2021

Nisa has unveiled its latest frozen deal, which offers five branded products for £5, providing a savings of up to £9.28 off the RRP. The deal, which is available now in participating stores until 22 June, comprises Birds Eye Battered Fish Extra Large Fillets 2pk, Birds Eye Crispy Batter Fish Fingers 8pk, McCain Naked Oven. This story continues at Nisa partners introduce new £5 frozen deal.

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Nvidia

JUNE 23, 2021

Turning doodles into stunning landscapes — there’s an app for that. The NVIDIA Canvas app, now available as a free beta, brings the real-time painting tool GauGAN to anyone with an NVIDIA RTX GPU. Developed by the NVIDIA Research team, GauGAN has wowed creative communities at trade shows around the world by using deep learning models to turn rough sketches into stunning scenes.

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Retail Dive

JUNE 7, 2021

Users can access products they have saved in one place and receive notifications on price changes as part of an overall expansion of shopping features.

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Speaker: Robyn O’Brien - Founder of Sirona Ventures, Adjunct Professor at Rice University’s Business School, Supply Chain Optimization and Logistics Expert

Today’s supply chain leaders are required to stay strong in the face of disruption and not only accept it, but embrace it – after all, progress is made outside of your comfort zone. While it’s easier said than done, conquering the fear of instability in your supply chain is within your reach. Thanks to the advancement of technology and AI, we now have more tools and resources at our disposal than ever before to conquer, not crumble, in the face of uncertainty.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2021

Traditional retailers across the country have been playing catch-up for decades, trying to meet the changing needs of the consumer. Shoppers increasingly want the convenience of online shopping and anywhere fulfillment. This vast migration of consumers from brick-and-mortar stores to the digital marketplace began at least as early as Amazon opening its doors.

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Hyken

JUNE 15, 2021

Winning Customer Trust through Omnichannel Communication. Utilizing Omnichannel Communication to Connect with Customers. Shep Hyken interviews Steve Bederman, President and CEO of NobelBiz , a Contact Center Technology Company. He is also a published author, an accomplished leader, and a highly regarded Contact Center industry innovator. They discuss the value of omnichannel communication in the different stages of the customer journey.

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Cisco Retail

JUNE 2, 2021

Imagination to Innovation. Think about Uber and AirBnB – classic and often-cited case studies of businesses who completely redefined their entire industries by creating an experience that was simpler, faster, more intelligent and far more cost-effective than anything that had existed before. This platform experience is the basis for the explosive growth we’ve seen in public cloud over the last decade and a half – and it’s an experience that’s been relatively elusive to the on-prem world un

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Talking Retail

JUNE 3, 2021

Britvic Soft Drinks has signed a sponsorship deal with Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021), a 61-match event kicking off on 23 October. Pepsi Max will become the official soft drinks of the event, with further support from Gatorade as the official sports drink. The brands will receive sales and marketing rights for the tournament, This story continues at Britvic sponsors major rugby tournament.

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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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