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Booktopia appoints Peter George as its new chairman

Inside Retail

George has extensive experience and background in telecommunications, media and corporate finance. Booktopia’s strong market position and loyal customer base mean it has huge potential for further growth,” said George.

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Ron Johnson’s Enjoy Technology Files for Bankruptcy, Set to be Sold

Retail TouchPoints

million bridge loan and a financing commitment of $55 million from tech services company A s urion. The idea was to bring the store experience to consumers’ homes via a technology-powered “mobile store” operation, with an initial focus on telecommunications and consumer electronics ( AT&T and Apple are partners in the U.S.).

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

George has extensive experience and background in telecommunications, media and corporate finance. Booktopia’s strong market position and loyal customer base mean it has huge potential for further growth,” said George. He has been executive chairman of Retail Food Group since 2018, a role he will continue to hold simultaneously.

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Does it Work for your Online Retail Business?

Retail TouchPoints

BNPL solutions are a way for merchants to offer point-of-sale financing via a simple installment payment plan. Unlike other installment options, BNPL offers zero wait time, a big win for the “I want it now” market, and invites customers to buy big-ticket items by reducing the upfront financial expenditure shock. Buy Now Pay…What?

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Astound Commerce Appoints Will Linebarger as VP, Composable Commerce

365 Retail

Linebarger has more than twenty-five years’ experience across telecommunications, finance and digital commerce. I was attracted to Astound’s concentrated efforts on the composable practice market,” said Linebarger.

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Majority Report: 2022 Predictions on How AI Will Impact Global Industries

Nvidia

To speed time to market, BMW, Ericsson and other companies began using digital twin technologies to simulate real-world environments. Headlines over the course of the year proved them correct: To save Christmas, retailers Home Depot, Target and Walmart chartered their own cargo ships to deliver goods to their stores around the world.

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Carla Harris, Cedric Richmond to speak at NACDS Annual Meeting

Mass Relators

Throughout her 30-year career, Harris has gained extensive industry experiences in the technology, media, retail, telecommunications, transportation, industrial and healthcare sectors. The post Carla Harris, Cedric Richmond to speak at NACDS Annual Meeting appeared first on MMR: Mass Market Retailers.

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