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5G in Retail: Creating the WOW factor

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Dick’s Sporting Goods , one of the largest sporting goods retailers, recently unveiled its House of Sports store with a running track, rock wall, batting cages and outdoor turf field. 5G can reduce wasted time and prevent inventory shrinkage, providing retailers with cost savings. Tractor Supply Co.

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#TBT: Service Merchandise Was the OG Multi-Channel Shopping Experience

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They offered a breadth of inventory that included fine jewelry, toys, sporting goods and electronics. This process was altered in the late 1980s to allow customers to place their own orders on a number of self-service computer kiosks named “Silent Sam,” which the company later renamed “Service Express.”