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How smart new technologies are improving sales and reducing costs for retailers

Inside Retail

Salespeople on the shop floor can use these devices to seek a colleague’s assistance in locating a certain size or style of a product instead of leaving the customer alone while the salesperson finds it. The software uses AI to help a retailer plan the introduction of new stock into a store and manage the pricing levels across its shelf life.

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5 Major Retail Digital Transformations to Watch For in 2021

Retalon

Although e-commerce gets all of the attention, the past two decades of technological change have transformed every aspect of the retail business — from planning, inventory, pricing, and promotions — all the way down to customer service and the in-store experience. to optimize inventory for gross margins.

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An Overview of how the BOPIS Retail Strategy is Transforming the Industry (2021)

Retalon

Instead of only shipping to customers’ homes, retailers let online customers shop from their local and online store’s inventory and pick up their orders from their closest brick-and-mortar location the same day. Store-specific information about curbside or in-store pickup locations. Payment, return, and exchange policies.